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ArticleJournal of immunology and regenerative medicine2022

Defining the Profile: Characterizing Cytokines in Tendon Injury to Improve Clinical Therapy.

Ilene Ellis, Lauren V Schnabel, Alix K Berglund

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Article in Journal of immunology and regenerative medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ilene EllisDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Lauren V SchnabelDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Alix K BerglundDepartment of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
North Carolina State University · US

Funding

Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Training ProgramT35OD011070 · OD · NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH · PI Ronald Hak Long Li · 2012 to 2026
$1.1M
Manipulation of MHC expression using TGF-beta2 to reduce mesenchymal stem cell immunogenicityK01OD027037 · OD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI BERGLUND, ALIX K. · 2020 to 2024
$651k
NIH HHS K01 OD027037NIH HHS T35 OD011070
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytokine manipulation has been widely used to bolster innate healing mechanisms in an array of modern therapeutics. While other anatomical locations have a more definitive analysis of cytokine data, the tendon presents unique challenges to detection that make a complete portrayal of cytokine involvement during injury unattainable thus far. Without this knowledge, the advancement of tendon healing modalities is limited. In this review, we discuss what is known of the cytokine profile within the injured tendinous environment and the unique obstacles facing cytokine detection in the tendon while proposing possible solutions to these challenges. IL-1β, TNF-α, and IL-6 in particular have been identified as key cytokines for initiating tendon healing, but their function and temporal expression are still not well understood. Methods used for cytokine evaluation in the tendon including cell culture, tissue biopsy, and microdialysis have their strengths and limitations, but new methods and approaches are needed to further this research. We conclude that future study design for cytokine detection in the injured tendon should meet set criteria to achieve definitive characterization of cytokine expression to guide future therapeutics.

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biopsycell cultureCytokinemicrodialysistendon injury

Identifiers

PMID35309714
PMCPMC8932644
OpenAlexW4214810994

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