Sentences with phrase «called osteocalcin»

Vitamin K2 is necessary to convert a critical bone - building protein called osteocalcin.

MK - 7, on the other hand, activates another Vitamin K - dependent protein called osteocalcin.

The first protein is called osteocalcin and is produced in the bone by specialized cells charged with building bone called osteoblasts.

Regular weight - bearing exercise such as walking, running and weight - lifting can help counteract the bone weakening that comes with aging, and strong bones release a hormone called osteocalcin.

The researcher at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) and professor at Université de Montréal's Faculty of Medicine has spent the last decade studying a hormone called osteocalcin.

To find out how, he turned to an engineered strain of mice lacking a gene for what was then a mysterious protein called osteocalcin, which is produced by osteoblasts.

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Vitamin K2 activates the calcium - binding activity of two proteins called Matrix gla protein and osteocalcin, which help to build and maintain bones (13, 14).