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Effects of vitamin B12 on cell proliferation and cellular alkaline phosphatase activity in human bone marrow stromal osteoprogenitor cells and UMR106 osteoblastic cells.

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It is suggested that a suppressed activity of osteoblasts may contribute to osteoporosis and fractures in patients with vitamin B12 deficiency.
Abstract
Pernicious anemia has recently been recognized as one of the risk factors for osteoporosis and bone fractures, but the underlying pathophysiologic mechanism is still unknown. To determine whether vitamin B12 has any direct effect on osteoblasts, we studied the effects of vitamin B12 on the proliferation and alkaline phosphatase activity in human bone marrow stromal osteoprogenitor cells (hBMSC) and UMR106 osteoblastic cells. Vitamin B12 at concentrations as low as 10(-12) mol/L significantly stimulated [3H]-thymidine incorporation in both types of cells, but concentrations higher than 10(-12) mol/L did not produce a greater effect. Vitamin B12 in the concentration range from 10(-12) to 10(-8) mol/L concentration-dependently increased alkaline phosphatase activity in both hBMSC and UMR106 cells. Based on these results, we suggest that a suppressed activity of osteoblasts may contribute to osteoporosis and fractures in patients with vitamin B12 deficiency.

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Low plasma vitamin B12 is associated with lower BMD: the Framingham Osteoporosis Study.

TL;DR: Men with plasma B12 < 148 pM had significantly lower BMD at the hip, and women at the spine, relative to those with higher B12, and trends were similar for both at all sites.
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Relation between homocysteine and B-vitamin status indicators and bone mineral density in older Americans

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TL;DR: Therapeutic trials with pharmacologic doses of cobalamin are suggested when findings consistent with cobalamine deficiency are present regardless of the results of diagnostic tests.
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Vitamin B-12 Status Is Associated with Bone Mineral Content and Bone Mineral Density in Frail Elderly Women but Not in Men

TL;DR: It is suggested that vitamin B-12 status is associated with bone health in elderly women and future studies on bone health should take into account a possible role of vitamin B -12 status in different populations.
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