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Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Athens Medical School, 75, Mikras Asias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece

(Correspondence should be addressed to A G Papavassiliou; Email: papavas{at}med.uoa.gr)

Recent studies have indicated a novel function for skeleton unraveling its importance in the control of energy metabolism. In the present commentary, we speculate on the meaning for bone to act as a ‘rheostat’ modulating glucose metabolism, and how the primitive way of communication between bone and energy metabolism through switch on/off genes (like Ptprv) evolved to a more complicated ‘talking’ via gain/loss of hormones activity (like osteocalcin) by carboxylation/decarboxylation process.

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