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ArticleSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2019

Highly Porous Microcarriers for Minimally Invasive In Situ Skeletal Muscle Cell Delivery.

Ranjith Kumar Kankala, Jia Zhao, Chen-Guang Liu, Xiao-Jie Song, Da-Yun Yang, Kai Zhu, Shi-Bin Wang, Yu Shrike Zhang, Ai-Zheng Chen

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Article in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
56citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Ranjith Kumar KankalaInstitute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China.
Jia ZhaoInstitute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China.
Chen-Guang LiuInstitute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China.
Xiao-Jie SongInstitute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China.
Da-Yun YangFujian Key Laboratory for Translational Research in Cancer and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Institute for Translational Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, P. R. China.
Kai ZhuDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China.
Shi-Bin WangInstitute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China.
Yu Shrike ZhangDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0045-0808
Ai-Zheng ChenInstitute of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, 361021, P. R. China.
Huaqiao University · CNBrigham and Women's Hospital · USFujian Medical University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

High-Throughput Volumetric Photoacoustic Imaging of Living Vascularized OrganoidsR01EB028143 · NIBIB · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI YAO, JUNJIE · 2019 to 2022
$2.0M
Developing Hybrids of Cardiac Tissue and Biodegradable Electronics Towards Heart Implants with On-line Monitoring and Stimulating FunctionsR21EB026175 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI YU, CUNJIANG · 2018 to 2019
$468k
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB028143NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB026175
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microscale cell carriers have recently garnered enormous interest in repairing tissue defects by avoiding substantial open surgeries using implants for tissue regeneration. In this study, the highly open porous microspheres (HOPMs) are fabricated using a microfluidic technique for harboring proliferating skeletal myoblasts and evaluating their feasibility toward cell delivery application in situ. These biocompatible HOPMs with particle sizes of 280-370 µm possess open pores of 10-80 µm and interconnected paths. Such structure of the HOPMs conveniently provide a favorable microenvironment, where the cells are closely arranged in elongated shapes with the deposited extracellular matrix, facilitating cell adhesion and proliferation, as well as augmented myogenic differentiation. Furthermore, in vivo results in mice confirm improved cell retention and vascularization, as well as partial myoblast differentiation. These modular cell-laden microcarriers potentially allow for in situ tissue construction after minimally invasive delivery providing a convenient means for regeneration medicine.

Indexed as

MicrospheresAnimalsBiocompatible MaterialsCell LineMiceMuscle CellsMuscle, SkeletalPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerPorosityRabbitsBiocompatible MaterialsPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymercell carriersmicrofluidicsminimally invasive deliveryporous microspherestissue regeneration

Identifiers

PMID31066236
PMCPMC6750270
OpenAlexW2943865557

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