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ReviewAdvances in protein chemistry and structural biology

NF-κB as a Therapeutic Target in Inflammatory-Associated Bone Diseases.

T-H Lin, J Pajarinen, L Lu, A Nabeshima, L A Cordova, Z Yao, S B Goodman

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Review in Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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68citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
18.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 116 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

T-H LinStanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
J PajarinenStanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
L LuStanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
A NabeshimaStanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
L A CordovaStanford University, Stanford, CA, United States; Faculty of Dentistry, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Z YaoStanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
S B GoodmanStanford University, Stanford, CA, United States. Electronic address: goodbone@stanford.edu.
Stanford University · USUniversity of Chile · CL

Funding

Wear Particle Disease and NF-kappa B SignalingR01AR063717 · NIAMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI GOODMAN, STUART B · 2012 to 2021
$3.5M
Chemokine Directed Cell Trafficking during Continuous Infusion of Wear ParticlesR01AR055650 · NIAMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI GOODMAN, STUART B · 2007 to 2016
$3.3M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR055650NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR063717
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammation is a defensive mechanism for pathogen clearance and maintaining tissue homeostasis. In the skeletal system, inflammation is closely associated with many bone disorders including fractures, nonunions, periprosthetic osteolysis (bone loss around orthopedic implants), and osteoporosis. Acute inflammation is a critical step for proper bone-healing and bone-remodeling processes. On the other hand, chronic inflammation with excessive proinflammatory cytokines disrupts the balance of skeletal homeostasis involving osteoblastic (bone formation) and osteoclastic (bone resorption) activities. NF-κB is a transcriptional factor that regulates the inflammatory response and bone-remodeling processes in both bone-forming and bone-resorption cells. In vitro and in vivo evidences suggest that NF-κB is an important potential therapeutic target for inflammation-associated bone disorders by modulating inflammation and bone-remodeling process simultaneously. The challenges of NF-κB-targeting therapy in bone disorders include: (1) the complexity of canonical and noncanonical NF-κB pathways; (2) the fundamental roles of NF-κB-mediated signaling for bone regeneration at earlier phases of tissue damage and acute inflammation; and (3) the potential toxic effects on nontargeted cells such as lymphocytes. Recent developments of novel inhibitors with differential approaches to modulate NF-κB activity, and the controlled release (local) or bone-targeting drug delivery (systemic) strategies, have largely increased the translational application of NF-κB therapy in bone disorders. Taken together, temporal modulation of NF-κB pathways with the combination of recent advanced bone-targeting drug delivery techniques is a highly translational strategy to reestablish homeostasis in the skeletal system.

Indexed as

Bone DiseasesBone RemodelingHumansInflammationNF-kappa BSignal TransductionNF-kappa BBone remodelingBone targetingInflammationNF-κB

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PMID28215222
PMCPMC5538562
OpenAlexW2559916560

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