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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2025

Biomechanical and biological features of hyaluronic acid in combination with chondroitin and platelet rich plasma for regenerative medicine applications.

Valentina Vassallo, Celeste Di Meo, Antonella D'Agostino, Annalisa La Gatta, Donatella Cimini, Giuseppe Toro, Giovanni Iolascon, Maddalena Mastrogiacomo, Chiara Schiraldi

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Valentina Vassallo *Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Celeste Di Meo *Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Antonella D'AgostinoDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Annalisa La GattaDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Donatella CiminiDepartment of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy.
Giuseppe ToroDepartment of Medical and Surgical Specialties and Dentistry, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Giovanni IolasconDepartment of Medical and Surgical Specialties and Dentistry, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Maddalena MastrogiacomoDepartment of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DIMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Chiara SchiraldiDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, one of the most common treatments for osteoarthritis (OA) is viscosupplementation using intra-articular injectable gels, often based on glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), specifically hyaluronic acid (HA) and, in some cases, chondroitin sulfate (CS). Recently, the potential benefits of pharma-grade biofermentative unsulfated chondroitin (BC) have been established, particularly when combined with high molecular weight hyaluronan (HHA). Beyond GAGs, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has also been reported to have beneficial effects, although many clinical studies lack proper control groups. The aim of this study was to perform a comparative analysis of injectable formulations based on BC combined with HHA (HHA/BC), both alone and in combination with PRP, to evaluate their rheological and biological properties. Flow curves and mechanical spectra of HHA/BC and HHA/BC+PRP were obtained to assess their viscoelastic behavior in relation to synovial fluid characteristics. Then, these two formulations were tested on human chondrocytes isolated from OA joints to investigate their functional role

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biofermentative chondroitinglycosaminoglycanshuman primary pathological chondrocyteshyaluronic acidosteoarthritisplatelet-rich plasmatime-lapse video-microscopyviscosupplementation

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PMID41126931
PMCPMC12537726

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