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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024

Engineering Sensory Ganglion Multicellular System to Model Tissue Nerve Ingrowth.

Junxuan Ma, Janick Eglauf, Sibylle Grad, Mauro Alini, Tiziano Serra

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. ISSLS Prize in Basic Science 2026: Early markers of mechanical modulation in whole bovine intervertebral discs loaded in a multiaxial bioreactor.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  3. The nerve center of organ engineering.Nature communications · 2025
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  5. Engineering Sensory Ganglion Multicellular System to Model Tissue Nerve Ingrowth.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Junxuan MaAO Research Institute, Clavadelerstrasse 8, Davos, 7270, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-8923-9832
Janick EglaufAO Research Institute, Clavadelerstrasse 8, Davos, 7270, Switzerland.
Sibylle GradAO Research Institute, Clavadelerstrasse 8, Davos, 7270, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9552-3653
Mauro AliniAO Research Institute, Clavadelerstrasse 8, Davos, 7270, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-0262-1412
Tiziano SerraAO Research Institute, Clavadelerstrasse 8, Davos, 7270, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5055-5117
AO Foundation · CH

Funding

AO Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Discogenic pain is associated with deep nerve ingrowth in annulus fibrosus tissue (AF) of intervertebral disc (IVD). To model AF nerve ingrowth, primary bovine dorsal root ganglion (DRG) micro-scale tissue units are spatially organised around an AF explant by mild hydrodynamic forces within a collagen matrix. This results in a densely packed multicellular system mimicking the native DRG tissue morphology and a controlled AF-neuron distance. Such a multicellular organisation is essential to evolve populational-level cellular functions and in vivo-like morphologies. Pro-inflammatory cytokine-primed AF demonstrates its neurotrophic and neurotropic effects on nociceptor axons. Both effects are dependent on the AF-neuron distance underpinning the role of recapitulating inter-tissue/organ anatomical proximity when investigating their crosstalk. This is the first in vitro model studying AF nerve ingrowth by engineering mature and large animal tissues in a morphologically and physiologically relevant environment. The new approach can be used to biofabricate multi-tissue/organ models for untangling pathophysiological conditions and develop novel therapies.

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Intervertebral DiscIntervertebral Disc DegenerationAnimalsCattleCollagenGanglia, SpinalNeuronsCollagenacoustic assemblyadvanced in vitro modelsalternatives to animal testingmulticellular systemsensory nerve ingrowth

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PMID38113315
PMCPMC10953573
OpenAlexW4389944109

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