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ArticleNPJ Regenerative medicine2024

Integrative cartilage repair using acellular allografts for engineered structure and surface lubrication in vivo.

Jeanne E Barthold, Luyao Cai, Kaitlin P McCreery, Kristine M Fischenich, Kevin N Eckstein, Virginia L Ferguson, Nancy C Emery, Gert Breur, Corey P Neu

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Article in NPJ Regenerative medicine, 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Jeanne E Barthold *Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
Luyao Cai *Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Kaitlin P McCreeryBiomedical Engineering Program, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
Kristine M FischenichDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
Kevin N EcksteinDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
Virginia L FergusonDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8448-4406
Nancy C EmeryDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.
Gert BreurDepartment of Veterinary Clinical Services, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Corey P NeuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA. cpneu@colorado.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8256-5683

Funding

Probing Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis by Noninvasive Imaging of Cartilage StrainR01AR063712 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI NEU, COREY P · 2013 to 2023
$4.7M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR063712United States Department of Defense | United States Army | Army Medical Command | Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) W81XWH-20-1-0268
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The repair of articular cartilage after damage is challenging, and decellularized tissue offers a possible treatment option to promote regeneration. Here, we show that acellular osteochondral allografts improve integrative cartilage repair compared to untreated defects after 6 months in an ovine model. Functional measures of intratissue strain/structure assessed by MRI demonstrate similar biomechanics of implants and native cartilage. Compared to native tissue and defects, the structure, composition, and tribology of acellular allografts preserve surface roughness and lubrication, material properties under compression and relaxation, compositional ratios of collagen:glycosaminoglycan and collagen:phosphate, and relative composition of types I/II collagen. While high cellularity was observed in bone regions and integration zones between cartilage-allografts, recellularization of chondral implants was inconsistent, with cell migration typically less than ~750 µm into the dense decellularized tissue, possibly limiting long-term cellular maintenance. Our results demonstrate the structural and biomechanical efficacy of acellular allografts for at least six months in vivo.

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PMID39341829
PMCPMC11438864

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