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ArticleeLife2023

Activin A marks a novel progenitor cell population during fracture healing and reveals a therapeutic strategy.

Lutian Yao, Jiawei Lu, Leilei Zhong, Yulong Wei, Tao Gui, Luqiang Wang, Jaimo Ahn, Joel D Boerckel, Danielle Rux, Christina Mundy and 2 more

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Article in eLife, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 20 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

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lutian YaoTranslational Research Program in Pediatric Orthopaedics, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-0652-2075
Jiawei LuDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.
Leilei ZhongDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1153-4115
Yulong WeiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3823-9984
Tao GuiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.
Luqiang WangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.
Jaimo AhnDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States.
Joel D BoerckelDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3126-3025
Danielle RuxTranslational Research Program in Pediatric Orthopaedics, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States.
Christina MundyTranslational Research Program in Pediatric Orthopaedics, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-3328-5965
Ling QinDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2582-0078
Maurizio PacificiTranslational Research Program in Pediatric Orthopaedics, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6854-4942
University of Pennsylvania · USChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia · USMichigan Medicine · US

Funding

Overall: Resource-based Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders Research (Overall Application)P30AR069619 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LOUIS J SOSLOWSKY · 2016 to 2026
$9.1M
Control of bone physiology by a novel type of adipose cellsR01AG069401 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI QIN, LING · 2021 to 2025
$2.3M
Mechanisms regulating normal and ectopic endochondral ossificationR01AR071946 · NIAMS · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI PACIFICI, MAURIZIO · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
Osteoprogenitor mobilization for bone development and repairR01AR073809 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BOERCKEL, JOEL D · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
Dissecting the heterogeneity of bone marrow mesenchymal lineage progenitorsR21AR074570 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI QIN, LING · 2019 to 2020
$390k
Roles of the superficial zone in mature articular cartilageK99AR078352 · NIAMS · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI RUX, DANIELLE RENAE · 2022 to 2023
$180k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insufficient bone fracture repair represents a major clinical and societal burden and novel strategies are needed to address it. Our data reveal that the transforming growth factor-β superfamily member Activin A became very abundant during mouse and human bone fracture healing but was minimally detectable in intact bones. Single-cell RNA-sequencing revealed that the Activin A-encoding gene

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ActivinsBony CallusFracture HealingAnimalsCell DifferentiationHumansMiceOsteogenesisStem Cellsactivin AActivinsActivin Acell biologyfracture healingmouseproliferative progenitorregenerative medicinesingle-cell RNA-seqstem cells

Identifiers

PMID38079220
PMCPMC10783872
OpenAlexW4389553554

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