Genética de la osteoporosis posmenopáusica: nuevos conocimientos y nuevos conceptos sobre su relación con los polimorfismos genéticos en la ruta estrogénica

Postmenopausal osteoporosis is a complex disease, which is subject to strong environmental influences but with a no less important genetic basis, both in the manner of acquisition and loss of bone mass. Genetic studies are enabling us to identify patients at risk of suffering from common diseases like this, and in its evolution as a clinical tool we have advanced from the search for candidate genes to unilocus analysis of their genetic polymorphisms and their relationships with certain environmental factors. The next step will be to analyse possible gene interactions and the relationship between genetic findings and the response to the most common treatments.