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ReviewNature communications2025

The nerve center of organ engineering.

Suradip Das, Wisberty J Gordián-Vélez, Jay R Dave, Zarina S Ali, Harry C Ledebur, D Kacy Cullen

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Review in Nature communications, 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

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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

6 authors.

Suradip Das *Center for Brain Injury & Repair, Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. suradip@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5716-6605
Wisberty J Gordián-Vélez *Center for Brain Injury & Repair, Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Jay R DaveCenter for Brain Injury & Repair, Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9940-515X
Zarina S AliCenter for Brain Injury & Repair, Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Harry C LedeburSouthern Research, Birmingham, AL, USA.
D Kacy CullenCenter for Brain Injury & Repair, Department of Neurosurgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. dkacy@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5355-5216

Funding

Tissue Engineered Nigrostriatal Pathway for Anatomical Tract Reconstruction in Parkinson's DiseaseR01NS127895 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Daniel Kacy Cullen · 2023 to 2026
$2.3M
Tissue Engineered Motor Units for Neuromuscular Modeling and RepairR01AR083489 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Daniel Kacy Cullen · 2024 to 2026
$1.7M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR083489NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS127895RRD VA I01 RX005045RRD VA I50 RX004845U.S. Department of Defense (United States Department of Defense) HT94252410804U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01-AR083489U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01-NS127895U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Department of Veterans Affairs) I01-RX005045U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (Department of Veterans Affairs) I50-RX004845
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Engineering replacement organs is the next frontier in therapeutic technologies. Yet, the integration of innervation-critical for organ development, function, and homeostasis-remains underexplored. This review highlights the role of neural inputs in regulating critical organs including pancreas, liver, salivary gland, and spleen. We examine organ-specific neuroanatomy and emerging strategies to incorporate neuronal-axonal networks in engineered organs, drawing from innovations in scaffold design, multi-cell culture techniques, neural engineering, and biofabrication. Finally, we discuss tools for evaluating innervation across in vitro, preclinical, and clinical settings, advocating for innervation as a core design element in next-generation artificial organs.

Indexed as

Tissue EngineeringAnimalsHumansLiverNeuronsPancreasSalivary GlandsSpleenTissue Scaffolds

Identifiers

PMID41203596
PMCPMC12594959

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