Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32612997›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2020

Luís A Rocha, Eduardo D Gomes, João L Afonso, Sara Granja, Fatima Baltazar, Nuno A Silva, Molly S Shoichet, Rui A Sousa, David A Learmonth, Antonio J Salgado

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 24 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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Luís A RochaLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Eduardo D GomesLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
João L AfonsoLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Sara GranjaLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Fatima BaltazarLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Nuno A SilvaLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Molly S ShoichetInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Rui A SousaStemmatters, Biotecnologia e Medicina Regenerativa SA, Barco, Portugal.
David A LearmonthStemmatters, Biotecnologia e Medicina Regenerativa SA, Barco, Portugal.
Antonio J SalgadoLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
University of Minho · PTStemmatters (Portugal) · PTUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vascular disruption following spinal cord injury (SCI) decisively contributes to the poor functional recovery prognosis facing patients with the condition. Using a previously developed gellan gum hydrogel to which the adhesion motif GRGDS was grafted (GG-GRGDS), this work aimed to understand the ability of adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) to impact vascular organization of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), and how this in turn affects neurite outgrowth of dorsal root ganglia (DRG) explants. Our data shows that culturing these cells together lead to a synergistic effect as showed by increased stimulation of neuritogenesis on DRG. Importantly, HUVECs were only able to assemble into vascular-like structures when cultured in the presence of ASCs, which shows the capacity of these cells in reorganizing the vascular milieu. Analysis of selected neuroregulatory molecules showed that the co-culture upregulated the secretion of several neurotrophic factors. On the other hand, ASCs, and ASCs + HUVECs presented a similar profile regarding the presence of angiotrophic molecules herein analyzed. Finally, the implantation of GG-GRGDS hydrogels encapsulating ASCs in the chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) lead to increases in vascular recruitment toward the hydrogels in comparison to GG-GRGDS alone. This indicates that the combination of ASCs with GG-GRGDS hydrogels could promote re-vascularization in trauma-related injuries in the central nervous system and thus control disease progression and induce functional recovery.

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adipose-derived stem cellsbiomaterialcell therapyneurovascularsecretomespinal cord injuryvascularization

Identifiers

PMID32612997
PMCPMC7308435
OpenAlexW3034303883

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