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 is published by AO Research Institute Davos, a Not-for-Profit foundation in Switzerland. All revenues are used to run and develop the journal for our readers.

eCM Journal Impact Factor 2021: 4.325. JCR 5-year Impact Factor : 5.126. SJR H index: 87.

Just released: Scopus CiteScore 2021: 5.5

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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:

• 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
  
  
• Three-dimensional culture model to study the biology of vacuolated notochordal cells from mouse nucleus pulposus explants
  L Paillat, K Coutant, M Dutilleul, S Le Lay, A Camus
  
  
• Microstructural adaptations of the subchondral bone are related to the mechanical axis deviation in end stage varus OA knees
  W Colyn, F Azari, J Bellemans, G Harry van Lenthe, L Scheys
  
  
• Mandibular condylar process remodeling in rats with different bite-altering devices
  W Li, S Trbojevic, JB Pineda-Farias, X Liu, MS Gold, AJ Almarza
  
  
• Uniaxial cyclic stretch enhances osteogenic differentiation of OPLL-derived primary cells via YAP-Wnt/ß-catenin axis
  Z Zhu, T Tang, Z He, F Wang, H Chen, G Chen, J Zhou, S Liu, J Wang, W Tian, D Chen, X Wu, X Liu, Z Zhou, S Liu
  
  
• GRP78 promotes the osteogenic and angiogenic response in periodontal ligament stem cells
  A Merkel, Y Chen, C Villani, A George
  
  
• Characterization of temporomandibular joint articular disc progenitor cell clones
  KJ Weekes, P Lam, C Kim, B Johnstone
  
  
• Prenatal murine skeletogenesis partially recovers from absent skeletal muscle as development progresses
  V Sotiriou, Y Huang, S Ahmed, H Isaksson, NC Nowlan
  
  
• FGF2 overrides key pro-fibrotic features of bone marrow stromal cells isolated from Modic type 1 change patients
  I Heggli, U Blache, N Herger, T Mengis, PK Jaeger, R Schuepbach, N Farshad-Amacker, F Brunner, JG Snedeker, M Farshad, O Distler, S Dudli
  
  
• Physiological stretching induces a differential extracellular matrix gene expression response in acetabular labrum cells
  S Huber, S Günther, E Cambria, M Leunig, SJ Ferguson
  
  
• Osteochondral explants for diarthrodial joint diseases: bridging the gap between bench and bedside
  KH Li, Y Zhu, PH Zhang, M Alini, S Grad, Z Li