Review Article

Bone Regulates Glucose Metabolism as an Endocrine Organ through Osteocalcin

Table 1

Metabolic phenotypes of ESP and Ocn knocked out mice.

ā€‰ESP miceOcn mice

Blood glucoseDecreasedIncreased
Glucose tolerantIncreasedDecreased
Sensitive to insulinIncreasedDecreased
Beta cells proliferationIncreasedDecreased
ucOCNDecreased Absent