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ReviewJournal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany)2010

Rapamycin and the transcription factor C/EBPbeta as a switch in osteoclast differentiation: implications for lytic bone diseases.

Jeske J Smink, Achim Leutz

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Review in Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. CCAAT enhancer-binding proteins have long boney fingers.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2012
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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.

Jeske J SminkMax Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Humboldt University Berlin, Institute of Biology, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Robert-Roessle-Strasse 10, Berlin, Germany.
Achim Leutz
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lytic bone diseases and in particular osteoporosis are common age-related diseases characterized by enhanced bone fragility due to loss of bone density. Increasingly, osteoporosis poses a major global health-care problem due to the growth of the elderly population. Recently, it was found that the gene regulatory transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer binding protein beta (C/EBPbeta) is involved in bone metabolism. C/EBPbeta occurs as different protein isoforms of variable amino terminal length, and regulation of the C/EBPbeta isoform ratio balance was found to represent an important factor in osteoclast differentiation and bone homeostasis. Interestingly, adjustment of the C/EBPbeta isoform ratio by the process of translational control is downstream of the mammalian target of rapamycin kinase (mTOR), a sensor of the nutritional status and a target of immunosuppressive and anticancer drugs. The findings imply that modulating the process of translational control of C/EBPbeta isoform expression could represent a novel therapeutic approach in osteolytic bone diseases, including cancer and infection-induced bone loss.

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Cell DifferentiationAnimalsBone DiseasesCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-betaHumansOsteoclastsSirolimusCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-betaSirolimus

Identifiers

PMID19943027
PMCPMC2836244
OpenAlexW2143304605

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