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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Biological Performance of Electrospun Polymer Fibres.

Ivan Joseph Hall Barrientos, Graeme R MacKenzie, Clive G Wilson, Dimitrios A Lamprou, Paul Coats

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ivan Joseph Hall BarrientosStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK. ivan.hall-barrientos@strath.ac.uk.
Graeme R MacKenzieStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK. graeme.mackenzie@strath.ac.uk.
Clive G WilsonStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK. c.g.wilson@strath.ac.uk.
Dimitrios A LamprouSchool of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK. d.lamprou@qub.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-8740-1661
Paul CoatsStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK. paul.coats@strath.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-6035-675X
University of Strathclyde · GBQueen's University Belfast · GB

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/F50036X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The evaluation of biological responses to polymeric scaffolds are important, given that the ideal scaffold should be biocompatible, biodegradable, promote cell adhesion and aid cell proliferation. The primary goal of this research was to measure the biological responses of cells against various polymeric and collagen electrospun scaffolds (polycaprolactone (PCL) and polylactic acid (PLA) polymers: PCL⁻drug, PCL⁻collagen⁻drug, PLA⁻drug and PLA⁻collagen⁻drug); cell proliferation was measured with a cell adhesion assay and cell viability using 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) and resazurin assays. The results demonstrated that there is a distinct lack of growth of cells against any irgasan (IRG) loaded scaffolds and far greater adhesion of cells against levofloxacin (LEVO) loaded scaffolds. Fourteen-day studies revealed a significant increase in cell growth after a 7-day period. The addition of collagen in the formulations did not promote greater cell adhesion. Cell viability studies revealed the levels of IRG used in scaffolds were toxic to cells, with the concentration used 475 times higher than the EC

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aligned fibrous scaffoldscell biologyelectrospinningnanofibers

Identifiers

PMID30682805
PMCPMC6384992
OpenAlexW2913104448

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