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ReviewStem cell research & therapy2022

Recent advances on small molecules in osteogenic differentiation of stem cells and the underlying signaling pathways.

Armin Ahmadi, Radman Mazloomnejad, Mohammadreza Kasravi, Babak Gholamine, Soheyl Bahrami, Mohammad Mahdi Sarzaeem, Hassan Niknejad

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Review in Stem cell research & therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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39 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Armin AhmadiDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 1985711151, Tehran, Iran.
Radman MazloomnejadDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 1985711151, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammadreza KasraviDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 1985711151, Tehran, Iran.
Babak GholamineDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 1985711151, Tehran, Iran.
Soheyl BahramiLudwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology in AUVA Research Center, Vienna, Austria.
Mohammad Mahdi SarzaeemDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Imam Hossein Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hassan NiknejadDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 1985711151, Tehran, Iran. niknejad@sbmu.ac.ir.ORCID 0000-0001-7736-1232
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences · IRImam Hossein Hospital · IRLudwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology, The Research Center in Cooperation with AUVA · AT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone-related diseases are major contributors to morbidity and mortality in elderly people and the current treatments result in insufficient healing and several complications. One of the promising areas of research for healing bone fractures and skeletal defects is regenerative medicine using stem cells. Differentiating stem cells using agents that shift cell development towards the preferred lineage requires activation of certain intracellular signaling pathways, many of which are known to induce osteogenesis during embryological stages. Imitating embryological bone formation through activation of these signaling pathways has been the focus of many osteogenic studies. Activation of osteogenic signaling can be done by using small molecules. Several of these agents, e.g., statins, metformin, adenosine, and dexamethasone have other clinical uses but have also shown osteogenic capacities. On the other hand, some other molecules such as T63 and tetrahydroquinolines are not as well recognized in the clinic. Osteogenic small molecules exert their effects through the activation of signaling pathways known to be related to osteogenesis. These pathways include more well-known pathways including BMP/Smad, Wnt, and Hedgehog as well as ancillary pathways including estrogen signaling and neuropeptide signaling. In this paper, we review the recent data on small molecule-mediated osteogenic differentiation, possible adjunctive agents with these molecules, and the signaling pathways through which each small molecule exerts its effects.

Indexed as

OsteogenesisSignal TransductionAgedCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedHumansStem CellsWnt Signaling PathwayBone morphogenic proteinOsteogenesisRegenerative medicineSignaling pathwaySmall moleculesStem cellsWnt

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PMID36371202
PMCPMC9652959
OpenAlexW4309045656

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