Validation of an enzyme-linked immunoassay assay for osteocalcin, a marker of bone formation, in dried blood spots.

Geeta N EickFelicia C MadimenosTara J Cepon-RobinsMaureen J DevlinPaul KowalLawrence S SugiyamaJ Josh Snodgrass

Published in: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council (2020)

Osteocalcin, a bone formation biomarker, can be measured from DBS. Combined with a previously validated DBS assay for TRACP-5b, a bone resorption biomarker, these assays have the potential to help researchers disentangle the many factors contributing to bone strength.

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