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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2018

Mechanically-Loaded Breast Cancer Cells Modify Osteocyte Mechanosensitivity by Secreting Factors That Increase Osteocyte Dendrite Formation and Downstream Resorption.

Wenbo Wang, Blayne A Sarazin, Gabriel Kornilowicz, Maureen E Lynch

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 26 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wenbo WangDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States.
Blayne A SarazinDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States.
Gabriel KornilowiczDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States.
Maureen E LynchDepartment of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States.
University of Massachusetts Amherst · USUniversity of Colorado Boulder · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advanced breast cancer predominantly metastasizes to the skeleton, at which point patient prognosis significantly declines concomitant with bone loss, pain, and heightened fracture risk. Given the skeleton's sensitivity to mechanical signals, increased mechanical loading is well-documented to increase bone mass, and it also inhibited bone metastatic tumor formation and progression

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bonebreast cancerfluid flowmechanical loadingmechanobiologyosteocyte

Identifiers

PMID30034365
PMCPMC6043807
OpenAlexW2810163771

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