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New Approaches to Tissue Engineering for Musculoskeletal Repair

A special issue of Surgeries (ISSN 2673-4095).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 11120

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Dr. Muruganandan Shanmugam

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Senior Research Scientist, Northeastern University College of Science, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Interests: stem cells; bone; cartilage; development; regeneration; genetic and surgical models; endometrium; tissue remodeling
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Dear Colleagues,

“New Approaches to Tissue Engineering for Musculoskeletal Repair” is an upcoming Special Issue to be published in “Surgeries”. Its goal is to present the major progress achieved in the field of musculoskeletal tissue engineering and the latest discoveries, including novel methods and strategies, that add to the technological advancements of our clinical capabilities to treat musculoskeletal defects. The Special Issue will accept original studies and reviews on the array of novel bioengineering technologies that include highly integrated approaches, such as stem cell technologies, biomaterials, gene therapy and other regeneration therapies for the repair of musculoskeletal defects. We propose a submission deadline of 5 April 2021. Please feel free to circulate this announcement to others you feel might be interested.

Dr. Muruganandan Shanmugam
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • stem cells;
  • biomaterials;
  • gene therapy;
  • biochemical factors;
  • tissue engineering

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Identifying Consensus and Open Questions around Assessing or Predicting the Quality and Success of Cartilage Repair: A Delphi Study
by Timothy Hopkins, James Richardson and Jan Herman Kuiper
Surgeries 2021, 2(3), 286-302; https://doi.org/10.3390/surgeries2030029 - 6 Aug 2021
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A range of surgical techniques have been developed for the repair or regeneration of lesioned cartilage in the human knee and a corresponding array of scoring systems have been created to assess their outcomes. The published literature displays a wide range of opinions [...] Read more.
A range of surgical techniques have been developed for the repair or regeneration of lesioned cartilage in the human knee and a corresponding array of scoring systems have been created to assess their outcomes. The published literature displays a wide range of opinions regarding the factors that influence the success of surgical cartilage repair and which parameters are the most useful for measuring the quality of the repair at follow-up. Our objective was to provide some clarity to the field by collating items that were agreed upon by a panel of experts to be important in these areas. A modified, three-round Delphi consensus study was carried out consisting of one idea-generating focus-group and two subsequent, self-completed questionnaire rounds. In each round, items were assessed for their importance and level of consensus against pre-determined threshold levels. In total, 31 items reached consensus, including a hierarchy of tissues in the joint based on their importance in cartilage repair, markers of repair cartilage quality and the implications of environmental and patient-related factors. Items were stratified into those that can be employed for predicting the success of cartilage repair and those that could be used for assessing the structural quality of the resulting repair cartilage. Items that did not reach consensus represent areas where dissent remains and could, therefore, be used to guide future clinical and fundamental scientific research. Full article
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Towards Tissue-Specific Stem Cell Therapy for the Intervertebral Disc: PPARδ Agonist Increases the Yield of Human Nucleus Pulposus Progenitor Cells in Expansion
by Xingshuo Zhang, Julien Guerrero, Andreas S. Croft, Katharina A.C. Oswald, Christoph E. Albers, Sonja Häckel and Benjamin Gantenbein
Surgeries 2021, 2(1), 92-104; https://doi.org/10.3390/surgeries2010008 - 16 Feb 2021
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(1) Background: Low back pain (LBP) is often associated with intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD). Autochthonous progenitor cells isolated from the center, i.e., the nucleus pulposus, of the IVD (so-called nucleus pulposus progenitor cells (NPPCs)) could be a future cell source for therapy. The [...] Read more.
(1) Background: Low back pain (LBP) is often associated with intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD). Autochthonous progenitor cells isolated from the center, i.e., the nucleus pulposus, of the IVD (so-called nucleus pulposus progenitor cells (NPPCs)) could be a future cell source for therapy. The NPPCs were also identified to be positive for the angiopoietin-1 receptor (Tie2). Similar to hematopoietic stem cells, Tie2 might be involved in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta (PPARδ) agonist-induced self-renewal regulation. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a PPARδ agonist (GW501516) increases the Tie2+ NPPCs’ yield within the heterogeneous nucleus pulposus cell (NPC) population. (2) Methods: Primary NPCs were treated with 10 µM of GW501516 for eight days. Mitochondrial mass was determined by microscopy, using mitotracker red dye, and the relative gene expression was quantified by qPCR, using extracellular matrix and mitophagy-related genes. (3) The NPC’s group treated with the PPARδ agonist showed a significant increase of the Tie2+ NPCs yield from ~7% in passage 1 to ~50% in passage two, compared to the NPCs vehicle-treated group. Furthermore, no significant differences were found among treatment and control, using qPCR and mitotracker deep red. (4) Conclusion: PPARδ agonist could help to increase the Tie2+ NPCs yield during NPC expansion. Full article
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Tissue Engineering in Musculoskeletal Tissue: A Review of the Literature
by Mary Bove, Annalisa Carlucci, Giovanni Natale, Chiara Freda, Antonio Noro, Vincenzo Ferrara, Giorgia Opromolla, Mario Martone, Roberto Cascone, Gaetana Messina, Anna Izzo, Giovanni Vicidomini, Mario Santini and Alfonso Fiorelli
Surgeries 2021, 2(1), 58-82; https://doi.org/10.3390/surgeries2010005 - 28 Jan 2021
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Tissue engineering refers to the attempt to create functional human tissue from cells in a laboratory. This is a field that uses living cells, biocompatible materials, suitable biochemical and physical factors, and their combinations to create tissue-like structures. To date, no tissue engineered [...] Read more.
Tissue engineering refers to the attempt to create functional human tissue from cells in a laboratory. This is a field that uses living cells, biocompatible materials, suitable biochemical and physical factors, and their combinations to create tissue-like structures. To date, no tissue engineered skeletal muscle implants have been developed for clinical use, but they may represent a valid alternative for the treatment of volumetric muscle loss in the near future. Herein, we reviewed the literature and showed different techniques to produce synthetic tissues with the same architectural, structural and functional properties as native tissues. Full article
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