Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29441447›Full record

ReviewCurrent osteoporosis reports2018

Transcriptional Mechanisms of Secondary Fracture Healing.

Joseph L Roberts, David N Paglia, Hicham Drissi

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Review in Current osteoporosis reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 41% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. The Sirt1-Piezo1 Axis Promotes Bone Formation and Repair in Mice.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Joseph L RobertsDepartment of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
David N PagliaDepartment of Orthopaedics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA.
Hicham DrissiDepartment of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. hicham.drissi@emory.edu.
Emory University · USRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

Nutrition Sciences and HealthT32DK007734 · NIDDK · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI RAMAKRISHNAN, USHA · 1997 to 2016
$2.5M
Runx1 Control of Bone Resorption during Fracture Repair SupplementR01AR063661 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI DRISSI, MOULAY HICHAM, LORENZO, JOSEPH A · 2013 to 2017
$1.8M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR063661NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007734
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewGrowing evidence supports the critical role of transcriptional mechanisms in promoting the spatial and temporal progression of bone healing. In this review, we evaluate and discuss new transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms of secondary bone repair, along with emerging evidence for epigenetic regulation of fracture healing. RECENT

findingsUsing the candidate gene approach has identified new roles for several transcription factors in mediating the reactive, reparative, and remodeling phases of fracture repair. Further characterization of the different epigenetic controls of fracture healing and fracture-driven transcriptome changes between young and aged fracture has identified key biological pathways that may yield therapeutic targets. Furthermore, exogenously delivered microRNA to post-transcriptionally control gene expression is quickly becoming an area with great therapeutic potential. Activation of specific transcriptional networks can promote the proper progression of secondary bone healing. Targeting these key factors using small molecules or through microRNA may yield effective therapies to enhance and possibly accelerate fracture healing.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationMicroRNAsAge FactorsBone RemodelingEpigenesis, GeneticFracture HealingGene ExpressionHumansOsteogenesisTranscription FactorsMicroRNAsTranscription FactorsBoneEpigeneticsGene expressionMicroRNATranscription factorTranscriptome

Identifiers

PMID29441447
PMCPMC6262839
OpenAlexW2791758886

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