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ReviewMaterials today. Bio2025

DNA-encoded dynamic hydrogels for 3D bioprinted cartilage organoids.

Ziyu Chen, Hao Zhang, Jingtao Huang, Weizong Weng, Zhen Geng, Mengmeng Li, Jiacan Su

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Review in Materials today. Bio, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Liquid-Responsive Shape-Memory Nanofiber-Reinforced Scaffolds for Cartilage Repair.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  6. Applications of DNA Hydrogels in Osteoporotic Bone Defects.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2026
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  11. Bioactive materials · 2026
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  15. Biomaterials in organoid research: current state and future directions.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026
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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

7 authors.

Ziyu ChenInstitute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China.
Hao ZhangInstitute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China.
Jingtao HuangDepartment of Orthopedics, Shanghai Zhongye Hospital, Shanghai, 201900, China.
Weizong WengInstitute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China.
Zhen GengInstitute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China.
Mengmeng LiInstitute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China.
Jiacan SuInstitute of Translational Medicine, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Articular cartilage, composed of chondrocytes within a dynamic viscoelastic matrix, has limited self-repair capacity, posing a significant challenge for regeneration. Constructing high-fidelity cartilage organoids through three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting to replicate the structure and physiological functions of cartilage is crucial for regenerative medicine, drug screening, and disease modeling. However, commonly used matrix bioinks lack reversible cross-linking and precise controllability, hindering dynamic cellular regulation. Thus, encoding bioinks adaptive for cultivating cartilage organoids is an attractive idea. DNA, with its ability to be intricately encoded and reversibly cross-linked into hydrogels, offers precise manipulation at both molecular and spatial structural levels. This endows the hydrogels with viscoelasticity, printability, cell recognition, and stimuli responsiveness. This paper elaborates on strategies to encode bioink via DNA, emphasizing the regulation of predictable dynamic properties and the resulting interactions with cell behavior. The significance of these interactions for the construction of cartilage organoids is highlighted. Finally, we discuss the challenges and future prospects of using DNA-encoded hydrogels for 3D bioprinted cartilage organoids, underscoring their potential impact on advancing biomedical applications.

Indexed as

BioprintingCartilage organoidsDNA hydrogelTissue engineering

Identifiers

PMID39925718
PMCPMC11803226

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