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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2024

Clickable Granular Hydrogel Scaffolds for Delivery of Neural Progenitor Cells to Sites of Spinal Cord Injury.

Thomas J Tigner, Gabrielle Dampf, Ashley Tucker, Yu-Chi Huang, Vipin Jagrit, Abigail J Clevenger, Arpita Mohapatra, Shreya A Raghavan, Jennifer N Dulin, Daniel L Alge

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 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

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Thomas J TignerDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3120, USA.
Gabrielle DampfDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3258, USA.
Ashley TuckerDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3258, USA.
Yu-Chi HuangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3120, USA.
Vipin JagritDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3258, USA.
Abigail J ClevengerDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3120, USA.
Arpita MohapatraDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3120, USA.
Shreya A RaghavanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3120, USA.
Jennifer N DulinDepartment of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3258, USA.
Daniel L AlgeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843-3120, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8129-2871
Texas A&M University · US

Funding

Dissecting Connectivity and Function of Transplanted Interneurons in the Injured Spinal CordR01NS116404 · NINDS · TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY · PI DULIN, JENNIFER N · 2021 to 2025
$1.8M
Engineered Enteric Nervous System-Peri Neural Invasion platform to improve predictive preclinical screens in early-stage colorectal adenocarcinomasR21CA263768 · NCI · TEXAS ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION · PI RAGHAVAN, SHREYA · 2021 to 2022
$389k
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs W81XWH-21-1-0477Craig H. Neilsen Foundation 733151National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship ProgramNCI NIH HHS R21 CA263768NIH HHS R21CA263768-01NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS116404NINDS NIH HHS R01NS116404
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a serious condition with limited treatment options. Neural progenitor cell (NPC) transplantation is a promising treatment option, and the identification of novel biomaterial scaffolds that support NPC engraftment and therapeutic activity is a top research priority. The objective of this study is to evaluate in situ assembled poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG)-based granular hydrogels for NPC delivery in a murine model of SCI. Microgel precursors are synthesized by using thiol-norbornene click chemistry to react four-armed PEG-amide-norbornene with enzymatically degradable and cell adhesive peptides. Unreacted norbornene groups are utilized for in situ assembly into scaffolds using a PEG-di-tetrazine linker. The granular hydrogel scaffolds exhibit good biocompatibility and do not adversely affect the inflammatory response after SCI. Moreover, when used to deliver NPCs, the granular hydrogel scaffolds supported NPC engraftment, do not adversely affect the immune response to the NPC grafts, and successfully support graft differentiation toward neuronal or astrocytic lineages as well as axonal extension into the host tissue. Collectively, these data establish PEG-based granular hydrogel scaffolds as a suitable biomaterial platform for NPC delivery and justify further testing, particularly in the context of more severe SCI.

Indexed as

HydrogelsNeural Stem CellsPolyethylene GlycolsSpinal Cord InjuriesTissue ScaffoldsAnimalsBiocompatible MaterialsCell DifferentiationClick ChemistryFemaleMiceStem Cell TransplantationBiocompatible MaterialsHydrogelsPolyethylene Glycolsgranular hydrogel scaffoldsmicroparticle hydrogelneural progenitor cellsspinal cord injury

Identifiers

PMID38470994
PMCPMC11390979
OpenAlexW4392696483

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