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ReviewAnimal models and experimental medicine2019

Animal modeling in bone research-Should we follow the White Rabbit?

Aline Schafrum Macedo, Caroline Cezaretti Feitosa, Fernando Yoiti Kitamura Kawamoto, Paulo Vinicius Tertuliano Marinho, Ísis Dos Santos Dal-Bó, Bianca Fiuza Monteiro, Leonardo Prado, Thales Bregadioli, Gabriel Antonio Covino Diamante, Cassio Ricardo Auada Ferrigno

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Review in Animal models and experimental medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

10 authors.

Aline Schafrum MacedoDepartment of Veterinary Surgery School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences University of São Paulo, USP São Paulo SP Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6725-7028
Caroline Cezaretti FeitosaDepartment of Veterinary Surgery School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences University of São Paulo, USP São Paulo SP Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0057-4568
Fernando Yoiti Kitamura KawamotoDepartment of Veterinary Surgery School of Agricultural and Veterinarian Sciences São Paulo State University UNESP Jaboticabal SP Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9569-6455
Paulo Vinicius Tertuliano MarinhoDepartment of Veterinary Surgery Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Southern Minas Gerais IFSULDEMINAS Muzambinho MG Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8399-0844
Ísis Dos Santos Dal-BóDepartment of Veterinary Surgery School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences University of São Paulo, USP São Paulo SP Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4652-8567
Bianca Fiuza MonteiroDepartment of Veterinary Surgery School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences University of São Paulo, USP São Paulo SP Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5638-6470
Leonardo PradoDepartment of Veterinary Surgery School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences University of São Paulo, USP São Paulo SP Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0660-5441
Thales BregadioliDepartment of Veterinary Surgery School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences University of São Paulo, USP São Paulo SP Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-9800
Gabriel Antonio Covino DiamanteDepartment of Veterinary Surgery School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences University of São Paulo, USP São Paulo SP Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9845-6126
Cassio Ricardo Auada FerrignoDepartment of Veterinary Surgery School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences University of São Paulo, USP São Paulo SP Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9805-989X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animal models are live subjects applied to translational research. They provide insights into human diseases and enhance biomedical knowledge. Livestock production has favored the pace of human social development over millennia. Today's society is more aware of animal welfare than past generations. The general public has marked objections to animal research and many species are falling into disuse. The search for an ideal methodology to replace animal use is on, but animal modeling still holds great importance to human health. Bone research, in particular, has unmet requirements that in vitro technologies cannot yet fully address. In that sense, standardizing novel models remains necessary and rabbits are gaining in popularity as potential bone models. Our aim here is to provide a broad overview of animal modeling and its ethical implications, followed by a narrower focus on bone research and the role rabbits are playing in the current scenario.

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animal experimentationbone densityLagomorphatranslational medical research

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PMID31773091
PMCPMC6762042

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