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ReviewGeroScience2026

Osteoimmunology and aging - a frontier to explore.

Mihailo Ille, Iannis E Adamopoulos, Mindy J Fain, Janko Ž Nikolich

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Review in GeroScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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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

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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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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.

Mihailo IlleClinic for Orthopedics and Traumatology, Medical Faculty of the University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. mihailo.ille@gmail.com.
Iannis E AdamopoulosDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Mindy J FainArizona Center On Aging, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Janko Ž NikolichArizona Center On Aging, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Tucson, Tucson, AZ, USA. nikolich@arizona.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5830-5323

Funding

OTA-21-015A Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Initiative: NYU Langone Health Clinical Science Core, Data Resource Core, and PASC Biorepository CoreOT2HL161847 · NHLBI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI GROSS, RACHEL SHARON, HORWITZ, LEORA · 2021 to 2025
$651.0M
T Cell Homeostasis and Function in Immune SenescenceR37AG020719 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI JANKO Z. NIKOLICH · 2018 to 2026
$4.2M
ACOA/MSTEM THRIVE Program for UndergraduatesR25AG076387 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Mindy J Fain, Linda R Phillips · 2022 to 2026
$1.8M
Ann and Alden Hart Endowment EndowmentBowman Foundation for Medical Research EndowmentNIA NIH HHS AG052359NIA NIH HHS OT2HL161847NIA NIH HHS R25AG076387NIA NIH HHS R37AG020719
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoimmunology is an interdisciplinary branch of immunology which studies the interplay of skeletal and immune systems. Both spatial and functional connections exist between the two systems, as most immune cells are generated in the bone marrow microenvironment, which facilitates the communication between the two systems. Moreover, immune cytokines such as RANKL (receptor activating Nf-kB ligand) and non-immune soluble mediators such as osteoprotegrin (OPG), made by immune and bone cells, respectively, interact to influence differentiation and activation of each other. The above interactions become of particular importance in the old age, when dysregulation of both systems yields changes affecting both length and quality of life. This perspective paper will outline both our current understanding as well as general gaps in knowledge, on geriatric osteoimmunology. We will also specifically address two highly prevalent diseases of aging, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, as major sources of disability, loss of independence and increased morbidity and mortality in older adults, because cellular senescence appears to play a substantial pathogenetic role in both conditions, potentially opening new avenues for diagnosis and treatment.

Indexed as

AgingBone and BonesOsteoporosisAgedCellular SenescenceCytokinesHumansImmune SystemOsteoarthritisOsteoprotegerinRANK LigandCytokinesOsteoprotegerinRANK LigandAgingHSCOsteoimmunology

Identifiers

PMID40563025
PMCPMC12972186

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