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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2016

In Vitro Testing of Scaffolds for Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Based Meniscus Tissue Engineering-Introducing a New Biocompatibility Scoring System.

Felix P Achatz, Richard Kujat, Christian G Pfeifer, Matthias Koch, Michael Nerlich, Peter Angele, Johannes Zellner

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 19 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Felix P AchatzDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Medical Centre Regensburg; Franz Josef Strauss Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. felix.achatz@googlemail.com.
Richard KujatDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Medical Centre Regensburg; Franz Josef Strauss Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. richard.kujat@ukr.de.
Christian G PfeiferDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Medical Centre Regensburg; Franz Josef Strauss Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. christian.pfeifer@ukr.de.
Matthias KochDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Medical Centre Regensburg; Franz Josef Strauss Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. matthias.koch@ukr.de.
Michael NerlichDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Medical Centre Regensburg; Franz Josef Strauss Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. michael.nerlich@ukr.de.
Peter AngeleDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Medical Centre Regensburg; Franz Josef Strauss Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. peter.angele@ukr.de.
Johannes ZellnerDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Medical Centre Regensburg; Franz Josef Strauss Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. johannes.zellner@ukr.de.
University Hospital Regensburg · DEOTH Regensburg · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A combination of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and scaffolds seems to be a promising approach for meniscus repair. To facilitate the search for an appropriate scaffold material a reliable and objective

Indexed as

biocompatibilitychondrogenesiscollagencomposite scaffoldgelatinhuman mesenchymal stem cellshyaluronic acidmeniscuspolyurethane scaffold

Identifiers

PMID28773399
PMCPMC5502969
OpenAlexW2324910797

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