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Michael Amling

Michael Amling

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Medicine

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86
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31235
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13996
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744

Overview

Michael Amling is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and has an extensive research portfolio in the fields of medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work primarily focuses on bone health, osteoporosis, and related metabolic and connective tissue disorders.

The scientist's research spans various subfields, including molecular biology, orthopedics and sports medicine, surgery, genetics, and oncology. These interdisciplinary interests reflect a comprehensive approach to understanding bone metabolism and diseases.

Michael Amling has contributed to several main topics such as:

  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Bone health and treatments
  • Bone metabolism and diseases
  • Connective tissue disorders research
  • Bone and joint diseases
  • Alkaline phosphatase research studies
  • Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty

The scientist's recent notable papers include:

  • "Disuse Osteoporosis: Clinical and Mechanistic Insights" (2021) published in Calcified Tissue International
  • "Piezo1 Inactivation in Chondrocytes Impairs Trabecular Bone Formation" (2020) published in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • "Long-Term Immobilization in Elderly Females Causes a Specific Pattern of Cortical Bone and Osteocyte Deterioration Different From Postmenopausal Osteoporosis" (2020) published in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • "The neuropeptide calcitonin gene-related peptide alpha is essential for bone healing" (2020) published in EBioMedicine
  • "Piezo1 expression in chondrocytes controls endochondral ossification and osteoarthritis development" (2024) published in Bone Research

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Tim Rolvien
  • Thorsten Schinke
  • Ralf Oheim
  • Julian Stürznickel
  • Florian Barvencik

Michael Amling regularly publishes in venues focused on bone and mineral research, such as:

  • Osteologie/Osteology
  • Bone Reports
  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Calcified Tissue International
  • Scientific Reports

This body of work situates Michael Amling as a contributor to advancing knowledge on bone health, mechanism of bone-related diseases, and orthopedic medical science through both molecular insights and clinical approaches.

Best Publications

  • Leptin Inhibits Bone Formation through a Hypothalamic Relay: A Central Control of Bone Mass

    Patricia Ducy;Michael Amling;Shu Takeda;Matthias Priemel

  • A Cbfa1-dependent genetic pathway controls bone formation beyond embryonic development

    Patricia Ducy;Michael Starbuck;Matthias Priemel;Jianhe Shen

  • TARGETED ABLATION OF THE VITAMIN D RECEPTOR : AN ANIMAL MODEL OF VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT RICKETS TYPE II WITH ALOPECIA

    Yan Chun Li;Alison E. Pirro;Michael Amling;Gunter Delling

  • Bone mineralization defects and vitamin D deficiency: Histomorphometric analysis of iliac crest bone biopsies and circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D in 675 patients

    Matthias Priemel;Christoph von Domarus;Till Orla Klatte;Steffen Kessler

  • Normalization of mineral ion homeostasis by dietary means prevents hyperparathyroidism, rickets, and osteomalacia, but not alopecia in vitamin D receptor-ablated mice.

    Yan Chun Li;Michael Amling;Michael Amling;Alison E. Pirro;Matthias Priemel

  • Targeted overexpression of parathyroid hormone-related peptide in chondrocytes causes chondrodysplasia and delayed endochondral bone formation.

    Eleanor C. Weir;William M. Philbrick;Michael Amling;Lynn A. Neff

  • Rescue of the Skeletal Phenotype of Vitamin D Receptor-Ablated Mice in the Setting of Normal Mineral Ion Homeostasis: Formal Histomorphometric and Biomechanical Analyses

    Michael Amling;Matthias Priemel;Timothy Holzmann;Kelli Chapin

  • Glucocorticoids Suppress Bone Formation by Attenuating Osteoblast Differentiation via the Monomeric Glucocorticoid Receptor

    Alexander Rauch;Sebastian Seitz;Ulrike Baschant;Arndt F. Schilling

  • Genetic ablation of parathyroid glands reveals another source of parathyroid hormone.

    Thomas Günther;Zhou Feng Chen;Jaesang Kim;Matthias Priemel

  • Overexpression of DeltaFosB transcription factor(s) increases bone formation and inhibits adipogenesis.

    G Sabatakos;N A Sims;J Chen;K Aoki

  • Osteopenia and decreased bone formation in osteonectin-deficient mice

    A.M. Delany;M. Amling;M. Priemel;C. Howe

  • Bcl-2 Lies Downstream of Parathyroid Hormone–related Peptide in a Signaling Pathway That Regulates Chondrocyte Maturation during Skeletal Development

    Michael Amling;Lynn Neff;Sakae Tanaka;Daisuke Inoue

  • c-Cbl is downstream of c-Src in a signalling pathway necessary for bone resorption

    Sakae Tanaka;Michael Amling;Lynn Neff;Anusch Peyman

  • Modes of implant failure after hip resurfacing: morphological and wear analysis of 267 retrieval specimens.

    Michael M Morlock;Nick Bishop;Jozef Zustin;Michael Hahn

  • Mutations in WNT1 Cause Different Forms of Bone Fragility

    Katharina Keupp;Filippo Beleggia;Hülya Kayserili;Aileen M. Barnes

  • Decrease in the osteocyte lacunar density accompanied by hypermineralized lacunar occlusion reveals failure and delay of remodeling in aged human bone

    Björn Busse;Björn Busse;Danijela Djonic;Danijela Djonic;Petar Milovanovic;Petar Milovanovic;Michael Hahn

  • The Thickness of Human Vertebral Cortical Bone and its Changes in Aging and Osteoporosis: A Histomorphometric Analysis of the Complete Spinal Column from Thirty‐Seven Autopsy Specimens

    Holger Ritzel;Michael Amling;Martin Pösl;Michael Hahn

  • Dissociation between bone resorption and bone formation in osteopenic transgenic mice.

    David A. Corral;Michael Amling;Michael Amling;Matthias Priemel;Evelyne M Loyer

  • Ablation of the PTHrP gene or the PTH/PTHrP receptor gene leads to distinct abnormalities in bone development

    Beate Lanske;Michael Amling;Lynn Neff;Jennifer Guiducci

  • Biologically and chemically optimized composites of carbonated apatite and polyglycolide as bone substitution materials

    Wolfgang Linhart;Fabian Peters;Wolfgang Lehmann;Karsten Schwarz

Frequent Co-Authors

Uwe Kornak
Uwe Kornak University of Göttingen
Stefan Mundlos
Stefan Mundlos Max Planck Society
Robert O. Ritchie
Robert O. Ritchie Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Erwin F. Wagner
Erwin F. Wagner Medical University of Vienna
Michaela Schweizer
Michaela Schweizer Universität Hamburg
Georg Schett
Georg Schett University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Roland Baron
Roland Baron Harvard University
Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer
Irm Hermans-Borgmeyer Universität Hamburg
Klaus Engelke
Klaus Engelke University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Iain J. Clarke
Iain J. Clarke University of Melbourne

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