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ReviewActa biomaterialia2014

Design of cell-matrix interactions in hyaluronic acid hydrogel scaffolds.

Jonathan Lam, Norman F Truong, Tatiana Segura

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Review in Acta biomaterialia, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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100citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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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

100 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

3 authors.

Jonathan Lam *Bioengineering Department, Los Angeles CA 90095.
Norman F Truong *Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Los Angeles CA 90095.
Tatiana SeguraChemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Los Angeles CA 90095.

Funding

Biotechnology Training in Biomedical Sciences and EngineeringT32GM067555 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI GU, ZHEN · 2005 to 2019
$2.8M
Hydrogels for Local Gene Delivery and Therapeutic AngiogenesisR01HL110592 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SEGURA, TATIANA · 2011 to 2015
$1.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL110592NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM067555PHS HHS T32GMO67555
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The design of hyaluronic acid (HA)-based hydrogel scaffolds to elicit highly controlled and tunable cell response and behavior is a major field of interest in developing tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. This review will begin with an overview of the biological context of HA, which is needed to better understand how to engineer cell-matrix interactions in the scaffolds via the incorporation of different types of signals in order to direct and control cell behavior. Specifically, recent methods of incorporating various bioactive, mechanical and spatial signals are reviewed, as well as novel HA modifications and crosslinking schemes with a focus on specificity.

Indexed as

Cell CommunicationAnimalsExtracellular MatrixHumansHyaluronic AcidHydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol DimethacrylateSignal TransductionTissue ScaffoldsHyaluronic AcidHydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol DimethacrylateHyaluronic acidHydrogelScaffoldTissue engineering

Identifiers

PMID23899481
PMCPMC3903661

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