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ReviewCurrent osteoporosis reports2016

The Role of Osteocytes in Age-Related Bone Loss.

Robert L Jilka, Charles A O'Brien

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Review in Current osteoporosis reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 73 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

73 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Robert L JilkaCenter for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA. rljlka@uams.edu.
Charles A O'BrienCenter for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA. caobrien@uams.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The decrease in bone mass and strength during aging has multiple causes. Osteocytes are long-lived cells within the bone matrix that perform a variety of functions, including the control of bone remodeling. Because of their longevity, osteocytes are more likely than osteoclasts or osteoblasts to accumulate molecular damage over time. Osteocytes utilize quality-control pathways like autophagy to remove damaged organelles and macromolecules, and thereby maintain function. When the damage is excessive, cell death pathways such as apoptosis minimize the impact of potential osteocyte dysfunction on the skeleton. The goal of this review is to discuss how dysregulation of these pathways in osteocytes may contribute to the decline in bone mass and strength with age.

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ApoptosisAutophagyBone RemodelingAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAgingAnimalsBone Morphogenetic ProteinsGenetic MarkersHumansOsteocytesOsteoporosisOsteoprotegerinRANK LigandSignal TransductionWeight-BearingAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingBone Morphogenetic ProteinsGenetic MarkersOsteoprotegerinRANK LigandSOST protein, humanApoptosisAutophagyBone remodelingOsteocytesOsteoporosisRANKL

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