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ArticleLab on a chip2021

A dynamic microscale mid-throughput fibrosis model to investigate the effects of different ratios of cardiomyocytes and fibroblasts.

Andrea Mainardi, Francesca Carminati, Giovanni Stefano Ugolini, Paola Occhetta, Giuseppe Isu, Diana Robles Diaz, Gregory Reid, Roberta Visone, Marco Rasponi, Anna Marsano

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Article in Lab on a chip, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Suspended Tissue Open Microfluidic Patterning (STOMP).bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  5. Dressed in Collagen: 2D and 3D Cardiac Fibrosis Models.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  11. Multicellular 3D Models for the Study of Cardiac Fibrosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  13. Dynamic and static biomechanical traits of cardiac fibrosis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022
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  15. Intervertebral Disc-on-a-Chip as AdvancedFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021
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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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrea MainardiDepartments of Biomedicine and Surgery, University Basel and University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. Anna.Marsano@usb.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-6734-6925
Francesca CarminatiDepartments of Biomedicine and Surgery, University Basel and University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. Anna.Marsano@usb.ch.
Giovanni Stefano UgoliniDepartments of Biomedicine and Surgery, University Basel and University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. Anna.Marsano@usb.ch.
Paola OcchettaDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5758-2019
Giuseppe IsuDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.
Diana Robles DiazDepartments of Biomedicine and Surgery, University Basel and University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. Anna.Marsano@usb.ch.
Gregory ReidDepartments of Biomedicine and Surgery, University Basel and University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. Anna.Marsano@usb.ch.ORCID 0000-0003-2089-3830
Roberta VisoneDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9077-1922
Marco RasponiDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2904-8652
Anna MarsanoDepartments of Biomedicine and Surgery, University Basel and University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. Anna.Marsano@usb.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-3084-0823
Politecnico di Milano · ITUniversity Hospital of Basel · CHUniversity of Basel · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardiac fibrosis is a maladaptive remodeling of the myocardium hallmarked by contraction impairment and excessive extracellular matrix deposition (ECM). The disease progression, nevertheless, remains poorly understood and present treatments are not capable of controlling the scarring process. This is partly due to the absence of physiologically relevant, easily operable, and low-cost

Indexed as

FibroblastsMyocytes, CardiacAnimalsCells, CulturedExtracellular MatrixFibrosisRatsTransforming Growth Factor beta1Transforming Growth Factor beta1

Identifiers

PMID34545378
PMCPMC8547330
OpenAlexW3199791966

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