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ReviewACS omega2025

"Heat of the Moment: The Overlooked Key to Cartilage Engineering''.

Theofanis Stampoultzis, Yanheng Guo, Dominique P Pioletti

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Review in ACS omega, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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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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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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Theofanis StampoultzisLaboratory of Biomechanical Orthopedics, Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9558-3290
Yanheng GuoDivision of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne 1005, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3131-3283
Dominique P PiolettiLaboratory of Biomechanical Orthopedics, Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5535-5296

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Articular cartilage's limited regenerative capacity is compounded by the overlooked thermomechanical factors critical to its function. Recent studies emphasize the importance of cartilage self-heating, arising predominantly from energy dissipation under physiological loading, in maintaining an optimal environment for chondrocyte activity. This thermal dimension, integral to cartilage homeostasis, is absent in traditional tissue engineering approaches, which may explain their limited success. A deeper integration of thermomechanical cues into regenerative strategies could thus be pivotal for advancing articular cartilage repair. Incorporating thermomechanical cues into regenerative strategies offers a practical pathway to revolutionize cartilage repair and regeneration. By mimicking the physiological environment through dynamic thermal and mechanical stimulation within bioreactors, these approaches hold promise for advancing tissue engineering models and optimizing

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PMID39959054
PMCPMC11822688

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