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ArticleJournal of medicine and life

Tissue-engineered Maxillofacial Skeletal Defect Reconstruction by 3D Printed Beta-tricalcium phosphate Scaffold Tethered with Growth Factors and Fibrin Glue Implanted Autologous Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells.

Manju Ananthakrishnan Nair, Khadar Vali Shaik, Adiseshu Kokkiligadda, Harsha Gorrela

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Article in Journal of medicine and life. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Manju Ananthakrishnan NairDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, PAHER University, Udaipur, India.
Khadar Vali ShaikDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, PAHER University, Udaipur, India.
Adiseshu KokkiligaddaDepartment of Biotech Engineering, Virchow Biotech Private Limited, Hyderabad, India.
Harsha GorrelaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MNR Dental College and Hospital, Hyderabad, India.
Sir Padampat Singhania University · INMNR Dental College and Hospital · INVirchow BioTech (India) · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate whether a 3D printed beta-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) scaffold tethered with growth factors and fibrin glue implanted autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells would provide a 3D platform for bone regeneration resulting in new bone formation with plasticity. Twenty 3D printed β-TCP scaffolds, ten scaffolds engrained with osteogenic mesenchymal stem cells with fibrin glue (group A), and ten scaffolds used as a control group with β-TCP scaffold and fibrin glue inoculation only (group B) were included in the study. Cell infiltration, migration, and proliferation of human osteogenic stem cells on the scaffolds were executed under both static and dynamic culture conditions. Each scaffold was examined post culture after repeated changes in the nutrient medium at 2, 4 or 8 weeks and assessed for opacity and formation of any bone-like tissues macroscopic, radiographic, and microscopic evaluation. Significant changes in all the prerequisite parameters compiled with an evaluated difference of significance showing maxillofacial skeletal repair via tissue engineering by β-TCP scaffold and MSCs remains will be the most promising alternative to autologous bone grafts and numerous modalities involving a variety of stem cells, growth factors from platelet-rich fibrin.

Indexed as

Mesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationPrinting, Three-DimensionalCalcium PhosphatesCase-Control StudiesCell SurvivalFibrin Tissue AdhesiveHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMaxillofacial AbnormalitiesMesenchymal Stem CellsMineralsTissue EngineeringTissue ScaffoldsTreatment Outcomebeta-tricalcium phosphateCalcium PhosphatesFibrin Tissue AdhesiveIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMineralsBeta tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) scaffoldsFibrin glue (FG)Hounsfield units (HU)Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (HMSCs)reconstruction, Hydroxyapatite (HA)tissue engineering

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PMID33072218
PMCPMC7550144
OpenAlexW3093117820

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