eCM Journal (European Cells & Materials, ISSN: 1473-2262)
N Jiang, J Zhang, Z Li, SS Zhu
Scaffold-based tissue engineering strategies for temporomandibular joint disc regeneration and replacement
M Joyce, T Hodgkinson, M Lemoine, A González-Vázquez, DJ Kelly, FJ O’Brien
Development of a 3D-printed bioabsorbable composite scaffold with mechanical properties suitable for treating large, load-bearingarticular cartilage defects
V Shang, J Li, CB Little, JJ Li
Understanding the effects of mesenchymal stromal cell therapy for treating osteoarthritis using an in vitro co-culture model
M Bagheri Varzaneh, Y Zhao, J Rozynek, M Han, DA Reed
Disrupting mechanical homeostasis promotes matrix metalloproteinase-13 mediated processing of neuron glial antigen 2 in mandibular condylar cartilage
E Salzer, TC Schmitz, VHM Mouser, A Vernengo, B Gantenbein, JU Jansen, C Neidlinger-Wilke, H-J Wilke, S Grad, CL Le Maitre, MA Tryfonidou, K Ito
Ex vivo intervertebral disc cultures: degeneration-induction methods and their implications for clinical translation
L Paillat, K Coutant, M Dutilleul, S Le Lay, A Camus
Three-dimensional culture model to study the biology of vacuolated notochordal cells from mouse nucleus pulposus explants
eCM open access Scientific Journal
Starting from August 2023, open access scientific journal European Cells & Materials has changed publisher from AO Research Institute Davos (ARI) to Forum Multimedia Publishing, LLC., Part of IMR Press. Prof. R. Geoff Richards continues to serve as the Editor-in-Chief of eCM Journal. Forum Multimedia Publishing has adiusted the charging policy, eCM is now free of submission fees.
eCM Journal (European Cells & Materials) provides an interdisciplinary forum for publication in the musculoskeletal field (Orthopaedics, Trauma, Maxillofacial (including dental) and Spine) of preclinical research, including the field of tissue engineering & regenerative medicine.
eCM Journal Impact Factor 2022: 3.1. JCR 5-year Impact Factor: 4.1 SJR H index: 92.
Just released: Scopus CiteScore 2022: 6.1
Manuscripts accepted for publication but not yet edited following eCM guidelines can be found here.
Temporo-mandibular joint Special Issue: The temporomandibular joints (TMJs) connect the jaw to the skull and are the most used joints of the human body. TMJ disorders (TMD) are severely debilitating and a significant public health issue. Therapies for TMD have mixed success so there is a great need for new research into the TMJ to prompt therapies that are more effective. The eCM journal is facilitating this by producing a special issue focused on the TMJ, which serves as a platform for the publication of manuscripts describing novel basic science on TMJ development, growth, homeostasis, pathologies and therapies.
Submission deadline: 31st of March 2023
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Gene therapy for musculoskeletal applications Special Issue: The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how revolutionary treatments based on gene therapeutics have helped overcome a once-in-a-century pandemic and have given new momentum to gene therapy research for a myriad of applications. In musculoskeletal applications, this might provide an opportunity to overcome some of the well-established problems with therapeutics, such as recombinant bone morphogenetic proteins. This special issue will include a series of articles focused on viral and non-viral gene therapy approaches for delivery of DNA and RNA therapeutics to repair musculoskeletal tissues including bone, cartilage, ligament, tendon, meniscus, intervertebral disk and peripheral nerve.
Submission deadline: 31st of July 2023
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Recent Papers:
- Intervertebral disc degeneration instigates vertebral endplate remodeling and facet joint pathology in a large animal model
SE Gullbrand, BS Orozco, M Fainor, K Meadows, R Hilliard, M Boyes, S Mahindroo, RL Mauck, DM Elliott, TP Schaer, HE Smith
- Extracellular matrix from hiPSC-mesenchymal progenitors modulates the three-lineage differentiation of human bone marrow stromal cells
D Hanetseder, B Schaedl, H Redl, D Marolt Presen
- Gene activated reinforced scaffolds for SOX9 delivery to enhance repair of large load bearing articular cartilage defects
M Joyce, T Hodgkinson, C Intini, JE Dixon, DJ Kelly, FJ O’Brien
- A novel mouse model of polytrauma with spinal cord injury–associated heterotopic ossification
R Aita, G Unnithan, T Klaylat, JA Petruccelli, G St-Jean, M Radhakrishna, R Gawri, C Gao
- Nicorandil mitigates arthrogenic contracture induced by knee joint extension immobilization in rats: interference with RhoA/ROCK signaling and TGF-β1/Smad pathway
XM Li, K Wang, M Liu, QB Zhang, Y Zhou
- Burn-synovectomy mouse model for temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis
Ginny Ching-Yun Hsu
- Potential of notochordal cells within injectable biomaterials to promote intervertebral disc regeneration
RJ Williams, S Basatvat, TC Schmitz, R Janani, C Sammon, K Benz, K Ito, MA Tryfonidou, JW Snuggs, CL Le Maitre
- Establishment of a coculture system with osteochondral and synovial explants as an ex vivo inflammatory osteoarthritis model
K Li, Y Zhu, M Alini, MJ Stoddart, S Grad, Z Li
- Alginate hydrogel-guided rAAV-mediated FGF-2 and TGF-β delivery and overexpression stimulates the biological activities of human meniscal fibrochondrocytes for meniscus repair
JK Venkatesan, W Liu, H Madry, M Cucchiarini
- Designer fat cells: adipogenic differentiation of CRISPR-Cas9 genome-engineered induced pluripotent stem cells
EV Ely, AT Kapinski, SG Paradi, R Tang, F Guilak, KH Collins