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ReviewStem cell reviews and reports2021

Crosstalk Between Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and Chondrocytes: The Hidden Therapeutic Potential for Cartilage Regeneration.

Teresa Z Brose, Eva J Kubosch, Hagen Schmal, Martin J Stoddart, Angela R Armiento

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Review in Stem cell reviews and reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Co-Culture Approaches in Cartilage and Bone Tissue Regeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  10. Cartilage Tissue Engineering: An Introduction.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2023
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  14. Nanocellulose-Based Scaffolds for Chondrogenic Differentiation and Expansion.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Teresa Z BroseAO Research Institute Davos, Clavadelerstrasse 8, 7270, Davos Platz, Switzerland.
Eva J KuboschDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Hugstetterstrasse 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.
Hagen SchmalDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Hugstetterstrasse 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.
Martin J StoddartAO Research Institute Davos, Clavadelerstrasse 8, 7270, Davos Platz, Switzerland.
Angela R ArmientoAO Research Institute Davos, Clavadelerstrasse 8, 7270, Davos Platz, Switzerland. angela.armiento@aofoundation.org.ORCID 0000-0002-3285-0419

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cartilage injuries following trauma create a puzzling clinical scenario. The finite reparative potential of articular cartilage is well known, and injuries are associated with an increased risk of osteoarthritis. Cell-based therapies have spotlighted chondrocytes and mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) as the functional unit of articular cartilage and the progenitor cells, respectively. The available clinical treatments cannot reproduce the biomechanical properties of articular cartilage and call for continuous investigations into alternative approaches. Co-cultures of chondrocytes and MSCs are an attractive in vitro system to step closer to the in vivo multicellular environment's complexity. Research on the mechanisms of interaction between both cell types will reveal essential cues to understand cartilage regeneration. This review describes the latest discoveries on these interactions, along with advantages and main challenges in vitro and in vivo. The successful clinical translation of in vitro studies requires establishing rigorous standards and clinically relevant research models and an organ-targeting therapeutic strategy.

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ChondrocytesMesenchymal Stem CellsCartilageCell therapyCo‐cultureDedifferentiationHypertrophyMesenchymal stem cellsOsteoarthritisSecretome

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