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ReviewPharmaceutics2018

Scaffolds as Structural Tools for Bone-Targeted Drug Delivery.

Riccardo Ferracini, Isabel Martínez Herreros, Antonio Russo, Tommaso Casalini, Filippo Rossi, Giuseppe Perale

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In one paragraph

Review in Pharmaceutics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
34citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Nanomaterial application for protein delivery in bone regeneration therapy.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2025
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  9. Flavonoid-Loaded Biomaterials in Bone Defect Repair.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  18. Stem Cell Fate and Immunomodulation Promote Bone RegenerationFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022
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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Riccardo FerraciniDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Orthopaedic Clinic-IRCCS A.O.U. San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy. riccardoferraciniweb@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-7654-0327
Isabel Martínez HerrerosDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Orthopaedic Clinic-IRCCS A.O.U. San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy. 4584108@studenti.unige.it.
Antonio RussoDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Orthopaedic Clinic-IRCCS A.O.U. San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy. russo.antonio.92@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-4399-8942
Tommaso CasaliniDepartment of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland. tommaso.casalini@chem.ethz.ch.
Filippo RossiDepartment of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, via Mancinelli 7, 20131 Milano, Italy. filippo.rossi@polimi.it.ORCID 0000-0003-2665-120X
Giuseppe PeraleDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Orthopaedic Clinic-IRCCS A.O.U. San Martino, 16132 Genova, Italy. giuseppe.perale@supsi.ch.
Ospedale Policlinico San Martino · ITUniversity of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland · CHPolitecnico di Milano · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although bone has a high potential to regenerate itself after damage and injury, the efficacious repair of large bone defects resulting from resection, trauma or non-union fractures still requires the implantation of bone grafts. Materials science, in conjunction with biotechnology, can satisfy these needs by developing artificial bones, synthetic substitutes and organ implants. In particular, recent advances in materials science have provided several innovations, underlying the increasing importance of biomaterials in this field. To address the increasing need for improved bone substitutes, tissue engineering seeks to create synthetic, three-dimensional scaffolds made from organic or inorganic materials, incorporating drugs and growth factors, to induce new bone tissue formation. This review emphasizes recent progress in materials science that allows reliable scaffolds to be synthesized for targeted drug delivery in bone regeneration, also with respect to past directions no longer considered promising. A general overview concerning modeling approaches suitable for the discussed systems is also provided.

Indexed as

biomaterialsbonepolymerscaffoldstem cell

Identifiers

PMID30096765
PMCPMC6161191
OpenAlexW2885983674

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