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ReviewExpert opinion on biological therapy2011

Platelet-derived growth factor applications in periodontal and peri-implant bone regeneration.

Darnell Kaigler, Gustavo Avila, Leslie Wisner-Lynch, Marc L Nevins, Myron Nevins, Giulio Rasperini, Samuel E Lynch, William V Giannobile

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In one paragraph

Review in Expert opinion on biological therapy, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
14.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 188 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. The Therapeutic Scope of Orofacial Mesenchymal Stem Cells.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  7. Applications of Growth Factors in Implant Dentistry.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025
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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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Darnell KaiglerUniversity of Michigan School of Dentistry, Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1078, USA.
Gustavo Avila
Leslie Wisner-Lynch
Marc L Nevins
Myron Nevins
Giulio Rasperini
Samuel E Lynch
William V Giannobile
Harvard University · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

GENE THERAPY FOR RECONSTRUCTING PERIODONTAL TISSUESR01DE013397 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI GIANNOBILE, WILLIAM V · 2000 to 2014
$4.0M
Rapid and Efficient PCR Cleanup FiltersR41RR024968 · NCRR · DIFFINITY GENOMICS, INC. · PI ROTHBERG, LEWIS J · 2008 to 2008
$106k
PROTEIN STRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS FACILITYS10RR002496 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI DUNN, BEN M. · 1985 to 1985
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NCRR NIH HHS R41 RR024968NCRR NIH HHS UL 1RR-02496NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE013397
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAchieving successful tissue regeneration following traditional therapeutic protocols, combining bone grafts and barrier membranes, may be challenging in certain clinical scenarios. A deeper understanding of periodontal and peri-implant wound healing and recent advances in the field of tissue engineering have provided clinicians with novel means to obtain predictable clinical outcomes. The use of growth factors such as recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor-BB (rhPDGF) with biocompatible matrices to promote tissue regeneration represents a promising approach in the disciplines of periodontology and implantology. AREAS COVERED: This review covers the basic principles of bone and periodontal regeneration, and provides an overview of the biology of PDGF and its potential to predictably and reproducibly promote bone regeneration in regular clinical practice. The results of preclinical and clinical human studies evaluating the effectiveness of growth-factor-enhanced matrices are analyzed and discussed. EXPERT OPINION: Current available evidence supports the use of rhPDGF-enhanced matrices to promote periodontal and peri-implant bone regeneration.

Indexed as

Bone TransplantationDental Implantation, EndosseousDental ImplantsGuided Tissue Regeneration, PeriodontalAlveolar Bone LossAnimalsBone RegenerationHumansOsseointegrationPeriodontal DiseasesPlatelet-Derived Growth FactorRecombinant ProteinsTreatment OutcomeWound HealingDental ImplantsPlatelet-Derived Growth FactorRecombinant Proteins

Identifiers

PMID21288185
PMCPMC3056074
OpenAlexW2133202345

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Registered trials

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