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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2020

Recent Advances of Osterix Transcription Factor in Osteoblast Differentiation and Bone Formation.

Qian Liu, Mao Li, Shiyi Wang, Zhousheng Xiao, Yuanyuan Xiong, Guangwei Wang

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Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 136 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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136citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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136 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 230 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Qian LiuKey Laboratory of Brain and Neuroendocrine Diseases, College of Hunan Province, Hunan University of Medicine, Huaihua, China.
Mao LiBiomedical Research Center, Hunan University of Medicine, Huaihua, China.
Shiyi WangXiangYa School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Zhousheng XiaoDepartment of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States.
Yuanyuan XiongKey Laboratory of Brain and Neuroendocrine Diseases, College of Hunan Province, Hunan University of Medicine, Huaihua, China.
Guangwei WangKey Laboratory of Brain and Neuroendocrine Diseases, College of Hunan Province, Hunan University of Medicine, Huaihua, China.
Hunan University · CNCentral South University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University · CNUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

Funding

Skeletal Functions of Polycystins and TAZR01AR071930 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI XIAO, ZHOUSHENG · 2018 to 2022
$1.6M
Optimization of Novel Small Molecules to Antagonize FGF-23R01DK121132 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI XIAO, ZHOUSHENG · 2019 to 2023
$1.5M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR071930NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK121132
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With increasing life expectations, more and more patients suffer from fractures either induced by intensive sports or other bone-related diseases. The balance between osteoblast-mediated bone formation and osteoclast-mediated bone resorption is the basis for maintaining bone health. Osterix (Osx) has long been known to be an essential transcription factor for the osteoblast differentiation and bone mineralization. Emerging evidence suggests that Osx not only plays an important role in intramembranous bone formation, but also affects endochondral ossification by participating in the terminal cartilage differentiation. Given its essentiality in skeletal development and bone formation, Osx has become a new research hotspot in recent years. In this review, we focus on the progress of Osx's function and its regulation in osteoblast differentiation and bone mass. And the potential role of Osx in developing new therapeutic strategies for osteolytic diseases was discussed.

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boneosteoblast differentiationosteolytic diseasesosterixtherapy

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PMID33384998
PMCPMC7769847
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