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ArticleCells2021

Ovarian Decellularized Bioscaffolds Provide an Optimal Microenvironment for Cell Growth and Differentiation In Vitro.

Georgia Pennarossa, Teresina De Iorio, Fulvio Gandolfi, Tiziana A L Brevini

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Article in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Georgia PennarossaLaboratory of Biomedical Embryology, Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety and Center for Stem Cell Research, Università Degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6126-8519
Teresina De IorioLaboratory of Biomedical Embryology, Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety and Center for Stem Cell Research, Università Degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Fulvio GandolfiLaboratory of Biomedical Embryology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences-Production, Landscape, Agroenergy, Università Degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3246-2985
Tiziana A L BreviniLaboratory of Biomedical Embryology, Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety and Center for Stem Cell Research, Università Degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0428-3621
University of Milan · IT

Funding

Carraresi Foundation 2020-2022PSR 2017PSR 2020Regione Lombardia POR FESR 2014-2020_BANDO Call HUB Ricerca e Innovazione
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ovarian failure is the most common cause of infertility. Although numerous strategies have been proposed, a definitive solution for recovering ovarian functions and restoring fertility is currently unavailable. One innovative alternative may be represented by the development of an "artificial ovary" that could be transplanted in patients for re-establishing reproductive activities. Here, we describe a novel approach for successful repopulation of decellularized ovarian bioscaffolds in vitro. Porcine whole ovaries were subjected to a decellularization protocol that removed the cell compartment, while maintaining the macrostructure and microstructure of the original tissue. The obtained bioscaffolds were then repopulated with porcine ovarian cells or with epigenetically erased porcine and human dermal fibroblasts. The results obtained demonstrated that the decellularized extracellular matrix (ECM)-based scaffold may constitute a suitable niche for ex vivo culture of ovarian cells. Furthermore, it was able to properly drive epigenetically erased cell differentiation, fate, and viability. Overall, the method described represents a powerful tool for the in vitro creation of a bioengineered ovary that may constitute a promising solution for hormone and fertility restoration. In addition, it allows for the creation of a suitable 3D platform with useful applications both in toxicological and transplantation studies.

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AnimalsCell DifferentiationExtracellular MatrixFemaleOvarySwineTissue EngineeringTissue Scaffoldsbioprosthetic ovaryECM-based scaffold repopulationepigenetically erased cellsfibroblastshumanovarian reconstructionporcinewhole-ovary decellularization

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PMID34440895
PMCPMC8393799
OpenAlexW3195686708

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