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ReviewTheranostics2020

Endothelial cells produce angiocrine factors to regulate bone and cartilage via versatile mechanisms.

Sipin Zhu, Samuel Bennett, Vincent Kuek, Chuan Xiang, Huazi Xu, Vicki Rosen, Jiake Xu

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Review in Theranostics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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72citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 102 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sipin ZhuDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China.
Samuel BennettSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia.
Vincent KuekSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia.
Chuan XiangDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 300001 China.
Huazi XuDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China.
Vicki RosenDepartment of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Jiake XuDepartment of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, 325000, China.
University of Western Australia · AUWenzhou Medical University · CNHarvard University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Blood vessels are conduits distributed throughout the body, supporting tissue growth and homeostasis by the transport of cells, oxygen and nutrients. Endothelial cells (ECs) form the linings of the blood vessels, and together with pericytes, are essential for organ development and tissue homeostasis through producing paracrine signalling molecules, called angiocrine factors. In the skeletal system, ECs - derived angiocrine factors, combined with bone cells-released angiogenic factors, orchestrate intercellular crosstalk of the bone microenvironment, and the coupling of angiogenesis-to-osteogenesis. Whilst the involvement of angiogenic factors and the blood vessels of the skeleton is relatively well established, the impact of ECs -derived angiocrine factors on bone and cartilage homeostasis is gradually emerging. In this review, we survey ECs - derived angiocrine factors, which are released by endothelial cells of the local microenvironment and by distal organs, and act specifically as regulators of skeletal growth and homeostasis. These may potentially include angiocrine factors with osteogenic property, such as Hedgehog, Notch, WNT, bone morphogenetic protein (BMP), fibroblast growth factor (FGF), insulin-like growth factor (IGF), and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF). Understanding the versatile mechanisms by which ECs-derived angiocrine factors orchestrate bone and cartilage homeostasis, and pathogenesis, is an important step towards the development of therapeutic potential for skeletal diseases.

Indexed as

Angiogenesis Inducing AgentsAnimalsBone and BonesCartilageEndothelial CellsHumansNeovascularization, PhysiologicOsteogenesisParacrine CommunicationSignal TransductionAngiogenesis Inducing Agentsangiocrine factorsangiogenesis-osteogenesis couplingangiogenic factorsbone and cartilage homeostasisendothelial cells

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PMID32483430
PMCPMC7255007
OpenAlexW3022329594

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