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ReviewAnnual review of biomedical engineering2025

Cell-Instructive Biomaterials with Native-Like Biochemical Complexity.

Tuba Marjan, Nuria Lafuente-Gómez, Akaansha Rampal, David J Mooney, Shelly R Peyton, Taimoor H Qazi

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Review in Annual review of biomedical engineering, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Traction Force Microscopy for Viscoelastic Substrates: A Semi-Analytical Method.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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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

6 authors.

Tuba MarjanWeldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA; email: tqazi@purdue.edu.
Nuria Lafuente-GómezJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; email: mooneyd@seas.harvard.edu.
Akaansha RampalMolecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
David J MooneyJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; email: mooneyd@seas.harvard.edu.
Shelly R PeytonMolecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
Taimoor H QaziWeldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA; email: tqazi@purdue.edu.

Funding

Biotechnology Training Program in Applied Life SciencesT32GM135096 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI Jeanne Ann Hardy, Ashish A. Kulkarni · 2020 to 2026
$3.9M
Leveraging cell-instructive hydrogels to understand microenvironmental impact on wound healing processesR35GM155449 · NIGMS · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI Taimoor Hasan Qazi · 2024 to 2026
$1.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM155449NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM135096
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biochemical signals in native tissue microenvironments instruct cell behavior during many biological processes ranging from developmental morphogenesis and tissue regeneration to tumor metastasis and disease progression. The detection and characterization of these signals using spatial and highly resolved quantitative methods have revealed their existence as matricellular proteins in the matrisome, some of which are bound to the extracellular matrix while others are freely diffusing. Including these biochemical signals in engineered biomaterials can impart enhanced functionality and native-like complexity, ultimately benefiting efforts to understand, model, and treat various diseases. In this review, we discuss advances in characterizing, mimicking, and harnessing biochemical signals in developing advanced engineered biomaterials. An overview of the diverse forms in which these biochemical signals exist and their effects on intracellular signal transduction is also provided. Finally, we highlight the application of biochemically complex biomaterials in the three broadly defined areas of tissue regeneration, immunoengineering, and organoid morphogenesis.

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Biocompatible MaterialsTissue EngineeringAnimalsExtracellular MatrixExtracellular Matrix ProteinsHumansMorphogenesisOrganoidsRegenerationSignal TransductionBiocompatible MaterialsExtracellular Matrix Proteinsbiomimetic scaffoldscell-adhesive ligandsECMextracellular matrixmatricellularmatrisome

Identifiers

PMID39874600
PMCPMC12045723

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