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ReviewOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2013

NF-κB signaling and bone resorption.

Y Abu-Amer

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Review in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 193 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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193citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

193 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 330 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Y Abu-AmerDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660S. Euclid Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA. abuamery@wustl.edu
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Regulatory Mechanisms of Implant-Induced OsteolysisR01AR049192 · NIAMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ABU-AMER, YOUSEF · 2004 to 2019
$4.3M
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Tak1 Function in OsteoclastsR01AR054326 · NIAMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ABU-AMER, YOUSEF · 2008 to 2017
$3.3M
NIAMS NIH HHS AR-049192NIAMS NIH HHS AR-054326NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR049192NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR054326
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transcription factor NF-κB is a family of proteins involved in signaling pathways essential for normal cellular functions and development. Deletion of various components of this pathway resulted with abnormal skeletal development. Research in the last decade has established that NF-κB signaling mediates RANK ligand-induced osteoclastogenesis. Consistently, it was shown that inhibition of NF-κB was an effective approach to inhibit osteoclast formation and bone resorptive activity. Identification of the molecular machinery underlying NF-κB activation permitted osteoclast-specific deletion of the major components of this pathway. As a result, it was clear that deletion of members of the proximal IKK kinase complex and the distal NF-κB subunits and downstream regulators affected skeletal development. These studies provided several targets of therapeutic intervention in osteolytic diseases. NF-κB activity has been also described as the centerpiece of inflammatory responses and is considered a potent mediator of inflammatory osteolysis. Indeed, inflammatory insults exacerbate physiologic RANKL-induced NF-κB signals leading to exaggerated responses and to inflammatory osteolysis. These superimposed NF-κB activities appear to underlie several bone pathologies. This review will describe the individual roles of NF-κB molecules in bone resorption and inflammatory osteolysis.

Indexed as

Bone ResorptionHumansNF-kappa BOsteitis DeformansOsteoclastsOsteolysisPeriodontitisSignal TransductionNF-kappa B

Identifiers

PMID23468073
PMCPMC3884829
OpenAlexW2085536927

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