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ArticleeLife2016

Clec11a/osteolectin is an osteogenic growth factor that promotes the maintenance of the adult skeleton.

Rui Yue, Bo Shen, Sean J Morrison

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Article in eLife, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers.

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76citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 130 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rui YueDepartment of Pediatrics and Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States.
Bo ShenDepartment of Pediatrics and Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States.
Sean J MorrisonDepartment of Pediatrics and Children's Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1587-8329
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

UT Southwestern Medical Center Simmons Comprehensive Cancer CenterP30CA142543 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Sandi Leigh Pruitt · 2010 to 2026
$53.7M
Characterization of a new growth factor from a bone marrow vascular nicheF32HL139016 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI SHEN, BO · 2017 to 2019
$179k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS P30 CA142543NHLBI NIH HHS F32 HL139016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone marrow stromal cells maintain the adult skeleton by forming osteoblasts throughout life that regenerate bone and repair fractures. We discovered that subsets of these stromal cells, osteoblasts, osteocytes, and hypertrophic chondrocytes secrete a C-type lectin domain protein, Clec11a, which promotes osteogenesis.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationOsteogenesisAdultAnimalsCells, CulturedHematopoietic Cell Growth FactorsHumansLectins, C-TypeMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceRecombinant ProteinsSkeletonCLEC11A protein, humanClec11A protein, mouseHematopoietic Cell Growth FactorsLectins, C-TypeRecombinant Proteinsdevelopmental biologymouseosteogenesisosteoporosisskeletal stem cellsstem cells

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PMID27976999
PMCPMC5158134
OpenAlexW2567412160

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