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ReviewJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2025

Three signalling pathways for iron overload in osteoporosis: a narrative review.

Lingling Zou, Guiquan Chen, Yi Rong, Cai Tang, Xingmin Lv, Yundong Fan

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Review in Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors.

Lingling Zou *School of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Southwest Medical University, No. 182, Chunhui Road, Longmatan District, Luzhou City, Sichuan, China.
Guiquan ChenSchool of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Southwest Medical University, No. 182, Chunhui Road, Longmatan District, Luzhou City, Sichuan, China. chenguiquan1973@126.com.
Yi Rong *School of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Southwest Medical University, No. 182, Chunhui Road, Longmatan District, Luzhou City, Sichuan, China.
Cai TangSchool of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Southwest Medical University, No. 182, Chunhui Road, Longmatan District, Luzhou City, Sichuan, China.
Xingmin LvSchool of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Southwest Medical University, No. 182, Chunhui Road, Longmatan District, Luzhou City, Sichuan, China.
Yundong FanSchool of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of Southwest Medical University, No. 182, Chunhui Road, Longmatan District, Luzhou City, Sichuan, China.

Funding

Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Support Program 2020YFS0382University level scientific research project of Southwest Medical University ZYGD18014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disease characterized by a decrease in the amount of bone tissue per unit volume and changes in bone microstructure, often resulting in bone fragility and increased susceptibility to fracture. Iron plays an important role in the normal physiological activities of human body, and its abnormal metabolism is one of the risk factors of osteoporosis. Iron overload, as an abnormality of iron metabolism, has been reported to be associated with osteoporosis in recent years. However, the mechanism of iron overload involved in the process of osteoporosis is not fully understood. In this review, we summarize what we have learned about iron overload-associated bone loss from clinical studies and animal models. Starting from the three signaling pathways of Wnt/β-catenin, BMP/SMADs, PI3K/AKT/mTOR, the mechanism of iron overload affecting the process of osteoporosis was explored, we got the conclusion that iron overload accelerates the process of osteoporosis by inhibiting normal wnt signaling, suppressing the BMP-2/SMADs pathway, down-regulating the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway to inhibit bone formation, and destroying the bone strength and load-bearing capacity, which providing a new direction for clinical treatment.

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Iron OverloadOsteoporosisSignal TransductionWnt Signaling PathwayAnimalsBone Morphogenetic ProteinsHumansIronPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesBone Morphogenetic ProteinsIronPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesIron overloadMechanismOsteoporosisSignaling pathway

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PMID39979989
PMCPMC11844007

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