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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2023

Effective Modulation of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress for Enhanced Regeneration of Intervertebral Discs Using 3D Porous Hybrid Protein Nanoscaffold.

Letao Yang, Basanta Bhujel, Yannan Hou, Jeffrey Luo, Seong Bae An, Inbo Han, Ki-Bum Lee

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 25 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 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Letao YangShanghai Tongji Hospital, School of Life Science and Technologies, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200065, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-9787
Basanta BhujelDepartment of Neurosurgery, CHA University School of Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, 59 Yaptap-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13496, Republic of Korea.
Yannan HouDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA.
Jeffrey LuoDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA.
Seong Bae AnDepartment of Neurosurgery, CHA University School of Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, 59 Yaptap-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13496, Republic of Korea.
Inbo HanDepartment of Neurosurgery, CHA University School of Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, 59 Yaptap-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13496, Republic of Korea.
Ki-Bum LeeDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8164-0047
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USCHA University Bundang Medical Center · KR

Funding

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY SUPPORT SERVICES FOR NIEHS27304C0002 · NIEHS · 2007 to 2008
$5.0M
Translational Research in Regenerative MedicineT32EB005583 · NIBIB · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI LEE, KIBUM, PAREKKADAN, BIJU · 2006 to 2022
$4.7M
Rutgers Optimizes Innovation (ROI) ProgramU01HL150852 · NHLBI · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL/HEALTH SCIENCES-RBHS · PI LIBUTTI, STEVEN K., PANETTIERI, REYNOLD ALEXANDER · 2019 to 2022
$4.4M
Machine learning-enabled Comparative Transcriptomic Profiling to Validate NanoScript-induced Inner Ear Hair CellsR01DC016612 · NIDCD · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI KWAN, KELVIN Y., LEE, KIBUM · 2018 to 2022
$2.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL150852NHLBI NIH HHS U01HL150852NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC016612NIEHS NIH HHS 27304C0002NIEHS NIH HHS 27306C0002NIH HHS 1R01DC016612NIH HHS 3R01DC016612-01S1NIH HHS 5R01DC016612-02S1NIH HHS T32EB005583
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Degeneration of fibrocartilaginous tissues is often associated with complex pro-inflammatory factors. These include reactive oxygen species (ROS), cell-free nucleic acids (cf-NAs), and epigenetic changes in immune cells. To effectively control this complex inflammatory signaling, it developed an all-in-one nanoscaffold-based 3D porous hybrid protein (3D-PHP) self-therapeutic strategy for treating intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration. The 3D-PHP nanoscaffold is synthesized by introducing a novel nanomaterial-templated protein assembly (NTPA) strategy. 3D-PHP nanoscaffolds that avoid covalent modification of proteins demonstrate inflammatory stimuli-responsive drug release, disc-mimetic stiffness, and excellent biodegradability. Enzyme-like 2D nanosheets incorporated into nanoscaffolds further enabled robust scavenging of ROS and cf-NAs, reducing inflammation and enhancing the survival of disc cells under inflammatory stress in vitro. Implantation of 3D-PHP nanoscaffolds loaded with bromodomain extraterminal inhibitor (BETi) into a rat nucleotomy disc injury model effectively suppressed inflammation in vivo, thus promoting restoration of the extracellular matrix (ECM). The resulting regeneration of disc tissue facilitated long-term pain reduction. Therefore, self-therapeutic and epigenetic modulator-encapsulated hybrid protein nanoscaffold shows great promise as a novel approach to restore dysregulated inflammatory signaling and treat degenerative fibrocartilaginous diseases, including disc injuries, providing hope and relief to patients worldwide.

Indexed as

Intervertebral DiscIntervertebral Disc DegenerationAnimalsHumansInflammationOxidative StressPorinsPorosityRatsReactive Oxygen SpeciesPorinsReactive Oxygen Species2D nanomaterials3D hybrid protein nanoscaffoldsepigenetic modificationinflammationintervertebral disc (IVD) degenerationnanoscaffoldsoxidative stressself-assembly

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PMID37327108
PMCPMC10907067
OpenAlexW4381046720

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