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ArticleJournal of the European Ceramic Society2018

Cobalt-containing bioactive glasses reduce human mesenchymal stem cell chondrogenic differentiation despite HIF-1α stabilisation.

E Littmann, H Autefage, A K Solanki, C Kallepitis, J R Jones, M Alini, M Peroglio, M M Stevens

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Article in Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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35 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

E LittmannDepartment of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
H AutefageDepartment of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
A K SolankiDepartment of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
C KallepitisDepartment of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
J R JonesDepartment of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
M AliniAO Research Institute Davos, Clavadelerstrasse 8, 7270, Davos, Switzerland.
M PeroglioAO Research Institute Davos, Clavadelerstrasse 8, 7270, Davos, Switzerland.
M M StevensDepartment of Materials, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
Imperial College London · GBAO Foundation · CHNIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 088844
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bioactive glasses (BGs) are excellent delivery systems for the sustained release of therapeutic ions and have been extensively studied in the context of bone tissue engineering. More recently, due to their osteogenic properties and expanding application to soft tissue repair, BGs have been proposed as promising materials for use at the osteochondral interface. Since hypoxia plays a critical role during cartilage formation, we sought to investigate the influence of BGs releasing the hypoxia-mimicking agent cobalt (CoBGs) on human mesenchymal stem cell (hMSC) chondrogenesis, as a novel approach that may guide future osteochondral scaffold design. The CoBG dissolution products significantly increased the level of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha in hMSCs in a cobalt dose-dependent manner. Continued exposure to the cobalt-containing BG extracts significantly reduced hMSC proliferation and metabolic activity, as well as chondrogenic differentiation. Overall, this study demonstrates that prolonged exposure to cobalt warrants careful consideration for cartilage repair applications.

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Bioactive glassesChondrogenesisCobaltHypoxia-inducible factor-1Mesenchymal stem cells

Identifiers

PMID29456294
PMCPMC5738970
OpenAlexW2740669167

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