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ArticleBiomaterials science2022

Alveolar epithelial cells and microenvironmental stiffness synergistically drive fibroblast activation in three-dimensional hydrogel lung models.

Thomas Caracena, Rachel Blomberg, Rukshika S Hewawasam, Zoe E Fry, David W H Riches, Chelsea M Magin

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Article in Biomaterials science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Engineered hydrogel biomaterials facilitate lung progenitor cell differentiation from induced pluripotent stem cells.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2025
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  19. 3D Bioprinting Phototunable Hydrogels to Study Fibroblast Activation.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thomas CaracenaDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, USA. Chelsea.Magin@cuanschutz.edu.
Rachel BlombergDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, USA. Chelsea.Magin@cuanschutz.edu.
Rukshika S HewawasamDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, USA. Chelsea.Magin@cuanschutz.edu.
Zoe E FryDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, USA. Chelsea.Magin@cuanschutz.edu.
David W H RichesProgram in Cell Biology, Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Health, USA.
Chelsea M MaginDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Colorado, Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, USA. Chelsea.Magin@cuanschutz.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6988-8584
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · USNational Jewish Health · US

Funding

MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPIRATORY DISEASES RESEARCH TRAININGT32HL007085 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI ELLEN L BURNHAM, LISA A MAIER · 1985 to 2026
$21.6M
Hybrid Hydrogel Biomaterials Comprising Clickable Decellularized Extracellular Matrix for Engineering Dynamic 3D Models of FibrosisR01HL153096 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI MAGIN, CHELSEA M · 2020 to 2024
$2.6M
Engineering ex vivo models of lung cancer and chemopreventionR21CA252172 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI MAGIN, CHELSEA M, TENNIS, MEREDITH A · 2020 to 2020
$400k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA252172NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL153096NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007085
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating lung disease that progressively and irreversibly alters the lung parenchyma, eventually leading to respiratory failure. The study of this disease has been historically challenging due to the myriad of complex processes that contribute to fibrogenesis and the inherent difficulty in accurately recreating the human pulmonary environment

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Alveolar Epithelial CellsHydrogelsAnimalsFibroblastsHumansMiceHydrogels

Identifiers

PMID36366982
PMCPMC9729409
OpenAlexW4308773445

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