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ReviewEndocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets2020

Are Oxidative Stress and Inflammation Mediators of Bone Loss Due to Estrogen Deficiency? A Review of Current Evidence.

Nur-Vaizura Mohamad, Soelaiman Ima-Nirwana, Kok-Yong Chin

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Review in Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

83 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 128 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nur-Vaizura MohamadDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The National University of Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Soelaiman Ima-NirwanaDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The National University of Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Kok-Yong ChinDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, The National University of Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
University Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoporosis is one of the major health issues associated with menopause-related estrogen deficiency. Various reports suggest that the hormonal changes related to menopausal transition may lead to the derangement of redox homeostasis and ultimately oxidative stress. Estrogen deficiency and oxidative stress may enhance the expression of genes involved in inflammation. All these factors may contribute, in synergy, to the development of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Previous studies suggest that estrogen may act as an antioxidant to protect the bone against oxidative stress, and as an antiinflammatory agent in suppressing pro-inflammatory and pro-osteoclastic cytokines. Thus, the focus of the current review is to examine the relationship between estrogen deficiency, oxidative stress and inflammation, and the impacts of these phenomena on skeletal health in postmenopausal women.

Indexed as

Bone RemodelingEstrogen Replacement TherapyEstrogensFemaleHumansInflammation MediatorsOsteoporosisOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalOxidative StressReactive Oxygen SpeciesEstrogensInflammation MediatorsReactive Oxygen SpeciesestrogenInflammationmenopauseosteoporosisoxidative stressreview

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PMID32496996
PMCPMC8383467
OpenAlexW3033555771

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