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ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Cell physiology2020

Cellular and extracellular matrix of bone, with principles of synthesis and dependency of mineral deposition on cell membrane transport.

Paul H Schlesinger, Harry C Blair, Donna Beer Stolz, Vladimir Riazanski, Evan C Ray, Irina L Tourkova, Deborah J Nelson

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Review in American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. The Interplay of Angiogenesis and Osteogenesis in Non-Stabilized Incomplete Tibial Fractures: A Temporal Study in Rats.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Paul H SchlesingerDepartment of Cell Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
Harry C BlairVeterans Affairs Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Donna Beer StolzDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Vladimir RiazanskiDepartment of Neurobiology, Pharmacology, and Physiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Evan C RayRenal Electrolyte Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Irina L TourkovaVeterans Affairs Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Deborah J NelsonDepartment of Neurobiology, Pharmacology, and Physiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
University of Chicago · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · USVeterans Health Administration · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Single Nephron and MetabolomicsP30DK079307 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI KLEYMAN, THOMAS R · 2008 to 2022
$13.4M
Phagosomal Ion Channels as Therapeutic TargetsR01HL125076 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI NELSON, DEBORAH J. · 2015 to 2022
$5.0M
ROLE OF ION CHANNELS IN MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE ACTIVATIONR01GM036823 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI NELSON, DEBORAH J. · 1986 to 2012
$3.2M
Epithelial Osteoblast Function: The Role of Acid TransportR01AR076146 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI BLAIR, HARRY COLBERT, NELSON, DEBORAH J. · 2020 to 2024
$2.6M
Proteolytic activation of ENaC in Proteinuric Kidney DiseaseK08DK110332 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI RAY, EVAN CROSS · 2016 to 2021
$903k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL125076NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR076146NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK110332NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK079307NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM036823
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone differs from other connective tissues; it is isolated by a layer of osteoblasts that are connected by tight and gap junctions. This allows bone to create dense lamellar type I collagen, control pH, mineral deposition, and regulate water content forming a compact and strong structure. New woven bone formed after degradation of mineralized cartilage is rapidly degraded and resynthesized to impart structural order for local bone strength. Ossification is regulated by thickness of bone units and by patterning via bone morphogenetic receptors including activin, other bone morphogenetic protein receptors, transforming growth factor-β receptors, all part of a receptor superfamily. This superfamily interacts with receptors for additional signals in bone differentiation. Important features of the osteoblast environment were established using recent tools including osteoblast differentiation in vitro. Osteoblasts deposit matrix protein, over 90% type I collagen, in lamellae with orientation alternating parallel or orthogonal to the main stress axis of the bone. Into this organic matrix, mineral is deposited as hydroxyapatite. Mineral matrix matures from amorphous to crystalline hydroxyapatite. This process includes at least two-phase changes of the calcium-phosphate mineral as well as intermediates involving tropocollagen fibrils to form the bone composite. Beginning with initiation of mineral deposition, there is uncertainty regarding cardinal processes, but the driving force is not merely exceeding the calcium-phosphate solubility product. It occurs behind a epithelial-like layer of osteoblasts, which generate phosphate and remove protons liberated during calcium-phosphate salt deposition. The forming bone matrix is discontinuous from the general extracellular fluid. Required adjustment of ionic concentrations and water removal from bone matrix are important details remaining to be addressed.

Indexed as

Bone DensityCell DifferentiationOsteogenesisAnimalsBone MatrixBone Morphogenetic Protein ReceptorsBone Morphogenetic ProteinsHumansMembrane Transport ProteinsModels, BiologicalOsteoblastsReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaSignal TransductionTransforming Growth Factor betaBone Morphogenetic Protein ReceptorsBone Morphogenetic ProteinsMembrane Transport ProteinsReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaTransforming Growth Factor betaaquaporinchloride-hydrogen antiportersNa/H exchangerspH gradienttype I collagen

Identifiers

PMID31532718
PMCPMC6985832
OpenAlexW2974396267

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