Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40673129›Full record

ReviewMaterials today. Bio2025

Beyond natural silk: Bioengineered silk fibroin for bone regeneration.

Keyu Zhou, Tao Yuan, Supeng Wang, Fengyang Hu, Li Luo, Liang Chen, Lei Yang

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Review in Materials today. Bio, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Application of Transgenic Silk Fibroin to Biomaterials.Biotechnology and bioengineering · 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

7 authors.

Keyu ZhouInstitute of Sericulture and Tea, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China.
Tao YuanWenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, 325001, China.
Supeng WangNingxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China.
Fengyang HuInstitute of Sericulture and Tea, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China.
Li LuoWenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, 325001, China.
Liang ChenWenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou, 325001, China.
Lei YangInstitute of Sericulture and Tea, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone regeneration and repair are among the most challenging clinical challenges to overcome. Despite extensive research on bone-tissue repair and regeneration, it remains difficult to achieve perfect regeneration and repair of bone tissue using the current treatments. One new treatment is bone-tissue engineering (TE), which has attracted attention because of its low invasiveness. Silk fibroin (SF), a high-molecular-weight natural fibrous protein secreted by silkworms and spiders, is an ideal choice for melt electrowriting (MEW) of bone TE scaffolds owing to its superior mechanical properties, controlled biodegradation rate, and high biocompatibility. It contains 18 essential amino acids and is widely used in bone grafting. Their physical and chemical properties may be essential for stem cell growth and differentiation, making them ideal scaffold materials for bone TE. In this review, the three primary components of bone TE and the bone-healing process are presented. With an emphasis on recent advancements and the use of bone TE, both in

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BiomaterialBone-tissue engineeringScaffoldSilk fibroinTissue repair

Identifiers

PMID40673129
PMCPMC12264622

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