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, USA. 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 (Eur Cell Mater) 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:

• Fast and non-viral method to deliver plasmid DNA to human muscle-tendon graft used in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
  A. Šećerović, B. Markelc, I. Matić, A. Frischer, A. Hacobian, T. Jesenko, M. Cemazar, H. Redl, D. Marolt Presen, A. Ivković
  
  
• Changes in osteogenesis by human dental pulp stem cells on porcine decellularised adipose tissue solid foams of different porosity
  Jon Luzuriaga, Nerea García-Urkia, Jone Salvador-Moya, Beatriz Pardo-Rodríguez, Iker Etxebarria, Francisco-Javier Fernandez-San-Argimiro, Beatriz Olalde, Fernando Unda, Jose Ramon Pineda, Iratxe Madarieta, Gaskon Ibarretxe
  
  
• Crispr strategies for stem cell engineering: a new frontier in musculoskeletal regeneration
  JP Graham, LC Werba, I Federico, T Gonzalez-Fernandez
  
  
• Notochordal cell-derived matrix inhibits MAPK signaling in the degenerative disc environment
  LT Laagland, FC Bach, FM Riemers, G Erdmann, TS Braun, GGH van den Akker, TC Schmitz, LB Creemers, C Sachse, CL Le Maitre, TJM Welting, K Ito, MF Templin, MA Tryfonidou
  
  
• Relationship between microscale shear modulus, composition, and structure in porcine, canine, and human temporomandibular-joint cartilage: relevance to disease and degeneration
  D Yoon, S Peralta, N Fiani, GS Reeve, I Cohen, LJ Bonassar
  
  
• Treatment of volumetric muscle loss in female rats with biomimetic sponges
  D Johnson, A Dunn, G Haas, J Madsen, J Robinson, C Tobo, N Ziemkiewicz, A Nagarapu, S Shringarpure, K Garg
  
  
• Creating tissue with intervertebral disc-like characteristics using gdf5 functionalized silk scaffolds and human mesenchymal stromal cells
  AS Croft, J Fuhrer, M Wöltje, B Gantenbein
  
  
• Scaffold-based tissue engineering strategies for temporomandibular joint disc regeneration and replacement
  N Jiang, J Zhang, Z Li, SS Zhu
  
  
• Development of a 3D-printed bioabsorbable composite scaffold with mechanical properties suitable for treating large, load-bearingarticular cartilage defects
  M Joyce, T Hodgkinson, M Lemoine, A González-Vázquez, DJ Kelly, FJ O’Brien
  
  
• Understanding the effects of mesenchymal stromal cell therapy for treating osteoarthritis using an in vitro co-culture model
  V Shang, J Li, CB Little, JJ Li
  
  
• Disrupting mechanical homeostasis promotes matrix metalloproteinase-13 mediated processing of neuron glial antigen 2 in mandibular condylar cartilage
  M Bagheri Varzaneh, Y Zhao, J Rozynek, M Han, DA Reed
  
  
• Ex vivo intervertebral disc cultures: degeneration-induction methods and their implications for clinical translation
  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