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ReviewCurrent osteoporosis reports2023

Osteocytes and Primary Cilia.

Stefaan W Verbruggen, Anuphan Sittichokechaiwut, Gwendolen C Reilly

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Review in Current osteoporosis reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Ciliary-Mediated Mechanotransduction in Skeletal Development and Diseases.Results and problems in cell differentiation · 2026
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  10. Mechanosignaling in Osteoporosis: When Cells Feel the Force.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  11. Air Pollution and Osteoporosis.Current osteoporosis reports · 2024
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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Stefaan W VerbruggenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. s.verbruggen@qmul.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-2321-1367
Anuphan SittichokechaiwutDepartment of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand.
Gwendolen C ReillyINSIGNEO Institute for in silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1456-1071
Insigneo · GBNaresuan University · THQueen Mary University of London · GB

Funding

H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions 748305
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThe purpose of this review is to provide a background on osteocytes and the primary cilium, discussing the role it plays in osteocyte mechanosensing. RECENT

findingsOsteocytes are thought to be the primary mechanosensing cells in bone tissue, regulating bone adaptation in response to exercise, with the primary cilium suggested to be a key mechanosensing mechanism in bone. More recent work has suggested that, rather than being direct mechanosensors themselves, primary cilia in bone may instead form a key chemo-signalling nexus for processing mechanoregulated signalling pathways. Recent evidence suggests that pharmacologically induced lengthening of the primary cilium in osteocytes may potentiate greater mechanotransduction, rather than greater mechanosensing. While more research is required to delineate the specific osteocyte mechanobiological molecular mechanisms governed by the primary cilium, it is clear from the literature that the primary cilium has significant potential as a therapeutic target to treat mechanoregulated bone diseases, such as osteoporosis.

Indexed as

Mechanotransduction, CellularOsteocytesBone and BonesCiliaHumansSignal TransductionBiomechanicsBoneMechanobiologyOsteocytePrimary cilium

Identifiers

PMID37682373
PMCPMC10724330
OpenAlexW4386529957

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