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ReviewThe Journal of clinical investigation2014

Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and TGF-β signaling in bone remodeling.

Janet L Crane, Xu Cao

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Review in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 260 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
260citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
11.7field-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

260 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 442 citations in OpenAlex.

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200 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Janet L Crane
Xu Cao
Johns Hopkins Medicine · US

Funding

Interdepartmental Training Program in Cellular and Molecular EndocrinologyT32DK007751 · NIDDK · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WOLFE, ANDREW M · 1997 to 2016
$4.6M
MECHANISM OF SMAD1 MEDIATED OSTEOBLAST DIFFERENTIATIONR01DK057501 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI CAO, XU · 2001 to 2014
$3.8M
The Mechanism of Coupling Bone Resorption and FormationR01AR053973 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI CAO, XU · 2007 to 2010
$1.1M
FUNCTION OF DNA VIRUS GENOMES IN ANIMAL CELLSZ01DK057501 · NIDDK · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES · PI OWENS, ROLAND ARVEL · 1986 to 2008
$846k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 DK057501NIAMS NIH HHS AR06394NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR053973NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK057501NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007751NIDDK NIH HHS T32DK007751
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During bone resorption, abundant factors previously buried in the bone matrix are released into the bone marrow microenvironment, which results in recruitment and differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for subsequent bone formation, temporally and spatially coupling bone remodeling. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) orchestrates the signaling of many pathways that direct MSC fate. The spatiotemporal release and activation of matrix TGF-β during osteoclast bone resorption recruits MSCs to bone-resorptive sites. Dysregulation of TGF-β alters MSC fate, uncoupling bone remodeling and causing skeletal disorders. Modulation of TGF-β or PTH signaling may reestablish coupled bone remodeling and be a potential therapy.

Indexed as

Bone RemodelingGene Expression RegulationAnimalsBone Marrow CellsBone NeoplasmsBone ResorptionCell DifferentiationCell LineageHomeostasisHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsOsteoarthritisOsteoclastsOsteogenesisParathyroid HormoneSignal TransductionParathyroid HormoneTransforming Growth Factor beta

Identifiers

PMID24487640
PMCPMC3904610
OpenAlexW2112653375

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