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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2022

Can Manganese Dioxide Microspheres be Used as Intermediaries to Alleviate Intervertebral Disc Degeneration With Strengthening Drugs?

Wentao Zhang, Ming Yang, Tianze Sun, Jing Zhang, Yantao Zhao, Jingmin Li, Zhonghai Li

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Wentao ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Ming YangDepartment of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Tianze SunDepartment of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Jing ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Yantao ZhaoDepartment of Orthopedics, Fourth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jingmin LiKey Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.
Zhonghai LiDepartment of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University · CNDalian Medical University · CNChinese PLA General Hospital · CNDalian University of Technology · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Degenerative disc disease (DDD) is a pathological condition associated with intervertebral discs (IVDs) that causes chronic back pain. IVD degeneration has become a significant issue in contemporary society. To date, numerous biological therapies have been applied to alleviate the progression of DDD, among which therapeutic protein injection is the most direct and convenient. However, there are some limitations to applying direct protein injection therapy, the most significant being that the efficacy of this method has a short duration, which is a major factor in its effectiveness and the resulting patient satisfaction. How do we solve this problem? Or how can the effectiveness of the treatment be enhanced? It has been proved that manganese dioxide (MnO

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cytokinesdegenerative disc disease (DDD)intervertebral disc (IVD)manganese dioxide (MnO2) nanoparticlestherapeutic protein injection

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PMID35433668
PMCPMC9011040
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