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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Growth Factor Release within Liquid and Solid PRF.

Katharina Zwittnig, Barbara Kirnbauer, Norbert Jakse, Peter Schlenke, Irene Mischak, Shahram Ghanaati, Sarah Al-Maawi, Dániel Végh, Michael Payer, Tomislav A Zrnc

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Katharina ZwittnigDivision of Oral Surgery and Orthodontics, Department of Dental and Oral Health, Medical University of Graz, Billrothgasse 4, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9891-1691
Barbara KirnbauerDivision of Oral Surgery and Orthodontics, Department of Dental and Oral Health, Medical University of Graz, Billrothgasse 4, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Norbert JakseDivision of Oral Surgery and Orthodontics, Department of Dental and Oral Health, Medical University of Graz, Billrothgasse 4, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Peter SchlenkeDepartment of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-3271-3836
Irene MischakDivision of Oral Surgery and Orthodontics, Department of Dental and Oral Health, Medical University of Graz, Billrothgasse 4, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Shahram GhanaatiDepartment for Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery, FORM (Frankfurt Orofacial Regenerative Medicine) Lab, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7897-0854
Sarah Al-MaawiDepartment for Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery, FORM (Frankfurt Orofacial Regenerative Medicine) Lab, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Dániel VéghDivision of Oral Surgery and Orthodontics, Department of Dental and Oral Health, Medical University of Graz, Billrothgasse 4, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2836-6747
Michael PayerDivision of Oral Surgery and Orthodontics, Department of Dental and Oral Health, Medical University of Graz, Billrothgasse 4, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Tomislav A ZrncDivision of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Dental Medicine and Oral Health, Medical University of Graz, Billrothgasse 4, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-0477-2433

Funding

Medical University of Graz MUG Förderstipendium 2019ÖGI ÖGI Fonds 2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of this study was to obtain data concerning growth factor release within liquid and solid platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) matrices and to estimate the amount of potential interindividual variations as a basis for further preclinical and clinical trials. Therefore, we aimed to determine possible differences in the release of growth factors between liquid and solid PRF. Materials and Methods: Blood samples obtained from four subjects were processed to both liquid and solid PRF matrices using a standard centrifugation protocol. Five growth factors (vascular endothelial growth factor, VEGF; epidermal growth factor, EGF; platelet-derived growth factor-BB, PDGF-BB; transforming growth factor-β1, TGF-β1; and matrix metallopeptidase 9, MMP-9) have been evaluated at six time points by ELISA over a total observation period of 10 days (1 h, 7 h, 1 d, 2 d, 7 d, and 10 d). Results: Growth factor release could be measured in all samples at each time point. Comparing liquid and solid PRF matrices, no significant differences were detected (p > 0.05). The mean release of VEGF, TGFβ-1, PDGF-BB, and MMP-9 raised to a peak at time point five (day 7) in both liquid and solid PRF matrices. VEGF release was lower in liquid PRF than in solid PRF, whereas those of PDGF-BB and MMP-9 were higher in liquid PRF than in solid PRF at all time points. EGF had its peak release already at time point two after 7 h in liquid and solid matrices (hour 7 EGF solid: mean = 180 pg/mL, SD = 81; EGF liquid: mean = 218 pg/mL, SD = 64), declined rapidly until day 2, and had a second slight peak on day 7 in both groups (day 7 EGF solid: mean = 182 pg/mL, SD = 189; EGF liquid: mean = 81 pg/mL, SD = 70). Conclusions: This study detected growth factor release within liquid and solid PRF matrices with little variations. Further preclinical trials are needed to precisely analyze the growth factor release in larger samples and to better understand their effects on wound healing in different clinical indications.

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EGFgrowth factorsMMP-9oral surgeryPDGF-BBplatelet-rich fibrinTGFVEGF

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PMCPMC9456595

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