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ReviewTrends in biotechnology2023

Synovial joint-on-a-chip for modeling arthritis: progress, pitfalls, and potential.

Zhong Alan Li, Shilpa Sant, Sung Kwon Cho, Stuart B Goodman, Bruce A Bunnell, Rocky S Tuan, Michael S Gold, Hang Lin

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Review in Trends in biotechnology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. 3D-bioprinting for joint regeneration.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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  19. 3D Bioprinting Strategies in Autoimmune Disease Models.International journal of molecular sciences · 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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhong Alan LiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA; Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Shilpa SantDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA.
Sung Kwon ChoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
Stuart B GoodmanDepartments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Bruce A BunnellDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA.
Rocky S TuanMcGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA; Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR 999077, China.
Michael S GoldDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Hang LinDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA. Electronic address: hal46@pitt.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · USStanford University · USUniversity of North Texas · US

Funding

Tissue Chip Modeling of Synovial Joint Pathologies: Effects of Inflammation and Adipose-Mediated Diabetic ComplicationsUH3TR002136 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LIN, HANG · 2019 to 2021
$3.4M
Tissue Chip Modeling of Synovial Joint Pathologies: Effects of Inflammation and Adipose-Mediated Diabetic ComplicationsUG3TR002136 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI TUAN, ROCKY S · 2017 to 2018
$2.5M
Joint Pain on a Chip: Mechanistic Analysis Therapeutic Targets and an Empirical Strategy for Personalized Pain ManagementUH3TR003090 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GOLD, MICHAEL S, LIN, HANG · 2021 to 2021
$2.3M
Joint Pain on a Chip: Mechanistic Analysis Therapeutic Targets and an Empirical Strategy for Personalized Pain ManagementUG3TR003090 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GOLD, MICHAEL S, LIN, HANG · 2019 to 2019
$1.5M
NCATS NIH HHS UG3 TR002136NCATS NIH HHS UG3 TR003090NCATS NIH HHS UH3 TR002136NCATS NIH HHS UH3 TR003090
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disorders of the synovial joint, such as osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), afflict a substantial proportion of the global population. However, current clinical management has not been focused on fully restoring the native function of joints. Organ-on-chip (OoC), also called a microphysiological system, which typically accommodates multiple human cell-derived tissues/organs under physiological culture conditions, is an emerging platform that potentially overcomes the limitations of current models in developing therapeutics. Herein, we review major steps in the generation of OoCs for studying arthritis, discuss the challenges faced when these novel platforms enter the next phase of development and application, and present the potential for OoC technology to investigate the pathogenesis of joint diseases and the development of efficacious therapies.

Indexed as

Arthritis, RheumatoidOsteoarthritisHumansMicrophysiological Systemsarthritisdisease modelingdrug testingjoint diseasemicrophysiological systempersonalized medicine

Identifiers

PMID35995600
PMCPMC9938846
OpenAlexW4292363581

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