“…Accordingly, we selected six genes for real-time RT-PCR validation, which are CCR3 (chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 3), HDC (histidine decarboxylase), GCR (glucocorticoid receptor), RAMP3 (receptor (calcitonin) activity-modifying protein 3), SCYE1 (small inducible cytokine subfamily E, member 1), and FCER1A (Fc fragment of IgE, high affinity I, receptor for ␣-polypeptide). These genes and/or their products, through modulation of monocytes, are known to participate in bone monocyte recruitment (CCR3, HDC) (15,25), osteoclastogenesis (GCR, HDC, CCR3) (26 -31), osteoclast regulation (HDC, RAMP3) (32,33), and/or production of proinflammatory cytokines important to osteoporosis (SCYE1, FCER1A) (34,35).…”