Dolph Houben

192 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS APC Antigen Presenting Cells AV Arteriovenous B.pm Bone Parameter BFR Bone Formation Rate BGLAP Gone Gamma-Carboxyglutamate Protein (osteocalcin) BMA Bone Micro Architecture BS Bone Surface CBA Cryopreserved Bone Allografts CD Cluster Differentiation cDNA Copy DNA CI Confidence Interval CT Computed Tomography CTSA Center for Translational Sciences Activities CTSK Cathepsin K dLS Double Labeled Surface DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid EGFL Epidermal growth factor like 6 FFPE Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded GAPDH Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate dehydrogenase gDNA Genomic DNA GvHD Graft versus Host Disease HIF1A Hypoxia Induced Factor 1a HLA Human Leukocyt Antigen IACUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee IFN Interferon-Gamma IL Interleukin IM Intra Muscular IM-nail Intra-medullary nail IS Immunosuppression IV Intra Venous LCM Laser Capture Microdissection LCP Locking Compression Plate LS Labeled Surface mRNA Messenger RNA MS Mineralizing Surface MSTS Musculoskeletal Tumor Society n Number N.Lac Number of Lacunae N.Ot Number of osteocytes NIDI Normalized Indentation Distance NIH National Institute of Health OPG Osteoprotergerin p probability PBS Phosphate Buffered Saline PCR Polymerase Chain Reaction PEN Polyethylene Naphthalate RANKL Receptor Activator Nuclear Facor kb Ligand