A dried blood spot-based method to measure levels of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b (TRACP-5b), a marker of bone resorption.

Geeta N EickMaureen J DevlinTara J Cepon-RobinsPaul KowalLawrence S SugiyamaJ Josh Snodgrass

Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2019)

This DBS-based ELISA assay adds to the methodological toolkit available to human biologists and will facilitate research on bone turnover in population studies.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
bone loss
postmenopausal women
endothelial cells
soft tissue
body composition
high throughput
deep brain stimulation
induced pluripotent stem cells
protein kinase