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ReviewRheumatic diseases clinics of North America2010

Bone damage in rheumatoid arthritis: mechanistic insights and approaches to prevention.

Sougata Karmakar, Jonathan Kay, Ellen M Gravallese

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Review in Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
93citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

93 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 184 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Anti-Arthritic Effect of the Hydroethanolic Root Extract ofAdvances in pharmacological and pharmaceutical sciences · 2022
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  20. The role of NK cells in rheumatoid arthritis.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2021
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33 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sougata KarmakarDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Lazare Research Building, Suite 223, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Jonathan Kay
Ellen M Gravallese
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USUMass Memorial Medical Center · US

Funding

PATHOGENESIS OF BONE EROSION IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITISR01AR047665 · NIAMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI GRAVALLESE, ELLEN M · 2003 to 2007
$1.8M
Inhibition of osteoblast function in bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritisR01AR055952 · NIAMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI GRAVALLESE, ELLEN M · 2009 to 2013
$1.7M
NIAMS NIH HHS AR047665NIAMS NIH HHS AR055952NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR047665NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR055952
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), cells within the inflamed synovium and pannus elaborate a variety of cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha, interleukin (IL)-1, IL-6, and IL-17, that contribute to inflammation, and may directly affect bone. The receptor activator of NF-kappaB (RANK) ligand/RANK/osteoprotegerin pathway plays a critical role in regulating osteoclastogenesis in articular bone erosions in RA. Proinflammatory cytokines can modulate this pathway, and may also affect the ability of the osteoblast to repair bone at sites of articular erosion. In this review, the authors discuss the current understanding of pathogenic mechanisms of bone erosion in RA and examine current therapeutic approaches to prevent this damage.

Indexed as

AnimalsArthritis, RheumatoidBone and BonesBone ResorptionHumansOsteoblastsOsteoclasts

Identifiers

PMID20510240
PMCPMC2905601
OpenAlexW2035503887

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