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. 2021 Nov 24;2021:2098820. doi: 10.1155/2021/2098820

Table 2.

Characteristics of the included studies.

Study (year) Species (sex, n = experimental/control group, age) Weight Model (method) Anesthetic Experimental group Control group Outcome index Intergroup differences
Chai et al. (2018) [21] Female SD rats (20/20, 6 months old) NG By intramuscular injection of DXM (2.5 mg/kg, biw) for 12 weeks Chloral hydrate By oral gavage of ISO (25 mg/kg/d, qd) after modeling lasted 12 weeks By oral gavage of isometric NS after modeling lasted 12 weeks (1) BMD (F-BMD; L-BMD; P-BMD; total-BMD)
(2) Tb.N, BV/TV
(3) Serum ALP, TRACP, Ca, P
(4) PPAR-γ, Axin2, β-catenin protein expression
(1) P < 0.05
(2) P < 0.05
(3) P < 0.05
(4) P < 0.05
van Luijk et al. (2013) [22] Female SD rats (9/9, 7 weeks old) 180-220 g By oral gavage of tretinoin (70 mg/kg/d, qd) for 2 weeks NG By oral gavage of ISO (100 mg/kg/d, qd) after modeling and lasted 12 weeks By oral gavage of isometric NS after modeling and lasted 12 weeks (1) BMD (F-BMD; L-BMD)
(2) Serum Ca
(3) Serum P
(4) OCN
(5) Runx2, MMP 13 mRNA, and protein expression
(1) P < 0.05
(2) P < 0.05
(3) P > 0.05
(4) P < 0.05
(5) P < 0.05
Moher et al. (2009) [23] Female SD rats (10/10, NG) 200-280 g Bilateral oophorectomy was performed on rats Chloral hydrate By oral gavage of PSO (88 mg/kg/d, qd) after modeling and lasted 12 weeks By oral gavage of isometric NS after modeling and lasted 12 weeks (1) BMD (F-BMD; L-BMD)
(2) Serum Ca, PINP, OCN
(3) Serum BMP2, VEGF
(4) PI3K, AKT, mTOR mRNA, and protein expression
(1) P < 0.05
(2) P < 0.05
(3) P < 0.05
(4) P < 0.05
Macleod et al. (2004) [24] Female and male Wistar rats (12/12, NG) 160-200 g By intramuscular injection of DXM (2.5 mg/kg, biw) for 12 weeks NG By oral gavage of PSO (126 mg/kg/d, qd) after modeling and lasted 9 weeks By oral gavage of isometric NS after modeling and lasted 9 weeks (1) BMD (F-BMD)
(2) Elasticity modulus, maximum load, yield load
(3) Content of bone mineral salt
(4) RANKL, OPG protein expression
(1) P < 0.05
(2) P < 0.05
(3) P < 0.05
(4) P < 0.05
Guyatt et al. (2011) [25] Female SD rats (10/10, 3 months old) NG Bilateral oophorectomy was performed on rats NG By oral gavage of PSO (1.26 g/kg/d, qd) after modeling and lasted 12 weeks By oral gavage of isometric NS after modeling and lasted 12 weeks (1) BMD (F-BMD)
(2) BV/TV, Tb.Th, Tb.N, Tb.Sp
(3) Elasticity modulus, maximum load
(4) Serum PINP, CTX, ALP
(5) Serum AST, ALT
(6) Runx2, OPG, RANKL, collagen-I protein expression
(1) P < 0.05
(2) P > 0.05
(3) P < 0.05
(4) P < 0.05
(5) P > 0.05
(6) P < 0.05
Balshem et al. (2011) [26] Female SD rats (20/20, 8 months old) 200-220 g By oral gavage of prednisone (0.005 mg/kg/d, qd) for 14 weeks Chloral hydrate By oral gavage of ISO (25 mg/kg/d, qd) after modeling and lasted 14 weeks By oral gavage of isometric NS after modeling and lasted 14 weeks (1) BMD (F-BMD; L-BMD; P-BMD; total-BMD)
(2) Serum BAP, OCN, OPG, RANKL, TRACP5b
(3) CAT, SOD, MDA
(4) Elasticity modulus, bending energy, maximum load, stiffness coefficient
(5) FoxO3a, Axin2, β-catenin protein expression
(1) P < 0.05
(2) P < 0.05
(3) P < 0.05
(4) P < 0.05
(5) P < 0.05
Wang et al. (2021) [27] Female ICR mice (12/11, 6 weeks old) 20-22 g Bilateral oophorectomy was performed on rats Chloral hydrate By oral gavage of bakuchiol (20 mg/kg/d, qd) after modeling and lasted 8 weeks By oral gavage of isometric NS after modeling and lasted 8 weeks (1) BV/TV, Tb.Th
(2) Tb.N, Tb.Sp, DA
(3) Maximum load
(4) Serum OCN
(5) Serum ALP, TRACP
(1) P > 0.05
(2) P < 0.05
(3) P < 0.05
(4) P < 0.05
(5) P > 0.05
Heinrich et al. (2020) [14] Female and male Wistar rats (12/12, NG) 190-210 g By oral gavage of tretinoin (70 mg/kg/d, qd) for 2 weeks Pentobarbital sodium By oral gavage of PSO (0.9 g/kg/d, qd) after modeling and lasted 8 weeks By oral gavage of isometric NS after modeling and lasted 8 weeks (1) Of BV, Conn.D
(2) Tb.N, Tb.Sp
(3) Tb.Th
(4) Serum ACP
(5) Serum ALP, ALP/ACP
(1) P < 0.05
(2) P < 0.05
(3) P > 0.05
(4) P < 0.05
(5) P > 0.05
Shang et al. (2021) [28] Female SD rats (10/10, 3 months old) 210-230 g Bilateral oophorectomy was performed on rats Chloral hydrate By oral gavage of ISO (25 mg/kg/d, qd) after modeling and lasted 12 weeks By oral gavage of isometric NS after modeling and lasted 12 weeks (1) BMD (F-BMD; L-BMD; total-BMD)
(2) Elasticity modulus, bending energy, maximum load
(3) Serum OCN, TRACP 5b
(4) OPG, RANKL protein expression
(1) P < 0.05
(2) P < 0.05
(3) P < 0.05
(4) P < 0.05
Chen and Tang (2021) [29] Male C57BL/6 mice (10/10, 9 weeks old) 17.7 ± 1.1 g Bilateral oophorectomy was performed on rats NG By oral gavage of PSO (20 mg/kg/d, qd) after modeling and lasted 6 weeks By oral gavage of isometric NS after modeling and lasted 6 weeks (1) Serum ALP, CTX
(2) Elasticity modulus, maximum load
(1) P < 0.05
(2) P < 0.05
Zhou et al. (2020) [30] Male C57BL/6 mice (6/6, NG) NG Bilateral oophorectomy was performed on rats NG By oral gavage of ISO (20 mg/kg/d, qd) after modeling and lasted 8 weeks By oral gavage of isometric NS after modeling and lasted 8 weeks (1) BV/TV, Tb.Th, Tb.N, Tb.Sp
(2) Runx2, PPAR-γ protein expression
(1) P < 0.05
(2) P < 0.05
Liu et al. (2020) [31] Female SD rats (12/12, 4 months old) 250 ± 25 g Bilateral oophorectomy was performed on rats Pentobarbital sodium By oral gavage of PSO (1 g/kg/d, qd) after modeling and lasted 12 weeks By oral gavage of isometric NS after modeling and lasted 12 weeks (1) BMD (F-BMD; L-BMD)
(2) BV/TV, Tb.Th, Tb.N, Tb.Sp
(3) Elasticity modulus, maximum load
(4) Serum ALP, IL-1, IL-6
(1) P < 0.05
(2) P < 0.05
(3) P < 0.05
(4) P < 0.05
Wang et al. (2019) [32] Female SD rats (18/17, 3 months old) 180 ± 20 g Bilateral oophorectomy was performed on rats Pentobarbital sodium By oral gavage of bavachin (50 mg/kg/d, qd) after modeling and lasted 12 weeks By oral gavage of isometric NS after modeling and lasted 12 weeks (1) BMD (F-BMD)
(2) Urinary Ca
(3) GABA, GABABRI
(1) P < 0.05
(2) P < 0.05
(3) P < 0.05
Zhang et al. (2019) [33] Female SD rats (12/12, 4 months old) 230 g Bilateral oophorectomy was performed on rats Pentobarbital sodium By oral gavage of psoralidin (16 mg/kg/d, qd) after modeling and lasted 13 weeks By oral gavage of isometric vegetable oil after modeling and lasted 13 weeks (1) BMD (F-BMD; L-BMD)
(2) Serum estradiol, calcitonin
(3) Elasticity modulus
(1) P < 0.05
(2) P < 0.05
(3) P < 0.05
Liu et al. (2017) [34] Female Wistar rats (8/7, 4 months old) 290.9 ± 1.5 g Bilateral oophorectomy was performed on rats Ketamine By oral gavage of PSO (60 mg/kg/d, qd) after modeling and lasted 12 weeks By oral gavage of isometric NS after modeling and lasted 12 weeks (1) BMD (F-BMD)
(2) Serum estradiol
(3) Serum OCN, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, TNF-α
(1) P < 0.05
(2) P > 0.05
(3) P < 0.05
Huang and Zhou (2017) [35] Female SD rats (10/10, 5 weeks old) NG Bilateral oophorectomy was performed on rats NG By subcutaneous injection of bakuchiol (30 mg/kg/d, qd) after modeling and lasted 6 weeks By oral subcutaneous injection of isometric NS after modeling and lasted 6 weeks (1) BMD (F-BMD)
(2) Serum ALP, P, Ca, estradiol
(1) P < 0.05
(2) P < 0.05

