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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019

The RNA demethylase FTO is required for maintenance of bone mass and functions to protect osteoblasts from genotoxic damage.

Qian Zhang, Ryan C Riddle, Qian Yang, Clifford R Rosen, Denis C Guttridge, Naomi Dirckx, Marie-Claude Faugere, Charles R Farber, Thomas L Clemens

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
80citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

80 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 124 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

9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Qian ZhangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287.ORCID 0000-0003-3032-9088
Ryan C RiddleDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287.
Qian YangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287.
Clifford R RosenCenter for Molecular Medicine, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, ME 04074.
Denis C GuttridgeDepartment of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425.
Naomi DirckxDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287.
Marie-Claude FaugereDepartment of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506.
Charles R FarberCenter for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908.
Thomas L ClemensDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287; tclemen5@jhmi.edu.
Johns Hopkins University · USUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs · USMaine Medical Center · USMedical University of South Carolina · USUniversity of Kentucky · USUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

Regulation of Osteoblast Metabolism by Lrp5R01DK099134 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI RIDDLE, RYAN C · 2013 to 2022
$3.4M
Biology of IGFs in BoneI01BX001234 · VA · BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI CLEMENS, THOMAS L · 2011 to 2019
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BLRD VA I01 BX001234BLRD VA IK6 BX004984NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK099134
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fat mass and obesity-associated gene (

Indexed as

ApoptosisDNA DamageSignal TransductionStress, PhysiologicalAlpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTOAnimalsBone and BonesDietary FatsHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHydrogen PeroxideMiceMice, KnockoutNF-kappa BOsteoblastsUltraviolet RaysAlpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTODietary FatsFTO protein, mouseHsp70.3 protein, mouseHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHydrogen PeroxideNF-kappa BboneDNA damageepigeneticsosteoblastsosteoporosis

Identifiers

PMID31434789
PMCPMC6731662
OpenAlexW2969493259

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