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SnoRNAs and SNHGs in bone development, homeostasis, and disease.

Wei Zhang, Yanqi Liu, Qiang Wu, Tiantian Cao, Yan Guan, Lifei Liu, Miao Wang

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Review in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Wei ZhangSchool of Exercise and Health, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.
Yanqi LiuDepartment of Rehabilitation, The People's Hospital of Liaoning Province (The People's Hospital of China Medical University), Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China.
Qiang WuCollege of Exercise and Health, Shenyang Sport University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110102, China.
Tiantian CaoCollege of Exercise and Health, Shenyang Sport University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110102, China.
Yan GuanDepartment of Rehabilitation, The People's Hospital of Liaoning Province (The People's Hospital of China Medical University), Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China.
Lifei LiuDepartment of Rehabilitation, The People's Hospital of Liaoning Province (The People's Hospital of China Medical University), Shenyang, Liaoning 110016, China.
Miao WangSchool of Exercise and Health, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) guide ribosomal RNA modification and regulate broader RNA-based programs, whereas snoRNA host gene-derived long non-coding RNAs, including SNHG-family transcripts, participate in post-transcriptional and epigenetic regulation. This review synthesizes evidence from skeletal stem/progenitor cells, osteoblast- and osteoclast-lineage models, chondrocytes, bone tumor systems, patient samples, and extracellular vesicle or circulating RNA studies to define how snoRNAs and SNHGs shape bone development, remodeling, and disease. Across osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, bone tumors, and fracture healing, these RNAs influence osteogenic differentiation, osteoclastogenesis, cartilage homeostasis, tumor progression, repair responses, and intercellular communication through ribosome-associated control, ceRNA networks, transcript stability, and chromatin- or protein-associated mechanisms. We also discuss their potential as biomarkers and RNA-targeted therapeutic candidates, together with challenges in annotation, functional validation, delivery, and clinical translation. This framework highlights snoRNAs and SNHGs as regulatory components of skeletal biology and disease.

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biomarkersBMSCsbone homeostasisosteoporosisSNHGssnoRNAs

Identifiers

PMID42436994
PMCPMC13355484

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