Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34710753›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in biotechnology2021

Bio-integrative design of the neural tissue-device interface.

Delin Shi, Vaishnavi Dhawan, Xinyan Tracy Cui

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Review in Current opinion in biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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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

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

19 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Tissue-bioelectronics interfaces.Chemical Society reviews · 2026
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  2. Toward Sex-Specific Biomaterials Innovation: A Perspective.ACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2025
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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

3 authors.

Delin ShiDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Vaishnavi DhawanDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Xinyan Tracy CuiDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States. Electronic address: xic11@pitt.edu.

Funding

Efficiency and Safety of Microstimulation Via Different Electrode MaterialsR01NS110564 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CUI, XINYAN TRACY · 2019 to 2024
$3.1M
Inhibition of Neural Electrode-mediated Inflammation and Neuronal Cell DeathR01NS089688 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CUI, XINYAN TRACY · 2015 to 2019
$3.1M
Enhanced Bedside Microdialysis for TBIR01NS102725 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI MICHAEL, ADRIAN C, PUCCIO, AVA M. · 2018 to 2022
$2.7M
Optimization and Delivery of Bioactive Coating for High Yield and Stable Neural RecordingU01NS113279 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CUI, XINYAN TRACY · 2019 to 2022
$2.4M
Ultra sensitive and flexible MEAs for chronic dopamine detection at both tonic and phasic levelsR21DA049592 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CUI, XINYAN TRACY · 2019 to 2020
$428k
Dual Polymer Coatings for High Fidelity and Stable In Vivo Cocaine Sensing From MEAsR21DA043817 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CUI, XINYAN TRACY · 2017 to 2018
$421k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neural implants enable bidirectional communications with nervous tissue and have demonstrated tremendous potential in research and clinical applications. To obtain high fidelity and stable information exchange, we need to minimize the undesired host responses and achieve intimate neuron-device interaction. This paper highlights the key bio-integrative strategies aimed at seamless integration through intelligent device designs to minimize the immune responses, as well as incorporate bioactive elements to actively modulate cellular reactions. These approaches span from surface modification and bioactive agent delivery, to biomorphic and biohybrid designs. Many of these strategies have shown effectiveness in functional outcome measures, others are exploratory but with fascinating potentials. The combination of bio-integrative strategies may synergistically promote the next generation of neural interfaces.

Indexed as

Nerve TissueNeuronsProstheses and Implants

Identifiers

PMID34710753
PMCPMC8671324

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