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ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2016

Heterogeneity of Scaffold Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering.

Lauren Edgar, Kyle McNamara, Theresa Wong, Riccardo Tamburrini, Ravi Katari, Giuseppe Orlando

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Review 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 40 papers.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Discussing the final size and shape of the reconstructed tissues in tissue engineering.Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs · 2023
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  12. Hybrid Core-Shell Polymer Scaffold for Bone Tissue Regeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 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

6 authors.

Lauren EdgarWake Forest School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. laedgar@wakehealth.edu.
Kyle McNamaraWake Forest School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. kmcnamar@wakehealth.edu.
Theresa WongWake Forest School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. twong@wakehealth.edu.
Riccardo TamburriniWake Forest School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. rtamburr@wakehealth.edu.
Ravi KatariWake Forest School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. rkatari@wakehealth.edu.
Giuseppe OrlandoWake Forest School of Medicine, 1 Medical Center Blvd Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. gorlando@wakehealth.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tissue engineering (TE) offers a potential solution for the shortage of transplantable organs and the need for novel methods of tissue repair. Methods of TE have advanced significantly in recent years, but there are challenges to using engineered tissues and organs including but not limited to: biocompatibility, immunogenicity, biodegradation, and toxicity. Analysis of biomaterials used as scaffolds may, however, elucidate how TE can be enhanced. Ideally, biomaterials should closely mimic the characteristics of desired organ, their function and their

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biomaterialsdecellularized organsextracellular matrix scaffoldnatural polymersynthetic polymer

Identifiers

PMID28773457
PMCPMC5503070

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