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ArticleBiotechnology letters2023

Understanding the impact of bioactive coating materials for human mesenchymal stromal cells and implications for manufacturing.

Pedro Silva Couto, Samuel A Molina, Denis O'Sullivan, Liam O'Neill, Alexander M Lyness, Qasim A Rafiq

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Article in Biotechnology letters, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Pedro Silva CoutoDepartment of Biochemical Engineering, Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7077-4453
Samuel A MolinaApplied Research & Technology Scouting R&D, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., Exton, PA, USA.
Denis O'SullivanTheraDep, Questum, Ballingarrane, Clonmel, Co., Tipperary, Ireland.
Liam O'NeillTheraDep, Questum, Ballingarrane, Clonmel, Co., Tipperary, Ireland.
Alexander M LynessApplied Research & Technology Scouting R&D, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., Exton, PA, USA.
Qasim A RafiqDepartment of Biochemical Engineering, Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK. q.rafiq@ucl.ac.uk.
Biochemical Society · GBSouth Tipperary General Hospital · IEWest Pharmaceutical Services (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bioactive materials interact with cells and modulate their characteristics which enable the generation of cell-based products with desired specifications. However, their evaluation and impact are often overlooked when establishing a cell therapy manufacturing process. In this study, we investigated the role of different surfaces for tissue culture including, untreated polystyrene surface, uncoated Cyclic Olefin Polymer (COP) and COP coated with collagen and recombinant fibronectin. It was observed that human mesenchymal stromal cells (hMSCs) expanded on COP-coated plates with different bioactive materials resulted in improved cell growth kinetics compared to traditional polystyrene plates and non-coated COP plates. The doubling time obtained was 2.78 and 3.02 days for hMSC seeded in COP plates coated with collagen type I and recombinant fibronectin respectively, and 4.64 days for cells plated in standard polystyrene treated plates. Metabolite analysis reinforced the findings of the growth kinetic studies, specifically that cells cultured on COP plates coated with collagen I and fibronectin exhibited improved growth as evidenced by a higher lactate production rate (9.38 × 10

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FibronectinsMesenchymal Stem CellsCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCollagen Type IHumansKineticsPolystyrenesCollagen Type IFibronectinsPolystyrenesBiomaterialsCyclic olefin polymerManufacturingMesenchymalSurface

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PMID37227598
PMCPMC10276101
OpenAlexW4378172073

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