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The present study is undertaken to explore the roles of ERs in regulating the different growth patterns in ob\/ob mice. In this study, C57BL\/6 female mice were used as wild-type (WT) mice; ob\/ob mice and WT mice were age-matched fed, and bone length is analyzed by X-ray plain film at the 12 weeks old. We confirm that ob\/ob mice have shorter femoral length and longer spine length than WT mice (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). The contrasting expression patterns of chondrocyte proliferation proteins and hypertrophic marker proteins are also observed from the femur and spinal growth plate of ob\/ob mice compared with WT mice (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01). Spearman\u2019s analysis showed that body length (axial and appendicular length) is positively related to the expression level of ER\u03b1 in growth plate. Three-week-old female ob\/ob mice are randomized divided into three groups: 1) ob\/ob + ctrl, 2) ob\/ob + ER\u03b1 antagonist (MPP), and 3) ob\/ob + ER\u03b2 antagonist (PHTPP). Age-matched C57BL\/6 mice were also divided into three groups, same as the groups of ob\/ob mice. MPP and PHTPP were administered by intraperitoneal injection for 6 weeks. However, the results of X-ray and H&amp;amp;E staining demonstrate that leptin deficiency seems to disturb the regulating effects of ER antagonists on longitudinal bone growth. These findings suggested that region-specific expression of ER\u03b1 might be associated with contrasting phenotypes of axial and appendicular bone growth in ob\/ob mice. 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