U.S. Study: Smoking, drinking, etc. may lead to osteoporosis.

In addition to age, gender and other factors,
osteoporosis
also related to smoking, alcohol consumption, drugs and other factors.
a
study in the U.S. found that these factors can easily lead to damage to
mitochondrial
, which can lead to osteoporosis.
mitochondrials are called the "energy centers" of cells. The new study, published in the Journal of the American Association of Experimental Biology, suggests that factors such as smoking can affect mitochondrial function, leading to bone-breaking cell proliferation and osteoporosis.
in the metabolism of animal bones, bone-breaking cells break down bone tissue, which forms new bone tissue. If bone-breaking cells become overactive, they can lead to diseases such as osteoporosis.
university researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that mitochondrial dysfunction causes a range of symptoms, including affecting an immune cell called macrophages. Not only do these cells "swallow" "intruders" such as viruses, but in some cases they can also be converted into bone-breaking cells.
Researchers found in mouse experiments that when mitochondrial function in mice is defective, macrophages release a signaling molecule associated with an inflammatory response that can easily turn into bone-breaking cells, and mitochondrial dysfunction greatly speeds up the process.
researchers say they will study how to prevent osteoporosis by protecting mitochondrial function. Ge Chen.