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ReviewInternational journal of molecular medicine2021

Cartilage intermediate layer protein affects the progression of intervertebral disc degeneration by regulating the extracellular microenvironment (Review).

Libangxi Liu, Jinyue He, Chang Liu, Minghui Yang, Jiawei Fu, Jiarong Yi, Xuezheng Ai, Miao Liu, Yong Zhuang, Yaqing Zhang and 4 more

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Review in International journal of molecular medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Advances in the study of macrophage polarization in intervertebral disc degeneration.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  10. A transcriptomic analysis of incisional hernia based on high-throughput sequencing technology.Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery · 2024
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  13. Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  18. Immuno-Modulatory Effects of Intervertebral Disc Cells.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Libangxi LiuDepartment of Orthopedics, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, P.R. China.
Jinyue HeDepartment of Orthopedics, Xi'nan Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, P.R. China.
Chang LiuDepartment of Orthopedics, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, P.R. China.
Minghui YangDepartment of Orthopedics, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, P.R. China.
Jiawei FuDepartment of Orthopedics, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, P.R. China.
Jiarong YiDepartment of Orthopedics, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, P.R. China.
Xuezheng AiDepartment of Orthopedics, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, P.R. China.
Miao LiuDepartment of Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Yong ZhuangDepartment of Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, Guizhou 550004, P.R. China.
Yaqing ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, P.R. China.
Bo HuangDepartment of Orthopedics, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, P.R. China.
Changqing LiDepartment of Orthopedics, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, P.R. China.
Yue ZhouDepartment of Orthopedics, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, P.R. China.
Chencheng FengDepartment of Orthopedics, Xinqiao Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400037, P.R. China.
Xinqiao Hospital · CNArmy Medical University · CNGuiyang Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD), which is caused by multiple factors, affects the health of individuals and contributes to low back pain. The pathology of IDD is complicated, and changes in the extracellular microenvironment play an important role in promoting the process of degeneration. Cartilage intermediate layer protein (CILP) is a matrix protein that resides in the middle of human articular cartilage and is involved in numerous diseases that affect cartilage. However, there is no detailed review of the relationship between CILP and degenerative disc disease. Growing evidence has revealed the presence of CILP in the extracellular microenvironment of intervertebral discs (IVDs) and has suggested that there is a gradual increase in CILP in degenerative discs. Specifically, CILP plays an important role in regulating the metabolism of the extracellular matrix (ECM), an important component of the extracellular microenvironment. CILP can combine with transforming growth factor‑β or insulin‑like growth factor‑1 to regulate the ECM synthesis of IVDs and influence the balance of ECM metabolism, which leads to changes in the extracellular microenvironment to promote the process of IDD. It may be possible to show the correlation of CILP with IDD and to target CILP to interfere with IDD. For this purpose, in the present study, the current knowledge on CILP was summarized and a detailed description of CILP in discs was provided.

Indexed as

Cellular MicroenvironmentExtracellular MatrixExtracellular Matrix ProteinsHumansInsulin-Like Growth Factor IIntervertebral DiscIntervertebral Disc DegenerationTransforming Growth Factor betaExtracellular Matrix ProteinsIGF1 protein, humanInsulin-Like Growth Factor ITransforming Growth Factor betacartilage intermediate layer proteinextracellular microenvironmentinsulin-like growth factor-1intervertebral disc degenerationtransforming growth factor-β

Identifiers

PMID33416131
PMCPMC7797476
OpenAlexW3116167267

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