Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24351009›Full record

ReviewRegenerative medicine2014

Engineering muscle constructs for the creation of functional engineered musculoskeletal tissue.

Jacob P Mertens, Kristoffer B Sugg, Jonah D Lee, Lisa M Larkin

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Review in Regenerative medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

51 citing papers in PubMed, 105 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jacob P MertensMolecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, MI, USA.
Kristoffer B Sugg
Jonah D Lee
Lisa M Larkin
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

Funding

TRAINING GRANT IN TRAUMA, BURN AND WOUND HEALING RESEARCT32GM008616 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BUCHMAN, STEVEN R, CHUNG, KEVIN C · 1997 to 2025
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NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008616
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Volumetric muscle loss (VML) is a disabling condition in which current clinical procedures are suboptimal. The field of tissue engineering has many promising strategies for the creation of functional skeletal muscle in vitro. However, there are still two key limitations that prevent it from becoming a solution for treating VML. First, engineered muscle tissue must be biocompatible to facilitate muscle tissue regrowth without generating an immune response. Second, engineered muscle constructs must be scaled up to facilitate replacement of clinically relevant volumes of tissue (centimeters in diameter). There are currently no tissue engineering strategies to produce tissue constructs that are both biocompatible and large enough to facilitate clinical repair. However, recent advances in tissue engineering using synthetic scaffolds, native scaffolds, or scaffold-free approaches may lead to a solution for repair of VML injuries.

Indexed as

HumansMuscle, SkeletalMuscular Disorders, AtrophicRegenerationRegenerative MedicineTissue EngineeringTissue Scaffolds

Identifiers

PMID24351009
PMCPMC4482104
OpenAlexW2157880285

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