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ReviewCell2021

Basic principles of hydrogel-based tissue transformation technologies and their applications.

Seo Woo Choi, Webster Guan, Kwanghun Chung

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Review in Cell, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

42 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Hydrogel-based neural engineering for skin wound healing.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Seo Woo ChoiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA.
Webster GuanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA.
Kwanghun ChungDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA; Picower Institute of Learning and Memory, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA; Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA; Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA; Yonsei-IBS Institute, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: khchung@mit.edu.

Funding

Towards integrated 3D reconstruction of whole human brains at subcellular resolutionU01MH117072 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI CHUNG, KWANGHUN · 2018 to 2022
$8.8M
Highly specific, renewable, and cost-effective antibody toolbox for 3D proteomic phenotyping of the brainRF1MH121270 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI CHUNG, KWANGHUN, EICHINGER, DANIEL J · 2019 to 2019
$4.5M
Proteome-Driven Holistic Reconstruction of Organ-Wide Multi-Scale NetworksDP2ES027992 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI CHUNG, KWANGHUN · 2016 to 2021
$2.8M
NIEHS NIH HHS DP2 ES027992NIMH NIH HHS RF1 MH121270NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH117072
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging tissue transformation technologies provide an unprecedented opportunity to investigate system-level molecular and anatomical features in situ. Hydrogel-based methods engineer physicochemical tissue properties to render intact organs optically transparent and size and shape adjustable while preserving biomolecules at their physiological locations. When combined with advanced molecular tools, labeling, and imaging techniques, tissue transformation enables three-dimensional (3D) mapping of molecules, cells, and their interrelationships at increasing speeds and resolutions. In this review, we discuss the basic engineering principles of tissue transformation and labeling techniques as well as their broad applications, current challenges, and future potential.

Indexed as

Tissue EngineeringAnimalsDiffusionHumansHydrogelsKineticsPermeabilityTranscriptomeHydrogels

Identifiers

PMID34358468
PMCPMC8372535

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