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ArticleNature communications2020

Foreign body responses in mouse central nervous system mimic natural wound responses and alter biomaterial functions.

Timothy M OʼShea, Alexander L Wollenberg, Jae H Kim, Yan Ao, Timothy J Deming, Michael V Sofroniew

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Timothy M OʼSheaDepartment of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1763, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0812-1179
Alexander L WollenbergDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1600, USA.
Jae H KimDepartment of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1763, USA.
Yan AoDepartment of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1763, USA.
Timothy J DemingDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1600, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0594-5025
Michael V SofroniewDepartment of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1763, USA. sofroniew@mednet.ucla.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6075-0178
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

UCLA IDDRC: Translational CoreP50HD103557 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SUSAN Y BOOKHEIMER · 2020 to 2026
$9.6M
Injectable biomaterial depots to manipulate scar and foster axon growth after SCIR01NS084030 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SOFRONIEW, MICHAEL V · 2014 to 2023
$3.0M
NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103557NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS084030
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biomaterials hold promise for therapeutic applications in the central nervous system (CNS). Little is known about molecular factors that determine CNS foreign body responses (FBRs) in vivo, or about how such responses influence biomaterial function. Here, we probed these factors in mice using a platform of injectable hydrogels readily modified to present interfaces with different physiochemical properties to host cells. We found that biomaterial FBRs mimic specialized multicellular CNS wound responses not present in peripheral tissues, which serve to isolate damaged neural tissue and restore barrier functions. We show that the nature and intensity of CNS FBRs are determined by definable properties that significantly influence hydrogel functions, including resorption and molecular delivery when injected into healthy brain or stroke injuries. Cationic interfaces elicit stromal cell infiltration, peripherally derived inflammation, neural damage and amyloid production. Nonionic and anionic formulations show minimal levels of these responses, which contributes to superior bioactive molecular delivery. Our results identify specific molecular mechanisms that drive FBRs in the CNS and have important implications for developing effective biomaterials for CNS applications.

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AnimalsBiocompatible MaterialsBiomimeticsBrainCentral Nervous SystemFemaleForeign-Body ReactionHumansHydrogelsMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicBiocompatible MaterialsHydrogels

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PMID33277474
PMCPMC7718896
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