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ReviewExperimental & molecular medicine2020

The JAK1/STAT3/SOCS3 axis in bone development, physiology, and pathology.

Natalie A Sims

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Review in Experimental & molecular medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Natalie A SimsSt. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, and Department of Medicine at St. Vincent's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia. nsims@svi.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1421-8468
The University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 1120978Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 1154819
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone growth and the maintenance of bone structure are controlled by multiple endocrine and paracrine factors, including cytokines expressed locally within the bone microenvironment and those that are elevated, both locally and systemically, under inflammatory conditions. This review focuses on those bone-active cytokines that initiate JAK-STAT signaling, and outlines the discoveries made from studying skeletal defects caused by induced or spontaneous modifications in this pathway. Specifically, this review describes defects in JAK1, STAT3, and SOCS3 signaling in mouse models and in humans, including mutations designed to modify these pathways downstream of the gp130 coreceptor. It is shown that osteoclast formation is generally stimulated indirectly by these pathways through JAK1 and STAT3 actions in inflammatory and other accessory cells, including osteoblasts. In addition, in bone remodeling, osteoblast differentiation is increased secondary to stimulated osteoclast formation through an IL-6-dependent pathway. In growth plate chondrocytes, STAT3 signaling promotes the normal differentiation process that leads to bone lengthening. Within the osteoblast lineage, STAT3 signaling promotes bone formation in normal physiology and in response to mechanical loading through direct signaling in osteocytes. This activity, particularly that of the IL-6/gp130 family of cytokines, must be suppressed by SOCS3 for the normal formation of cortical bone.

Indexed as

Bone DevelopmentSignal TransductionAnimalsBone and BonesHumansJanus Kinase 1STAT3 Transcription FactorSuppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 ProteinJanus Kinase 1STAT3 Transcription FactorSuppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein

Identifiers

PMID32788655
PMCPMC8080635
OpenAlexW3048753816

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