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ReviewJournal of biomedical science2018

IL-20 bone diseases involvement and therapeutic target potential.

Hsiao-Hsuan Wang, Yu-Hsiang Hsu, Ming-Shi Chang

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Review in Journal of biomedical science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 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.

Hsiao-Hsuan WangInstitute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Yu-Hsiang HsuInstitute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Ming-Shi ChangInstitute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. mschang@mail.ncku.edu.tw.
National Cheng Kung University · TWNational Cheng Kung University Hospital · TW

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan MOST 105-2320-B-006-040
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMillions of people around the world suffer from bone disorders, likes osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and cancer-induced osteolysis. In general, the bone remodeling balance is determined by osteoclasts and osteoblasts, respectively responsible for bone resorption and bone formation. Excessive inflammation disturbs the activities of these two kinds of cells, typically resulting in the bone loss. MAIN BODY: IL-20 is emerging as a potent angiogenic, chemotactic, and proinflammatory cytokine related to several chronic inflammatory disorders likes psoriasis, atherosclerosis, cancer, liver fibrosis, and RA. IL-20 has an important role in the regulation of osteoclastogenesis and osteoblastogenesis and is upregulated in several bone-related diseases. The anti-IL-20 monoclonal antibody treatment has a therapeutic potential in several experimental disease models including ovariectomy-induced osteoporosis, cancer-induced osteolysis, and bone fracture.

conclusionThis review article provides an overview describing the IL-20's biological functions in the common bone disorders and thus providing a novel therapeutic strategy in the future.

Indexed as

Bone DiseasesHumansInterleukinsinterleukin 20InterleukinsBone fractureBone homeostasisCancer-induced osteolysisIL-20OsteoporosisRheumatoid arthritis

Identifiers

PMID29690863
PMCPMC5913811
OpenAlexW2805199559

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