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ArticleBone reports2019

An investigation to validate the equivalence of physes obtained from different anatomic regions in a single animal species: Implications for choosing experimental controls in clinical studies.

Steven Widmer, Richard P Steiner, Melanie A Morscher, Mark Shasti, Dennis S Weiner, Mark J Adamczyk, Robin DiFeo Childs, William J Landis

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Article in Bone reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 47% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 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 4 institutions in 1 country.

Steven WidmerWooster Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Center, Wooster, OH, USA.
Richard P SteinerThe University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA.
Melanie A MorscherAkron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, USA.
Mark ShastiNorton Leatherman Spine Center, Louisville, KY, USA.
Dennis S WeinerAkron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, USA.
Mark J AdamczykAkron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, USA.
Robin DiFeo ChildsThe University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA.
William J LandisThe University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA.
Akron Children's Hospital · USUniversity of Akron · USNorton Healthcare · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Control tissue in studies of various orthopedic pathologies is difficult to obtain and presumably equivalent biopsies from other anatomic sites have been utilized in its place. However, for growth plates, different anatomic regions are subject to dissimilar mechanical forces and produce disproportionate longitudinal growth. The purpose of this study was to compare gene expression and structure in normal physes from different anatomic regions within a single animal species to determine whether such physes were equivalent. Thirteen female New Zealand white rabbits (five 15-week-old and eight 19-week-old animals) were euthanized and physes harvested from their proximal and distal femurs and proximal tibiae. Harvested physes were divided into groups for histological, immunohistochemical (IHC), and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction analyses. All physes analyzed demonstrated no apparent differences in morphology or proteoglycan staining intensity on histological examination or in type II collagen presence determined by IHC study. Histomorphometric measures of physeal height as well as gene expression of type II collagen and aggrecan were found to be statistically significantly equivalent (

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AggrecanGene expressionGrowth platePhyseal equivalenceType II collagen

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PMID31194098
PMCPMC6551382
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