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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

The Lack of a Representative Tendinopathy Model Hampers Fundamental Mesenchymal Stem Cell Research.

Marguerite Meeremans, Gerlinde R Van de Walle, Sandra Van Vlierberghe, Catharina De Schauwer

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Review in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. 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.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Transcriptional Adaptations to Muscle Loading in a Murine Model of Achilles Tendinopathy.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2026
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  5. Cyclic mechanical stimulation of TDCs improves tendon tissue maturationFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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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 at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Marguerite MeeremansComparative Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Gerlinde R Van de WalleBaker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.
Sandra Van VlierberghePolymer Chemistry and Biomaterials Group, Centre of Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Catharina De SchauwerComparative Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
Ghent University · BECornell University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Overuse tendon injuries are a major cause of musculoskeletal morbidity in both human and equine athletes, due to the cumulative degenerative damage. These injuries present significant challenges as the healing process often results in the formation of inferior scar tissue. The poor success with conventional therapy supports the need to search for novel treatments to restore functionality and regenerate tissue as close to native tendon as possible. Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-based strategies represent promising therapeutic tools for tendon repair in both human and veterinary medicine. The translation of tissue engineering strategies from basic research findings, however, into clinical use has been hampered by the limited understanding of the multifaceted MSC mechanisms of action.

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biomaterialsbioreactorsin vitro tendon modelstendinopathytendon

Identifiers

PMID34012963
PMCPMC8126669
OpenAlexW3158173537

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