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ArticleCartilage2021

Optimization and Validation of a Human

Katarzyna Styczynska-Soczka, Anish K Amin, A Hamish W Simpson, Andrew C Hall

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Article in Cartilage, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The F-Actin of In Situ Chondrocytes in Non-Degenerate and Mildly-Degenerate Human Cartilage: Changes With Cell Volume, and Cytoplasmic Processes.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Katarzyna Styczynska-SoczkaBiomedical Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Anish K AminDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
A Hamish W SimpsonDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Andrew C HallBiomedical Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8015-9473
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary · GBUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

Chief Scientist Office TCS/18/01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveArticular cartilage is incapable of effective repair following injury or during osteoarthritis. While there have been developments in cartilage repair technologies, there is a need to advance biologically relevant models for preclinical testing of biomaterial and regenerative therapies. This study describes conditions for the effective

designFresh, viable femoral heads were obtained from femoral neck fractures and cultured for up to 10 weeks in (a) Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM); (b) DMEM + mixing; (c) DMEM + 10% human serum (HS); (d) DMEM + 10% HS + mixing. The viability, morphology, volume, and density of fluorescently labelled

resultsChondrocyte viability remained at >95% in DMEM + 10% HS. In DMEM alone, viability remained high for ~4 weeks and then declined. For the other conditions, superficial zone chondrocyte viability fell to <35% at 10 weeks with deeper zones being relatively unaffected. In DMEM + 10% HS at 10 weeks, the number of chondrocytes possessing cytoplasmic processes increased compared with DMEM (

conclusionsIn this

Indexed as

Cartilage, ArticularOsteoarthritisChondrocytesFemur HeadGlycosaminoglycansHumansGlycosaminoglycansarticular cartilagechondrocytesdisuse atrophyfemoral headphenotype

Identifiers

PMID32567330
PMCPMC8721618
OpenAlexW3036821727

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