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ReviewBiomedicines2025

Nanotechnology in Osteogenesis and Inflammation Management: Metal-Organic Frameworks, Metal Complexes, and Biomaterials for Bone Restoration.

Bogdan Huzum, Ionut Iulian Lungu, Ovidiu Alexa, Paul Dan Sirbu, Viorel Dan Cionca, Andreia Corciova, Andreea Lungu, Monica Hancianu, Ionela Lacramioara Serban, Oana Cioanca

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Review in Biomedicines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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

10 authors.

Bogdan HuzumFaculty of Medicine, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Independentei Street, No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Ionut Iulian LunguFaculty of Pharmacy, "Grigore T. Popa", University of Medicine and Pharmacy Independentei Street, No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0009-0005-4803-3746
Ovidiu AlexaFaculty of Medicine, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Independentei Street, No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Paul Dan SirbuFaculty of Medicine, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Independentei Street, No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-2806-0649
Viorel Dan Cionca"St. Spiridon" County Clinical Emergency Hospital, Independentei Bd., No. 1, 700111 Iasi, Romania.
Andreia CorciovaFaculty of Pharmacy, "Grigore T. Popa", University of Medicine and Pharmacy Independentei Street, No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Andreea LunguFaculty of Medicine, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Independentei Street, No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Monica HancianuFaculty of Pharmacy, "Grigore T. Popa", University of Medicine and Pharmacy Independentei Street, No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Ionela Lacramioara SerbanFaculty of Medicine, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Independentei Street, No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Oana CioancaFaculty of Pharmacy, "Grigore T. Popa", University of Medicine and Pharmacy Independentei Street, No. 16, 700115 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-9173-4832

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A varied family of polyphenolic chemicals, flavonoids, are becoming more and more important in bone tissue engineering because of their osteogenic, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant effects. Recent developments incorporating flavonoids into different biomaterial platforms to improve bone regeneration are emphasized in this study. Osteocalcin (OCN) expression was 2.1-fold greater in scaffolds loaded with flavonoids-such as those made of polycaprolactone (PCL)-greatly increasing human mesenchymal stem cell (hMSC) proliferation and mineralization. Comparably, a threefold increase in calcium deposition indicates increased mineralization when hydroxyapatite (HA) was functionalized with flavonoids such as quercetin. These HA scaffolds with flavonoids also showed a 45% decrease in osteoclast activity, therefore promoting balanced bone remodeling. Concurrent with flavonoids like EGCG and quercetin, chitosan-based scaffolds encouraged osteogenic differentiation with increases in osteogenic markers like osteopontin (OPN) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) expression by up to 82%. These scaffolds also showed 82% bone defect repair after six weeks in vivo, suggesting their promise in rapid bone regeneration. With an increase of up to 32% in the bone volume-to-total volume ratio (BV/TV) and 28% greater bone-implant contact (BIC), flavonoid coatings on titanium implants enhanced osteointegration in implantology. Displaying successful osteogenesis and immunomodulation, the addition of flavonoids into metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and injectable hydrogels demonstrated a 72% increase in new bone formation in vivo. Though further research is required to confirm long-term clinical effectiveness, these findings show the great promise of flavonoid-functionalized biomaterials in bone regeneration.

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flavonoidsimplantsnanotechnologyosteogenesisosteoporosis

Identifiers

PMID40722669
PMCPMC12292978

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