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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2017

Giovanna Calabrese, Rosario Gulino, Raffaella Giuffrida, Stefano Forte, Elisa Figallo, Claudia Fabbi, Lucia Salvatorelli, Lorenzo Memeo, Massimo Gulisano, Rosalba Parenti

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Giovanna CalabreseDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Rosario GulinoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Raffaella GiuffridaIstituto Oncologico del Mediterraneo Ricerca, Catania, Italy.
Stefano ForteIstituto Oncologico del Mediterraneo Ricerca, Catania, Italy.
Elisa FigalloFin-Ceramica Faenza, Faenza, Italy.
Claudia FabbiFin-Ceramica Faenza, Faenza, Italy.
Lucia SalvatorelliDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies, G.F. Ingrassia, "Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele", Anatomic Pathology Section, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Lorenzo MemeoDepartment of Experimental Oncology, Mediterranean Institute of Oncology, Viagrande, Italy.
Massimo GulisanoDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Rosalba ParentiDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Injured articular cartilage has a limited innate regenerative capacity, due to the avascular nature and low cellularity of the tissue itself. Although several approaches have been proposed to repair the joint cartilage, none of them has proven to be effective. The absence of suitable therapeutic options has encouraged tissue-engineering approaches combining specific cell types and biomaterials. In the present work, we have evaluated the potential of a cell-free Collagen I-based scaffold to promote the augmentation of cartilage-like phenotype after subcutaneous implantation in the mouse. Forty female mice were grafted subcutaneously with scaffolds, while four additional mice without scaffold were used as negative controls. The effects of scaffold were evaluated at 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 weeks after implantation. Immunohistochemical analysis shows the expression of typical cartilage markers, including type-II Collagen, Aggrecan, Matrilin-1 and Sox 9. These data are also confirmed by qRT-PCR that further show that both COL2A1 and COL1A1 increase over time, but the first one increases more rapidly, thus suggesting a typical cartilage-like address. Histological analysis shows the presence of some pericellular lacunae, after 8 and 16 weeks. Results suggest that this scaffold (i) is biocompatible

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cartilage regenerationchondrogenesismesenchymal stem cellsscaffoldtissue-engineering

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PMCPMC5712864

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