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ReviewJournal of functional biomaterials2021

Bioactive Polymeric Materials for the Advancement of Regenerative Medicine.

Anthony Iovene, Yuwen Zhao, Shue Wang, Kagya Amoako

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Review in Journal of functional biomaterials, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

4 authors.

Anthony IoveneBiomedical Engineering Graduate Program, Tagliatela College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Faculty, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Rd., West Haven, CT 06516, USA.
Yuwen ZhaoBiomedical Engineering Graduate Program, Tagliatela College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Faculty, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Rd., West Haven, CT 06516, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5020-9134
Shue WangBiomedical Engineering Graduate Program, Tagliatela College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Faculty, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Rd., West Haven, CT 06516, USA.
Kagya AmoakoBiomedical Engineering Graduate Program, Tagliatela College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Faculty, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Rd., West Haven, CT 06516, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2150-5214

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biopolymers are widely accepted natural materials in regenerative medicine, and further development of their bioactivities and discoveries on their composition/function relationships could greatly advance the field. However, a concise insight on commonly investigated biopolymers, their current applications and outlook of their modifications for multibioactivity are scarce. This review bridges this gap for professionals and especially freshmen in the field who are also interested in modification methods not yet in commercial use. A series of polymeric materials in research and development uses are presented as well as challenges that limit their efficacy in tissue regeneration are discussed. Finally, their roles in the regeneration of select tissues including the skin, bone, cartilage, and tendon are highlighted along with modifiable biopolymer moieties for different bioactivities.

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bioactivitybiopolymerspolymer modificationregenerative medicinetissue regeneration

Identifiers

PMID33672492
PMCPMC8006220

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