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ArticleScientific reports2020

The silk of gorse spider mite Tetranychus lintearius represents a novel natural source of nanoparticles and biomaterials.

Antonio Abel Lozano-Pérez, Ana Pagán, Vladimir Zhurov, Stephen D Hudson, Jeffrey L Hutter, Valerio Pruneri, Ignacio Pérez-Moreno, Vojislava Grbic', José Luis Cenis, Miodrag Grbic' and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 38% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Microscopic Menaces: The Impact of Mites on Human Health.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Antonio Abel Lozano-PérezDepartmento de Biotecnología, Genómica y Mejora Vegetal, IMIDA, C/Mayor, s/n, 30150, La Alberca, Murcia, Spain. abel@um.es.
Ana PagánDepartmento de Biotecnología, Genómica y Mejora Vegetal, IMIDA, C/Mayor, s/n, 30150, La Alberca, Murcia, Spain.
Vladimir ZhurovDepartment of Biology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada.
Stephen D HudsonDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 3K7, Canada.
Jeffrey L HutterDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 3K7, Canada.
Valerio PruneriICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860, Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain.
Ignacio Pérez-MorenoDepartment of Agriculture and Food, University of La Rioja, C/Madre de Dios, 53, 26006, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain.
Vojislava Grbic'Department of Biology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada.
José Luis CenisDepartmento de Biotecnología, Genómica y Mejora Vegetal, IMIDA, C/Mayor, s/n, 30150, La Alberca, Murcia, Spain.
Miodrag Grbic'Department of Biology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada. mgrbic@uwo.ca.
Salvador Aznar-CervantesDepartmento de Biotecnología, Genómica y Mejora Vegetal, IMIDA, C/Mayor, s/n, 30150, La Alberca, Murcia, Spain.
Western University · CAInstitute of Photonic Sciences · ESUniversidad de La Rioja · ESUniversity of Belgrade · RS

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spider mites constitute an assemblage of well-known pests in agriculture, but are less known for their ability to spin silk of nanoscale diameters and high Young's moduli. Here, we characterize silk of the gorse spider mite Tetranychus lintearius, which produces copious amounts of silk with nano-dimensions. We determined biophysical characteristics of the silk fibres and manufactured nanoparticles and biofilm derived from native silk. We determined silk structure using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and characterized silk nanoparticles using field emission scanning electron microscopy. Comparative studies using T. lintearius and silkworm silk nanoparticles and biofilm demonstrated that spider mite silk supports mammalian cell growth in vitro and that fluorescently labelled nanoparticles can enter cell cytoplasm. The potential for cytocompatibility demonstrated by this study, together with the prospect of recombinant silk production, opens a new avenue for biomedical application of this little-known silk.

Indexed as

Biocompatible MaterialsMaterials TestingAnimalsCell LineElastic ModulusMiceMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningNanoparticlesSilkTetranychidaeBiocompatible MaterialsSilk

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PMID33116211
PMCPMC7595037
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