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ReviewFrontiers in physiology2024

Osteocyte-mediated mechanical response controls osteoblast differentiation and function.

Heather VerValin Buck, Joseph Paul Stains

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Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.4field-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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heather VerValin BuckSchool of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Joseph Paul StainsSchool of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Spatial Control of Bone Remodeling by Gap Junction-Communicated cAMPR01AR063631 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI STAINS, JOSEPH P. · 2013 to 2024
$3.3M
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 AR071614
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low bone mass is a pervasive global health concern, with implications for osteoporosis, frailty, disability, and mortality. Lifestyle factors, including sedentary habits, metabolic dysfunction, and an aging population, contribute to the escalating prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis. The application of mechanical load to bone through physical activity and exercise prevents bone loss, while sufficient mechanical load stimulates new bone mass acquisition. Osteocytes, cells embedded within the bone, receive mechanical signals and translate these mechanical cues into biological signals, termed mechano-transduction. Mechano-transduction signals regulate other bone resident cells, such as osteoblasts and osteoclasts, to orchestrate changes in bone mass. This review explores the mechanisms through which osteocyte-mediated response to mechanical loading regulates osteoblast differentiation and bone formation. An overview of bone cell biology and the impact of mechanical load will be provided, with emphasis on the mechanical cues, mechano-transduction pathways, and factors that direct progenitor cells toward the osteoblast lineage. While there are a wide range of clinically available treatments for osteoporosis, the majority act through manipulation of the osteoclast and may have significant disadvantages. Despite the central role of osteoblasts to the deposition of new bone, few therapies directly target osteoblasts for the preservation of bone mass. Improved understanding of the mechanisms leading to osteoblastogenesis may reveal novel targets for translational investigation.

Indexed as

differentiationmechanical loadingosteoblastosteoblastogenesisosteocytesclerostinWnt

Identifiers

PMID38529481
PMCPMC10961341
OpenAlexW4392652736

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