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ReviewBioactive materials2021

Anisotropic scaffolds for peripheral nerve and spinal cord regeneration.

Wen Xue, Wen Shi, Yunfan Kong, Mitchell Kuss, Bin Duan

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Review in Bioactive materials, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wen XueMary & Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Wen ShiMary & Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Yunfan KongMary & Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Mitchell KussMary & Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
Bin DuanMary & Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
University of Nebraska Medical Center · USUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln · US

Funding

Tracking and Evaluation CoreU54GM115458 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI ZHANG, YING · 2016 to 2025
$42.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM115458
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The treatment of long-gap (>10 mm) peripheral nerve injury (PNI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) remains a continuous challenge due to limited native tissue regeneration capabilities. The current clinical strategy of using autografts for PNI suffers from a source shortage, while the pharmacological treatment for SCI presents dissatisfactory results. Tissue engineering, as an alternative, is a promising approach for regenerating peripheral nerves and spinal cords. Through providing a beneficial environment, a scaffold is the primary element in tissue engineering. In particular, scaffolds with anisotropic structures resembling the native extracellular matrix (ECM) can effectively guide neural outgrowth and reconnection. In this review, the anatomy of peripheral nerves and spinal cords, as well as current clinical treatments for PNI and SCI, is first summarized. An overview of the critical components in peripheral nerve and spinal cord tissue engineering and the current status of regeneration approaches are also discussed. Recent advances in the fabrication of anisotropic surface patterns, aligned fibrous substrates, and 3D hydrogel scaffolds, as well as their

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AlignmentHydrogelSurface patternTissue engineeringTopography

Identifiers

PMID33997498
PMCPMC8099454
OpenAlexW3159238324

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