ArticleBiotechnology and bioengineering2021
Mesenchymal stem cells and local tacrolimus delivery synergistically enhance neurite extension.
Article in Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Modulation of the regenerative microenvironment within acellular nerve allografts using tacrolimus improves nerve regeneration.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
- Advancing Peripheral Nerve Regeneration (Nerve SPACE 2025).Journal of hand surgery global online · 2026Article
- A chitosan/acellular matrix-based neural graft carrying mesenchymal stem cells to promote peripheral nerve repair.Stem cell research & therapy · 2024Article
- The Effect of Local Purified Exosome Product, Stem Cells, and Tacrolimus on Neurite Extension.The Journal of hand surgery · 2024Article
- Recent perspectives on the synergy of mesenchymal stem cells with micro/nano strategies in peripheral nerve regeneration-a review.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Review
- Tacrolimus Improves Therapeutic Efficacy of Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Diabetic Retinopathy by Suppressing DRP1-Mediated Mitochondrial Fission.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Tacrolimus-Induced Neurotrophic Differentiation of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells as Novel Therapeutic Method for Peripheral Nerve Injury.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to investigate the combined effect of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) and local delivery of tacrolimus (FK506) on nerve regeneration when applied to nerve autografts and decellularized allografts.
methodsA three-dimensional in vitro compartmented cell culture system consisting of a neonatal dorsal root ganglion adjacent to a nerve graft was used to evaluate the regenerating neurites into the peripheral nerve scaffold. Nerve autografts and allografts were treated with (i) undifferentiated MSCs, (ii) FK506 (100 ng/mL) or (iii) both (N = 9/group). After 48 hours, neurite extension was measured to quantify nerve regeneration and stem cell viability was evaluated.
resultsStem cell viability was confirmed in all MSC-treated grafts. Neurite extension was superior in autografts treated with FK506, and MSCs and FK506 combined (p < 0.001 and p = 0.0001, respectively), and autografts treated with MSCs (p = 0.12) were comparable to untreated autografts. In allografts, FK506 treatment and combined treatment were superior to controls (p < 0.001 and p = 0.0001, respectively), and treatment with MSCs (p = 0.09) was comparable to controls. All autograft groups were superior compared to their respective allograft treatment group (p < 0.05) in neurite extension.
conclusionsAlone, either MSC or FK506 treatment improved neurite outgrowth, and combined they further enhanced neurite extension in both autografts and allografts.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.