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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Osteobiologies for Spinal Fusion from Biological Mechanisms to Clinical Applications: A Narrative Review.

Byeong-Rak Keum, Hong Jin Kim, Gun-Hwa Kim, Dong-Gune Chang

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Bone Growth Stimulators to Enhance Spinal Fusion Outcomes.Spine surgery and related research · 2026
    Review
  3. Review
  4. Orthobiologics in spine surgery: a narrative review.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2025
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Byeong-Rak KeumResearch Center for Bioconvergence Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju 28119, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-3732-7547
Hong Jin KimDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul 01757, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-8162-9585
Gun-Hwa KimResearch Center for Bioconvergence Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju 28119, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-0360-4435
Dong-Gune ChangDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul 01757, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-6731-1063
Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital · KRKorea Basic Science Institute · KR

Funding

Korea Basic Science Institute C270300
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Degenerative lumbar spinal disease (DLSD), including spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis, is increasing due to the aging population. Along with the disease severity, lumbar interbody fusion (LIF) is a mainstay of surgical treatment through decompression, the restoration of intervertebral heights, and the stabilization of motion segments. Currently, pseudoarthrosis after LIF is an important and unsolved issue, which is closely related to osteobiologies. Of the many signaling pathways, the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling pathway contributes to osteoblast differentiation, which is generally regulated by SMAD proteins as common in the TGF-β superfamily. BMP-2 and -4 are also inter-connected with Wnt/β-catenin, Notch, and FGF signaling pathways. With the potent potential for osteoinduction in BMP-2 and -4, the combination of allogenous bone and recombinant human BMPs (rhBMPs) is currently an ideal fusion material, which has equalized or improved fusion rates compared to traditional materials. However, safety issues in the dosage of BMP remain, so overcoming current limitations will provide significant advancement in spine surgery. In the future, translational research and the application of clinical study will be important to overcome the current limitations of spinal surgery.

Indexed as

Spinal DiseasesSpinal FusionAgedBone Morphogenetic ProteinsHumansLumbar VertebraeTransforming Growth Factor betaTreatment OutcomeBone Morphogenetic ProteinsTransforming Growth Factor betabone morphogenetic proteinsfusionmesenchymal stem cellsosteoblastspine

Identifiers

PMID38139194
PMCPMC10743675
OpenAlexW4389552504

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