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ReviewJournal of the Endocrine Society2018

Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 and Its Receptors in Bone Biology and Disease.

J Douglas Coffin, Collin Homer-Bouthiette, Marja Marie Hurley

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Review in Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. FGF family in health and disease.Molecular biomedicine · 2026
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  8. FGF2 Functions in HMolecular biotechnology · 2024
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  12. Bone-organ axes: bidirectional crosstalk.Military Medical Research · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

J Douglas CoffinThe University of Montana, Missoula, Montana.
Collin Homer-BouthietteUniversity of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina.
Marja Marie HurleyDepartment of Medicine, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, UCONN Health, Farmington, Connecticut.
UConn Health · USUniversity of Montana · USUniversity of South Carolina · US

Funding

FGF2 Isoforms in Bone and Phosphate HomeostasisR01AR072985 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI HURLEY, MARJA MARIE · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR072985
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fibroblast growth factor (FGF) regulatory axis is phylogenetically ancient, evolving into a large mammalian/human gene family of 22 ligands that bind to four receptor tyrosine kinases for a complex physiologic system controlling cell growth, differentiation, and metabolism. The tissue targets for the primary FGF function are mainly in cartilage and in bone for morphogenesis, mineralization, and metabolism. A multitude of complexities in the FGF ligand-receptor signaling pathways have made translation into therapies for FGF-related bone disorders such as osteomalacia, osteoarthritis, and osteoporosis difficult but not impossible.

Indexed as

boneFGF2FGF receptors

Identifiers

PMID29942929
PMCPMC6009610
OpenAlexW2807467795

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