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ReviewLife medicine2022

Skeletal stem cells: origins, definitions, and functions in bone development and disease.

Heng Feng, Bo Jiang, Wenhui Xing, Jun Sun, Matthew B Greenblatt, Weiguo Zou

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Review in Life medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Heng FengState Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
Bo JiangState Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
Wenhui XingState Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
Jun SunDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Matthew B GreenblattDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA.
Weiguo ZouState Key Laboratory of Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science · CNCornell University · USUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences · CN

Funding

"Establishing Pathways for Endothelial Support of Bone Formation with SLIT3"R01AR075585 · NIAMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI GREENBLATT, MATTHEW BLAKE · 2020 to 2024
$1.8M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR075585
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal stem cells (SSCs) are tissue-specific stem cells that can self-renew and sit at the apex of their differentiation hierarchy, giving rise to mature skeletal cell types required for bone growth, maintenance, and repair. Dysfunction in SSCs is caused by stress conditions like ageing and inflammation and is emerging as a contributor to skeletal pathology, such as the pathogenesis of fracture nonunion. Recent lineage tracing experiments have shown that SSCs exist in the bone marrow, periosteum, and resting zone of the growth plate. Unraveling their regulatory networks is crucial for understanding skeletal diseases and developing therapeutic strategies. In this review, we systematically introduce the definition, location, stem cell niches, regulatory signaling pathways, and clinical applications of SSCs.

Indexed as

bone development and repaircell fate regulationosteoblastsskeletal stem cells (SSCs)the SSC niche

Identifiers

PMID36811112
PMCPMC9938638
OpenAlexW4310853317

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