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ArticleNature communications2025

Divide-and-conquer strategy with engineered ossification center organoids for rapid bone healing through developmental cell recruitment.

Xianzhu Zhang, Wei Jiang, Xinyu Wu, Chang Xie, Yi Zhang, Liying Li, Yuqing Gu, Zihao Hu, Xinrang Zhai, Renjie Liang and 11 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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21 authors.

Xianzhu Zhang *Department of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3427-9586
Wei Jiang *Dr. Li Dak Sum & Yip Yio Chin Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6685-7053
Xinyu Wu *Department of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Chang XieDepartment of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-3946-0600
Yi ZhangDepartment of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Liying LiDepartment of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-5517-3720
Yuqing GuDepartment of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-9796-9572
Zihao HuDepartment of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-1228-0907
Xinrang ZhaiCenter for Regeneration and Aging Medicine, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine, and International School of Medicine, International Institutes of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu, Zhejiang, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-9137-0916
Renjie LiangDepartment of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Tao ZhangDepartment of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6742-7939
Wei SunDepartment of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-7247-1532
Jinchun YeDepartment of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-7354-7050
Wei WeiDepartment of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2234-4459
Xiaozhao WangDepartment of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-0257-4393
Yi HongDepartment of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-3826-172X
Shufang ZhangDr. Li Dak Sum & Yip Yio Chin Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Youzhi CaiDepartment of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Xiaohui ZouDepartment of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Yihe HuDepartment of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5652-7210
Hongwei OuyangDepartment of Sports Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital, and Liangzhu Laboratory, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. hwoy@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0627-2536

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current approaches for bone repair predominantly target localized delivery of growth factors that are aimed at the coupling of angiogenesis and osteogenesis. However, delayed revascularization and regeneration of critical-sized bone defects are still challenging. In this study, we engineer an ossification center-like organoid (OCO) that consist of an inner-core bone morphogenetic and neurotrophic spheroid generated via MSCs-loaded 3D printing, alongside the interstitially distributed outer-shell proangiogenic neurotrophic phase. Our results demonstrate that collective implantation of OCOs achieves rapid bone bridging with successive OC-like bone ossicles formation across the bone defect in a "divide-and-conquer" way. Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis unveils a developmentally mimicking stem cell community that dominated with Krt8

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Bone RegenerationOrganoidsOsteogenesisTissue EngineeringAnimalsBone and BonesFibroblastsHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsMicePrinting, Three-Dimensional

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