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ReviewJournal of applied biomaterials & functional materials2016

Bioencapsulation technologies in tissue engineering.

Rebecca L Majewski, Wujie Zhang, Xiaojun Ma, Zhanfeng Cui, Weiping Ren, David C Markel

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Review in Journal of applied biomaterials & functional materials, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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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

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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Alginate and alginate composites for biomedical applications.Asian journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2021
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  4. Skeletal Muscle Regenerative Engineering.Regenerative engineering and translational medicine · 2019
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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

6 authors.

Rebecca L MajewskiBioMolecular Engineering Program, Department of Physics and Chemistry, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - USA.
Wujie ZhangBioMolecular Engineering Program, Department of Physics and Chemistry, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - USA.
Xiaojun MaDalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian, Liaoning Province - PR China.
Zhanfeng CuiInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford - UK.
Weiping RenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan - USA.
David C MarkelDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan - USA.

Funding

BIOTECHNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008349 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI FOX, BRIAN G · 1989 to 2019
$22.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008349
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bioencapsulation technologies have played an important role in the developing successes of tissue engineering. Besides offering immunoisolation, they also show promise for cell/tissue banking and the directed differentiation of stem cells, by providing a unique microenvironment. This review describes bioencapsulation technologies and summarizes their recent progress in research into tissue engineering. The review concludes with a brief outlook regarding future research directions in this field.

Indexed as

AnimalsCapsulesHumansTissue BanksTissue EngineeringCapsules

Identifiers

PMID27716872
PMCPMC5623183

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