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ArticleScientific reports2017

Templated Assembly of Collagen Fibers Directs Cell Growth in 2D and 3D.

G Y Liu, R Agarwal, K R Ko, M Ruthven, H T Sarhan, J P Frampton

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 42 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

G Y LiuSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
R AgarwalSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
K R KoSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
M RuthvenSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
H T SarhanSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
J P FramptonSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. john.frampton@dal.ca.
Dalhousie University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Collagen is widely used in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, with many examples of collagen-based biomaterials emerging in recent years. While there are numerous methods available for forming collagen scaffolds from isolated collagen, existing biomaterial processing techniques are unable to efficiently align collagen at the microstructural level, which is important for providing appropriate cell recognition and mechanical properties. Although some attention has shifted to development of fiber-based collagen biomaterials, existing techniques for producing and aligning collagen fibers are not appropriate for large-scale fiber manufacturing. Here, we report a novel biomaterial fabrication approach capable of efficiently generating collagen fibers of appropriate sizes using a viscous solution of dextran as a dissolvable template. We demonstrate that myoblasts readily attach and align along 2D collagen fiber networks created by this process. Furthermore, encapsulation of collagen fibers with myoblasts into non-cell-adherent hydrogels promotes aligned growth of cells and supports their differentiation. The ease-of-production and versatility of this technique will support future development of advanced in vitro tissue models and materials for regenerative medicine.

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Cell AdhesionCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationProtein MultimerizationAnimalsCell LineCollagenMiceMyoblastsCollagen

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PMID28852121
PMCPMC5575125
OpenAlexW2748680289

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