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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2025

Localized sclerostin accumulation in osteocyte lacunar-canalicular system is associated with cortical bone microstructural alterations and bone fragility in

Xingfan Wu, Yuanli Ai, Yutao He, Dan Ma, Xi Li, Xiao Huang, Rui Cheng, Bin Wang

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Xingfan Wu *Obesity and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Yuanli Ai *Obesity and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Yutao He *Obesity and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Dan MaObesity and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Xi LiObesity and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Xiao HuangHunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Dong Medicine, Biomedical Research Institute, Hunan University of Medicine, Huaihua, China.
Rui ChengObesity and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Bin WangObesity and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Department of Physiology, College of Basic Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.

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Abstract

Bone fragility in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is often characterized by impaired bone quality, despite normal or increased bone mineral density. Serum sclerostin levels are elevated in diabetes, yet its role in bone fragility is not fully understood. Sclerostin (SOST) is a Wnt signaling inhibitor primarily secreted by osteocytes, regulating bone formation and homeostasis. Sclerostin inhibits Wnt signaling, suppressing osteoblast differentiation and activity, which limits bone formation. However, the localized effects of sclerostin within the osteocyte lacunar-canalicular system (LCS) and its contribution to bone fragility in T2DM remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the role of elevated sclerostin in bone fragility using the

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bone fragilitydiabeteslacunar-canalicular systemlocalized accumulationsclerostin

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