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ArticleOncotarget2017

Chitosan composite scaffold combined with bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells for bone regeneration:

Shengqi Zang, Lei Zhu, Kefu Luo, Rui Mu, Feng Chen, Xiaocui Wei, Xiaodong Yan, Biyao Han, Xiaolei Shi, Qintao Wang and 1 more

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Article in Oncotarget, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Chitosan-Based Biomaterial Scaffolds for the Repair of Infected Bone Defects.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022
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  14. Natural Polymeric Scaffolds in Bone Regeneration.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020
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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

11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Shengqi ZangDepartment of Stomatology, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, P.R. China.
Lei ZhuDepartment of Prosthodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710023, P.R. China.
Kefu LuoDepartment of Stomatology, Urumqi General Hospital of PLA, Urumqi 830000, P.R. China.
Rui MuDepartment of Stomatology, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, P.R. China.
Feng ChenDepartment of Stomatology, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, P.R. China.
Xiaocui WeiDepartment of Stomatology, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, P.R. China.
Xiaodong YanDepartment of Stomatology, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, P.R. China.
Biyao HanMedical School of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, P.R. China.
Xiaolei ShiDepartment of Stomatology, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, P.R. China.
Qintao WangDepartment of Periodontics, School of Stomatology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710023, P.R. China.
Lei JinDepartment of Stomatology, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, P.R. China.
Nanjing University · CNSouthern Medical University · CNAir Force Medical University · CNNanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command · CNUrumqi General Hospital of PLA · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study aimed to develop a chitosan (CS)-based scaffold for repairing calvarial bone defects. We fabricated composite scaffolds made of CS and bovine-derived xenograft (BDX), characterized their physicochemical properties including pore size and porosity, absorption, degradation, and compressive strength, compared their efficacy to support

Indexed as

bioscaffoldbovine-derived xenograftcalvarial defectchitosantissue engineering

Identifiers

PMID29340024
PMCPMC5762292
OpenAlexW2772183308

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