“…Several studies have indicated that bone metabolism-related hormones can stimulate bone tissue cells to produce IGF-1, TGF-β, IL-1 and IL-6 (McGee, Bamberg, Vitkus, & McGhee, 1995;Rubin et al, 2002;Zhang, Ahmad, & Gronowicz, 2003). These serum cytokines regulate bone resorption by osteoclasts by changing the ratio of RANKL/OPG and play a positive role in the bone resorption capacity of osteoclasts (Klejna, Naumnik, Gasowska, & Myśliwiec, 2009;Mary, Genevieve, Rachelle, Sells, & Merry, 2004). Currently, the commonly used indicators of reactive bone resorption are PICP and TRACP (Yao et al, 2011).…”