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ReviewJournal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research2013

Bone and skeletal muscle: neighbors with close ties.

Douglas J DiGirolamo, Douglas P Kiel, Karyn A Esser

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Review in Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
112citing papers in PubMed
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

112 citing papers in PubMed, 192 citations in OpenAlex.

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52 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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Douglas J DiGirolamoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287‐0882, USA. ddigiro2@jhmi.edu
Douglas P Kiel
Karyn A Esser
Harvard University · USJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Kentucky · US

Funding

Activin receptor-based therapies for musculoskeletal diseaseR01AR062074 · NIAMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI DIGIROLAMO, DOUGLAS JAMES · 2011 to 2015
$2.0M
BetaCatenin Regulation of Skeletal Muscle HypertrophyR01AR061939 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI ESSER, KARYN A, MCCARTHY, JOHN JOSEPH · 2012 to 2016
$1.7M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR061939NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR062074
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The musculoskeletal system evolved in mammals to perform diverse functions that include locomotion, facilitating breathing, protecting internal organs, and coordinating global energy expenditure. Bone and skeletal muscles involved with locomotion are both derived from somitic mesoderm and accumulate peak tissue mass synchronously, according to genetic information and environmental stimuli. Aging results in the progressive and parallel loss of bone (osteopenia) and skeletal muscle (sarcopenia) with profound consequences for quality of life. Age-associated sarcopenia results in reduced endurance, poor balance, and reduced mobility that predispose elderly individuals to falls, which more frequently result in fracture because of concomitant osteoporosis. Thus, a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the parallel development and involution of these tissues is critical to developing new and more effective means to combat osteoporosis and sarcopenia in our increasingly aged population. This perspective highlights recent advances in our understanding of mechanisms coupling bone and skeletal muscle mass, and identify critical areas where further work is needed.

Indexed as

Accidental FallsAgingPostural BalanceAnimalsBone and BonesBone Diseases, MetabolicHumansMuscle, SkeletalSarcopenia

Identifiers

PMID23630111
PMCPMC4892934
OpenAlexW1566641143

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