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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2018

Electrospinning of Chitosan-Based Solutions for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.

Saad B Qasim, Muhammad S Zafar, Shariq Najeeb, Zohaib Khurshid, Altaf H Shah, Shehriar Husain, Ihtesham Ur Rehman

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 105 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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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

105 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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.

Saad B QasimDepartment of Restorative and Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Dar Al Uloom University, P.O. Box 45142, Riyadh 11512, Saudi Arabia. s.qasim@dau.edu.sa.
Muhammad S ZafarDepartment of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Al Madinah, Al Munawwarah 41311, Saudi Arabia. MZAFAR@taibahu.edu.sa.
Shariq NajeebRestorative Dental Sciences, Al-Farabi Colleges, Riyadh 361724, Saudi Arabia. shariqnajeeb@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3803-6055
Zohaib KhurshidCollege of Dentistry, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 380, Al-Hofuf, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia. drzohaibkhurshid@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-7998-7335
Altaf H ShahDepartment of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Dar Al Uloom University, Riyadh 11512, Saudi Arabia. a.shah@dau.edu.sa.ORCID 0000-0002-7430-7860
Shehriar HusainDepartment of Dental Materials, College of Dentistry, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi 75110, Pakistan. shehriarhusain@gmail.com.
Ihtesham Ur RehmanMaterials Science and Engineering Department, Kroto Research Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7HQ, UK. i.u.rehman@sheffield.ac.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electrospinning has been used for decades to generate nano-fibres via an electrically charged jet of polymer solution. This process is established on a spinning technique, using electrostatic forces to produce fine fibres from polymer solutions. Amongst, the electrospinning of available biopolymers (silk, cellulose, collagen, gelatine and hyaluronic acid), chitosan (CH) has shown a favourable outcome for tissue regeneration applications. The aim of the current review is to assess the current literature about electrospinning chitosan and its composite formulations for creating fibres in combination with other natural polymers to be employed in tissue engineering. In addition, various polymers blended with chitosan for electrospinning have been discussed in terms of their potential biomedical applications. The review shows that evidence exists in support of the favourable properties and biocompatibility of chitosan electrospun composite biomaterials for a range of applications. However, further research and in vivo studies are required to translate these materials from the laboratory to clinical applications.

Indexed as

AnimalsChitosanHumansRegenerative MedicineTissue EngineeringChitosanchitosancomposite solutionselectrospinningregenerationtissue engineering

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PMID29385727
PMCPMC5855629

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