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ReviewBone2021

The cytoskeleton and connected elements in bone cell mechano-transduction.

Nicole R Gould, Olivia M Torre, Jenna M Leser, Joseph P Stains

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In one paragraph

Review in Bone, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Possible role of microtubules in vesicular transport of matrix protein during sea urchin larval biomineralization.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2026
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  5. Chorein Regulates Key Osteoblast Genes in UMR-106 Cells.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2026
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  13. Advanced Piezoelectric Materials, Devices, and Systems for Orthopedic Medicine.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  18. Osteoblast-lineage calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase 2 delta and gamma regulates bone mass and quality.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  19. Cadaveric Adipose-Derived Stem Cells for Regenerative Medicine and Research.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicole R GouldDepartment of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Olivia M TorreDepartment of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Jenna M LeserDepartment of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.
Joseph P StainsDepartment of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.. Electronic address: jstains@som.umaryland.edu.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN INTEGRATIVE MEMBRANE BIOLOGYT32GM008181 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI RIZZO, MEGAN A, TRUDEAU, MATTHEW C · 1987 to 2022
$4.9M
Spatial Control of Bone Remodeling by Gap Junction-Communicated cAMPR01AR063631 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI STAINS, JOSEPH P. · 2013 to 2024
$3.3M
Microtubule Regulated Mechanotransduction in Skeletal MuscleR01AR071618 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI WARD, CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM · 2017 to 2021
$2.6M
Osteocyte CaMKII as a Critical Regulator of Bone Physiology and AnabolismR01AR071614 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI Joseph P. Stains · 2018 to 2026
$2.6M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR063631NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR071614NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR071618NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008181
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone is a mechano-responsive tissue that adapts to changes in its mechanical environment. Increases in strain lead to increased bone mass acquisition, whereas decreases in strain lead to a loss of bone mass. Given that mechanical stress is a regulator of bone mass and quality, it is important to understand how bone cells sense and transduce these mechanical cues into biological changes to identify druggable targets that can be exploited to restore bone cell mechano-sensitivity or to mimic mechanical load. Many studies have identified individual cytoskeletal components - microtubules, actin, and intermediate filaments - as mechano-sensors in bone. However, given the high interconnectedness and interaction between individual cytoskeletal components, and that they can assemble into multiple discreet cellular structures, it is likely that the cytoskeleton as a whole, rather than one specific component, is necessary for proper bone cell mechano-transduction. This review will examine the role of each cytoskeletal element in bone cell mechano-transduction and will present a unified view of how these elements interact and work together to create a mechano-sensor that is necessary to control bone formation following mechanical stress.

Indexed as

CytoskeletonMicrotubulesActin CytoskeletonActinsIntermediate FilamentsOsteocytesActinsActinCytoskeletonIntermediate filamentsMechano-transductionMicrotubulesOsteocyte

Identifiers

PMID33892173
PMCPMC8217329
OpenAlexW3155574440

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