NG: not given; SD: Sprague-Dawley; DXM: dexamethasone; ISO: isopsoralen; PSO: psoralen; NS: normal saline; BMD: bone mineral density; F-BMD: femoral bone mineral density; L-BMD: lumbar bone mineral density; P-BMD: pelvis bone mineral density: BV/TV: bone volume over total volume; Tb.N: trabecular linear density; Tb.Th: trabecular thickness; Tb.Sp: trabecular separation; ALP: alkaline phosphatase; ACP: acid phosphatase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; TRACP: tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase; Ca: calcium; P: phosphorus; PPAR-γ: peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ; OCN: osteocalcin; Runx2: runt-related transcription factor 2; MMP 13: matrix metalloproteinase 13; PINP: N-terminal propeptide of type 1 procollagen; BMP2: bone morphogenetic protein 2; VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor; PI3K: phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase; AKT: protein kinase B; mTOR: mammalian target of rapamycin; RANKL: receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand; OPG: osteoprotegerin; CTX: C-terminal cross-linked telopeptide of type I collagen; CAT: catalase; SOD: superoxide dismutase; MDA: malondialdehyde; FoxO3a: forkhead box O3a; Conn.D: connectivity density; IL-1: interleukin-1; IL-6: interleukin-6; GABA: gamma-aminobutyric acid; GABABRI: gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor; qd: once a day; biw: twice a week.