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ReviewTheScientificWorldJournal2013

Hydrogel-based nanocomposites and mesenchymal stem cells: a promising synergistic strategy for neurodegenerative disorders therapy.

Diego Albani, Antonio Gloria, Carmen Giordano, Serena Rodilossi, Teresa Russo, Ugo D'Amora, Marta Tunesi, Alberto Cigada, Luigi Ambrosio, Gianluigi Forloni

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Review in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Hydrogel: a Promising New Technique for Treating Alzheimer's Disease.Journal of translational internal medicine · 2022
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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.

Diego AlbaniIRCCS-"Mario Negri" Institute for Pharmacological Research, Via La Masa 19, 20156 Milan, Italy.
Antonio GloriaInstitute of Composite and Biomedical Materials, National Research Council of Italy, P.le Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy.
Carmen GiordanoDepartment of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta," Politecnico of Milan and INSTM Consortium Research Unit, 20131 Milan, Italy.
Serena RodilossiIRCCS-"Mario Negri" Institute for Pharmacological Research, Via La Masa 19, 20156 Milan, Italy.
Teresa RussoInstitute of Composite and Biomedical Materials, National Research Council of Italy, P.le Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy.
Ugo D'AmoraInstitute of Composite and Biomedical Materials, National Research Council of Italy, P.le Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy.
Marta TunesiDepartment of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta," Politecnico of Milan and INSTM Consortium Research Unit, 20131 Milan, Italy.
Alberto CigadaDepartment of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta," Politecnico of Milan and INSTM Consortium Research Unit, 20131 Milan, Italy.
Luigi AmbrosioInstitute of Composite and Biomedical Materials, National Research Council of Italy, P.le Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy.
Gianluigi ForloniIRCCS-"Mario Negri" Institute for Pharmacological Research, Via La Masa 19, 20156 Milan, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrogel-based materials are widely employed in the biomedical field. With regard to central nervous system (CNS) neurodegenerative disorders, the design of injectable nanocomposite hydrogels for in situ drug or cell release represents an interesting and minimally invasive solution that might play a key role in the development of successful treatments. In particular, biocompatible and biodegradable hydrogels can be designed as specific injectable tools and loaded with nanoparticles (NPs), to improve and to tailor their viscoelastic properties upon injection and release profile. An intriguing application is hydrogel loading with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) that are a very promising therapeutic tool for neurodegenerative or traumatic disorders of the CNS. This multidisciplinary review will focus on the basic concepts to design acellular and cell-loaded materials with specific and tunable rheological and functional properties. The use of hydrogel-based nanocomposites and mesenchymal stem cells as a synergistic strategy for nervous tissue applications will be then discussed.

Indexed as

Biocompatible MaterialsHydrogelsMesenchymal Stem CellsMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationAnimalsElasticityHumansNanocompositesNeurodegenerative DiseasesBiocompatible MaterialsHydrogels

Identifiers

PMID24459423
PMCPMC3891425

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