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ReviewInternational journal of nanomedicine2017

A review of fibrin and fibrin composites for bone tissue engineering.

Alireza Noori, Seyed Jamal Ashrafi, Roza Vaez-Ghaemi, Ashraf Hatamian-Zaremi, Thomas J Webster

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Review in International journal of nanomedicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 191 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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191citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
16.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

191 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 446 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Alireza NooriDepartment of Tissue Engineering and Applied Cell Sciences, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran.
Seyed Jamal AshrafiSchool of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran.
Roza Vaez-GhaemiDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Ashraf Hatamian-ZaremiFaculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Thomas J WebsterDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
Northeastern University · USShahroud University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Tehran · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tissue engineering has emerged as a new treatment approach for bone repair and regeneration seeking to address limitations associated with current therapies, such as autologous bone grafting. While many bone tissue engineering approaches have traditionally focused on synthetic materials (such as polymers or hydrogels), there has been a lot of excitement surrounding the use of natural materials due to their biologically inspired properties. Fibrin is a natural scaffold formed following tissue injury that initiates hemostasis and provides the initial matrix useful for cell adhesion, migration, proliferation, and differentiation. Fibrin has captured the interest of bone tissue engineers due to its excellent biocompatibility, controllable biodegradability, and ability to deliver cells and biomolecules. Fibrin is particularly appealing because its precursors, fibrinogen, and thrombin, which can be derived from the patient's own blood, enable the fabrication of completely autologous scaffolds. In this article, we highlight the unique properties of fibrin as a scaffolding material to treat bone defects. Moreover, we emphasize its role in bone tissue engineering nanocomposites where approaches further emulate the natural nanostructured features of bone when using fibrin and other nanomaterials. We also review the preparation methods of fibrin glue and then discuss a wide range of fibrin applications in bone tissue engineering. These include the delivery of cells and/or biomolecules to a defect site, distributing cells, and/or growth factors throughout other pre-formed scaffolds and enhancing the physical as well as biological properties of other biomaterials. Thoughts on the future direction of fibrin research for bone tissue engineering are also presented. In the future, the development of fibrin precursors as recombinant proteins will solve problems associated with using multiple or single-donor fibrin glue, and the combination of nanomaterials that allow for the incorporation of biomolecules with fibrin will significantly improve the efficacy of fibrin for numerous bone tissue engineering applications.

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Bone and BonesBiocompatible MaterialsBone RegenerationCell AdhesionCell DifferentiationFibrinFibrinogenFibrin Tissue AdhesiveHumansHydrogelsNanocompositesNanomedicineTissue EngineeringTissue ScaffoldsBiocompatible MaterialsFibrinFibrinogenFibrin Tissue AdhesiveHydrogelsbone repairfibrinfibrin beadsfibrin coatingfibrinogenfibrin preparationinjectable hydrogelnanofibrous scaffold

Identifiers

PMID28761338
PMCPMC5516781
OpenAlexW2735826268

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