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ReviewRegenerative biomaterials2018

Effect of microporosity on scaffolds for bone tissue engineering.

Ke Zhang, Yubo Fan, Nicholas Dunne, Xiaoming Li

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Review in Regenerative biomaterials, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 111 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

111 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

4 authors.

Ke ZhangKey Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China.
Yubo FanKey Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China.
Nicholas DunneCentre for Medical Engineering Research, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin City University, Stokes Building, Collins Avenue, Dublin 9, Ireland.
Xiaoming LiKey Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microporosity has a critical role in improving the osteogenesis of scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Although the exact mechanism, by which it promotes new bone formation, is not well recognized yet, the related hypothesis can be found in many previous studies. This review presents those possible mechanisms about how the microporosity enhances the osteogenic-related functions of cells

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bone tissue engineeringmechanismmicroporosity

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PMID29644093
PMCPMC5887944

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