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ReviewTrends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM2010

Prostaglandins in bone: bad cop, good cop?

Katherine A Blackwell, Lawrence G Raisz, Carol C Pilbeam

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In one paragraph

Review in Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 128 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
128citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
18.2field-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

128 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 301 citations in OpenAlex.

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68 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 1 institution in 1 country.

Katherine A BlackwellNew England Musculoskeletal Institute, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT, USA.
Lawrence G Raisz
Carol C Pilbeam
UConn Health · US

Funding

Cox-2 Regulation of Bone Responses to PTH: Role of OsteoclastsR01AR060286 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI PILBEAM, CAROL C. · 2011 to 2020
$3.4M
MECHANICAL LOADING OF BONE AND PROSTAGLANDINSR01AR047673 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI PILBEAM, CAROL C. · 2001 to 2010
$2.7M
Factors Influencing Bones MetabolismR01AR018063 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI RAISZ, LAWRENCE GIDEON · 1986 to 2008
$2.5M
REGULATION OF THE PROSTAGLANDIN G/H SYNTHASES IN BONER01DK048361 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI PILBEAM, CAROL C. · 1995 to 2008
$2.5M
Regulation of the Prostaglandin G/H Synthases in BoneR56DK048361 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI PILBEAM, CAROL C. · 2010 to 2010
$230k
PGE2 and PTH effects on osteoblastsF30AG034013 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI BLACKWELL, KATHERINE ANNE · 2009 to 2010
$37k
NIAMS NIH HHS AR18063NIAMS NIH HHS AR47673NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR018063NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR047673NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR060286NIA NIH HHS F30 AG034013NIDDK NIH HHS DK48361NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK048361NIDDK NIH HHS R56 DK048361
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prostaglandins (PGs) are multifunctional regulators of bone metabolism that stimulate both bone resorption and formation. PGs have been implicated in bone resorption associated with inflammation and metastatic bone disease, and also in bone formation associated with fracture healing and heterotopic ossification. Recent studies have identified roles for inducible cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and PGE(2) receptors in these processes. Although the effects of PGs have been most often associated with cAMP production and protein kinase A activation, PGs can engage an extensive G-protein signaling network. Further analysis of COX-2 and PG receptors and their downstream G-protein signaling in bone could provide important clues to the regulation of skeletal cell growth in both health and disease.

Indexed as

AnimalsBone and BonesBone DiseasesBone ResorptionCyclooxygenase 2DinoprostoneHumansOsteogenesisProstaglandinsRANK LigandReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledReceptors, ProstaglandinCyclooxygenase 2DinoprostoneProstaglandinsRANK LigandReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledReceptors, Prostaglandin

Identifiers

PMID20079660
PMCPMC2862787
OpenAlexW2024135486

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