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ReviewJournal of inflammation research2023

Fibroblast Insights into the Pathogenesis of Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Zhenhua Liu, Mingxi Cai, Haoteng Ke, Huazong Deng, Weijia Ye, Tao Wang, Qifan Chen, Shuizhong Cen

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Review in Journal of inflammation research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Environmental and Genetic Determinants of Ankylosing Spondylitis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zhenhua Liu *Department of Spinal Surgery, Orthopedic Medical Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510280, People's Republic of China.
Mingxi Cai *The Second Clinical School, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510280, People's Republic of China.
Haoteng Ke *The Second Clinical School, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510280, People's Republic of China.
Huazong DengThe Second Clinical School, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510280, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0009-0004-8016-2444
Weijia YeThe Second Clinical School, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510280, People's Republic of China.
Tao WangDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Orthopedic Medical Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510280, People's Republic of China.
Qifan ChenDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Orthopedic Medical Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510280, People's Republic of China.
Shuizhong CenDepartment of Spinal Surgery, Orthopedic Medical Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510280, People's Republic of China.
Zhujiang Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose of the Review: Emerging evidence has shown that ankylosing spondylitis fibroblasts (ASFs) act as crucial participants in inflammation and abnormal ossification in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). This review examines the investigations into ASFs and their pathological behavior, which contributes to inflammatory microenvironments and abnormal bone formation. The review spans the period from 2000 to 2023, with a primary focus on the most recent decade. Additionally, the review provides an in-depth discussion on studies on ASF ossification at the cellular level. Recent Findings: ASFs organize immune functions by recruiting immune cells and influencing their differentiation and activation, thus mediate the inflammatory response in the early phase of disease. ASFs promote joint destruction at sites of cartilage and actively promote abnormal ossification by recruiting osteoblasts, differentiation into myofibroblasts or ossification directly. Many signaling pathways and cytokines such as Wnt signaling and BMP/TGF-β signaling are involved in ASF ossification. Summary: ASFs play a key role in AS inflammation and osteogenesis. Further studies are required to elucidate molecular mechanisms behind that and provide new targets and directions for AS diagnosis and treatment from a new perspective of fibroblasts.

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ankylosing spondylitisfibroblastinflammationossification

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PMID38149115
PMCPMC10750494
OpenAlexW4390111013

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