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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

Osteoimmunology: A Current Update of the Interplay Between Bone and the Immune System.

Christian Guder, Sascha Gravius, Christof Burger, Dieter C Wirtz, Frank A Schildberg

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
111citing papers in PubMed
8.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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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

111 citing papers in PubMed, 180 citations in OpenAlex.

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51 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christian GuderClinic for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Sascha GraviusClinic for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Christof BurgerClinic for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Dieter C WirtzClinic for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Frank A SchildbergClinic for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
University Hospital Bonn · DEUniversity Medical Centre Mannheim · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunology, already a discipline in its own right, has become a major part of many different medical fields. However, its relationship to orthopedics and trauma surgery has unfortunately, and perhaps unjustly, been developing rather slowly. Discoveries in recent years have emphasized the immense breadth of communication and connection between both systems and, importantly, the highly promising therapeutic opportunities. Recent discoveries of factors originally assigned to the immune system have now also been shown to have a significant impact on bone health and disease, which has greatly changed how we approach treatment of bone pathologies. In case of bone fracture, immune cells, especially macrophages, are present throughout the whole healing process, assure defense against pathogens and discharge a complex variety of effectors to regulate bone modeling. In rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis, the immune system contributes to the formation of the pathological and chronic conditions. Fascinatingly, prosthesis failure is not at all solely a mechanical problem of improper strain but works in conjunction with an active contribution of the immune system as a reaction to irritant debris from material wear. Unraveling conjoined mechanisms of the immune and osseous systems heralds therapeutic possibilities for ailments of both. Contemplation of the bone as merely an unchanging support pillar is outdated and obsolete. Instead it is mandatory that this highly diverse network be incorporated in our understanding of the immune system and hematopoiesis.

Indexed as

Bone and BonesImmune SystemAllergy and ImmunologyAnimalsHumansOsteologybonebone fractureimmune cellsorthopedics and trauma surgeryosteoimmunologyosteoporosisprosthesis failurerheumatoid arthritis

Identifiers

PMID32082321
PMCPMC7004969
OpenAlexW3003798115

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