“…Recently, some cytokines have been found to participate in bone metabolism by interacting with OB or OC (Almeida et al., ; Fahmy & Soliman, ; Frankel, Seshadri, McDowall, & Cornish, ; Gimeno, Zaragozá, Vivó‐Sese, Viña, & Miralles, ; Hough et al., ; Johansson & Melhus, ; Kindmark, Melhus, Ljunghall, & Ljunggren, ; Oršolić et al., ) such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), osteoprotegerin (OPG), transforming growth factor (TGF‐β), interleukin (IL‐1), and granulocyte‐macrophage colony‐stimulating factor (GMCSF). The effects of estrogen on these cytokines have been widely reported (Hozayen, El‐Desouky, Soliman, Ahmed, & Khaliefa, ; Iolascon et al., ; Kneissel, Studer, Cortesi, & Susa, ; Liao et al., ; Muthusami et al., ; Zafar, Weaver, Zhao, Martin, & Wastney, ). However, there are few studies about the effects and mechanisms of soybean isoflavone on these cytokines.…”