The pharmacology of bisphosphonates and new insights into their mechanisms of action

…, SP Luckman, FP Coxon, HL Benford… - Journal of Bone and …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Bisphosphonates are chemically stable analogs of inorganic pyrophosphate, which are
resistant to breakdown by enzymatic hydrolysis. The biological effects of bisphosphonates on …

Farnesol and geranylgeraniol prevent activation of caspases by aminobisphosphonates: biochemical evidence for two distinct pharmacological classes of …

HL Benford, JC Frith, S Auriola, J Mönkkönen… - Molecular …, 1999 - ASPET
Recently, advances have been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms by which
bisphosphonate drugs inhibit bone resorption. Studies with the macrophage-like cell line …

Protein synthesis is required for caspase activation and induction of apoptosis by bisphosphonate drugs

FP Coxon, HL Benford, RGG Russell, MJ Rogers - Molecular Pharmacology, 1998 - ASPET
The exact mechanisms of action of antiresorptive bisphosphonate drugs remain unclear,
although they may inhibit bone resorption by mechanisms that can lead to osteoclast apoptosis. …

Isolation and purification of rabbit osteoclasts

FP Coxon, JC Frith, HL Benford, MJ Rogers - Bone Research Protocols, 2003 - Springer
Osteoclasts are notoriously hard to study because of the difficulty in obtaining pure populations
of cells in large numbers for biochemical and molecular analyses. Unlike with other …

[BOOK][B] Molecular pathways of bisphosphonate-induced apoptosis

HL Benford - 2000 - search.proquest.com
Recent studies have proposed that non-nitrogen-containing and nitrogen-containing
bisphosphonate drugs inhibit osteoclastic bone resorption by different molecular mechanisms. The …

[BOOK][B] Bone research protocols

MH Helfrich, SH Ralston - 2008 - books.google.com
The last decade has seen a tremendous advance in our understanding of bone biology. The
genes responsible for the majority of rare inherited bone disorders have been identified and …

[HTML][HTML] Frames of violence: a reading on the pressures for the inclusion of violence against women in Brazilian public policies

YW Ventura, P MENDONÇA, JI BRIGAGÃO - Cadernos EBAPE. BR, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
O objetivo deste artigo é identificar e analisar as frames mobilizadas pelos movimentos
feministas para tratar da violência contra as mulheres, bem como discutir suas influências nas …

Unpacking non-dualistic design: The soma design case

K Höök, S Benford, P Tennent, V Tsaknaki… - ACM Transactions on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
We report on a somaesthetic design workshop and the subsequent analytical work aiming
to demystify what is entailed in a non-dualistic design stance on embodied interaction and …

[HTML][HTML] RANKL increases the level of Mcl-1 in osteoclasts and reduces bisphosphonate-induced osteoclast apoptosis in vitro

KA Sutherland, HL Rogers, D Tosh… - Arthritis research & …, 2009 - Springer
Introduction Bisphosphonates are the most widely used class of drug for inhibiting osteoclast-mediated
bone loss, but their effectiveness at preventing joint destruction in rheumatoid …

Infrastructures for Virtual Volunteering at Online Music Festivals

S Benford, K Manninen, S Martindale… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Volunteering benefits recipients, volunteers, communities, and society, while digital
technologies establish new opportunities for virtual volunteering. We describe how volunteers …