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ReviewCalcified tissue international2025

Semaphorin 3A on Osteoporosis: An Overreview of the Literature.

Yueyi Zhang, Hanfen Shi, Xuan Dai, Jin Shen, Jiyuan Yin, Tianshu Xu, Gaiyue Yue, Haochen Guo, Ruiqiong Liang, Qishuang Chen and 3 more

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Review in Calcified tissue international, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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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

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Yueyi ZhangTraditional Chinese Medicine School, Diabetes Research Center, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
Hanfen ShiTraditional Chinese Medicine School, Diabetes Research Center, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
Xuan DaiTraditional Chinese Medicine School, Diabetes Research Center, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
Jin ShenTraditional Chinese Medicine School, Diabetes Research Center, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
Jiyuan YinTraditional Chinese Medicine School, Diabetes Research Center, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
Tianshu XuTraditional Chinese Medicine School, Diabetes Research Center, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
Gaiyue YueTraditional Chinese Medicine School, Diabetes Research Center, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
Haochen GuoTraditional Chinese Medicine School, Diabetes Research Center, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
Ruiqiong LiangTraditional Chinese Medicine School, Diabetes Research Center, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
Qishuang ChenTraditional Chinese Medicine School, Diabetes Research Center, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
Sihua GaoTraditional Chinese Medicine School, Diabetes Research Center, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China.
Lili WangDepartment of TCM Pharmacology, Chinese Material Medica School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 102488, China. liliw0108@163.com.
Dongwei ZhangTraditional Chinese Medicine School, Diabetes Research Center, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100029, China. dongwei1006@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7793-1482

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81874373National Natural Science Foundation of China 82074235National Natural Science Foundation of China 82104670National Natural Science Foundation of China 82274335State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China 2024-0201
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Semaphorin 3A (Sema3A) is a signaling protein that has attracted increasing attention in recent years for its important role in regulating bone metabolism. In this review, we searched different databases with various combinations of keywords to analyze the effects of Sema3A on osteoporosis. Sema3A promotes bone formation and inhibits bone resorption by directly affecting the osteoblast and osteoclast or indirectly targeting the nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system may be the main link between the central nervous system and bone metabolism for Sema3A. In the peripheral nervous system, Sema3A may improve bone quality via sensory nervous innervation. In addition, estrogen is found to regulate Sema3A levels to improve bone homeostasis. Lots of Sema3A agonists have been documented to exhibit anti-osteoporotic potential in preclinical investigations. Therefore, Sema3A can be considered a novel therapeutic target for preserving bone mass, highlighting an alternative strategy for the development of anti-osteoporosis drugs.

Indexed as

OsteoporosisSemaphorin-3AAnimalsBone and BonesBone ResorptionHumansOsteoclastsOsteogenesisSEMA3A protein, humanSemaphorin-3AEstrogenNervous systemOsteoblastOsteoclastOsteoporosisSema3A

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PMID39985619

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