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ArticleJournal of functional biomaterials2023

Tilapia Fish Skin Treatment of Third-Degree Skin Burns in Murine Model.

Carissa Garrity, Christina Garcia-Rovetta, Iris Rivas, Ubaldo Delatorre, Alice Wong, Dietmar Kültz, Jamie Peyton, Boaz Arzi, Natalia Vapniarsky

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Article in Journal of functional biomaterials, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Evaluation of Nile Tilapia (ACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Determination of Burn Size in Mouse Models of Burn Injury: A Scoping Review of Studies Leveraging Scald and Contact Burns.Journal of burn care & research : official publication of the American Burn Association · 2025
    Pooled it
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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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carissa GarrityDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Christina Garcia-RovettaDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Iris RivasDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Ubaldo DelatorreDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Alice WongDepartment of Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Dietmar KültzDepartment of Animal Sciences and Coastal & Marine Sciences Institute, Davis, CA 95616, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0745-9645
Jamie PeytonOne Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Boaz ArziDepartment of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Natalia VapniarskyDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3239-6233
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study explored the feasibility of using fish skin bandages as a therapeutic option for third-degree skin burns. Following the California wildfires, clinical observations of animals with third-degree skin burns demonstrated increased comfort levels and reduced pain when treated with tilapia fish skin. Despite the promises of this therapy, there are few studies explaining the healing mechanisms behind the application of tilapia fish skin. In this study, mice with third-degree burns were treated with either a hydrocolloid adhesive bandage (control) (

Indexed as

burn therapyfish skinhematologyhistologywound regeneration

Identifiers

PMID37888177
PMCPMC10607444
OpenAlexW4387528639

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Registered trials

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