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Ernst B. Hunziker

Ernst B. Hunziker

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Medicine

D-Index
89
Citations
30336
World Ranking
12661
National Ranking
172

Overview

Ernst B. Hunziker is affiliated with the University of Bern in Switzerland and has contributed to multiple research fields primarily within medicine and dentistry. Their body of work encompasses a range of topics related to osteoarthritis treatment, dental implant techniques, and periodontal regeneration.

The scientist's research includes work on:

  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes
  • Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments
  • Tendon Structure and Treatment
  • Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
  • Knee Injuries and Reconstruction Techniques
  • Orthopaedic Implants and Arthroplasty

Hunziker's studies frequently appear in journals focused on tissue engineering, oral biology, and nanomaterials. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Tissue Engineering Part A
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
  • Nanomaterials
  • Journal of Oral Implantology

Their recent academic papers reflect interests in implant stability, biomimetic coatings for implants, inflammatory responses in peri-implantitis and periodontitis, cartilage formation in major joint diseases, and bone typing using advanced imaging techniques. Notable recent works include:

  • The clinical significance of implant stability quotient (ISQ) measurements: A literature review (2020), Journal of Oral Biology and Craniofacial Research
  • Crystalline Biomimetic Calcium Phosphate Coating on Mini-Pin Implants to Accelerate Osseointegration and Extend Drug Release Duration for an Orthodontic Application (2022), Nanomaterials
  • Induced Experimental Peri-Implantitis and Periodontitis: What Are the Differences in the Inflammatory Response? (2020), Journal of Oral Implantology
  • In major joint diseases the human synovium retains its potential to form repair cartilage (2023), Scientific Reports
  • Human Bone Typing Using Quantitative Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (2022), International Dental Journal

Collaboration has been an important aspect of Hunziker's research trajectory. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Kurt Lippuner
  • Nahoko Shintani
  • Esther Vögelin
  • Marius J. B. Keel
  • Hairong Huang

The scientist's work spans main fields of study such as medicine with 21 publications and dentistry with 9 publications. Specific subfields covered include rheumatology, surgery, oral surgery, orthodontics, and urology.

Best Publications

  • Articular cartilage repair: basic science and clinical progress. A review of the current status and prospects.

    Ernst B Hunziker

  • Stem cell therapy in a caprine model of osteoarthritis

    J. Mary Murphy;David J. Fink;Ernst B. Hunziker;Frank P. Barry

  • Impaired osteoclastic bone resorption leads to osteopetrosis in cathepsin-K-deficient mice

    Paul Saftig;Ernst Hunziker;Olaf Wehmeyer;Sheila Jones

  • Repair of Partial-Thickness Defects in Articular Cartilage: Cell Recruitment from the Synovial Membrane*

    Ernst B. Hunziker;Lawrence C. Rosenberg

  • Perlecan Maintains the Integrity of Cartilage and Some Basement Membranes

    Mercedes Costell;Erika Gustafsson;Attila Aszódi;Matthias Mörgelin

  • Chondrocytes in agarose culture synthesize a mechanically functional extracellular matrix.

    Michael D. Buschmann;Yehezkiel A. Gluzband;Alan J. Grodzinsky;James H. Kimura

  • Histological assessment of cartilage repair: a report by the Histology Endpoint Committee of the International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS).

    Pierre Mainil-Varlet;Thomas Aigner;Mats Brittberg;Peter Bullough

  • Quantitative structural organization of normal adult human articular cartilage.

    E.B. Hunziker;T.M. Quinn;H.-J. Häuselmann

  • Mechanism of longitudinal bone growth and its regulation by growth plate chondrocytes.

    Ernst B. Hunziker

  • Articular cartilage repair: are the intrinsic biological constraints undermining this process insuperable?

    Ernst B. Hunziker

  • Tenomodulin is necessary for tenocyte proliferation and tendon maturation.

    Denitsa Docheva;Ernst B. Hunziker;Reinhard Fässler;Oliver Brandau

  • Optical and mechanical determination of Poisson's ratio of adult bovine humeral articular cartilage.

    J.S. Jurvelin;M.D. Buschmann;E.B. Hunziker

  • Quantitation Of Chondrocyte Performance In Growth Plate Cartilage During Longitudinal Bone Growth

    E. B. Hunziker;R. K. Schenk;L. M. Cruz-orive

  • BMP-2 liberated from biomimetic implant coatings induces and sustains direct ossification in an ectopic rat model.

    Y. Liu;K. de Groot;E.B. Hunziker

  • Stimulation of aggrecan synthesis in cartilage explants by cyclic loading is localized to regions of high interstitial fluid flow.

    Michael D. Buschmann;Young-Jo Kim;Marcy Wong;Eliot Frank

  • β1 integrins regulate chondrocyte rotation, G1 progression, and cytokinesis

    Attila Aszodi;Ernst B. Hunziker;Cord Brakebusch;Reinhard Fässler

  • The structural architecture of adult mammalian articular cartilage evolves by a synchronized process of tissue resorption and neoformation during postnatal development

    E.B. Hunziker;E. Kapfinger;J. Geiss

  • Cartilage ultrastructure after high pressure freezing, freeze substitution, and low temperature embedding. I. Chondrocyte ultrastructure--implications for the theories of mineralization and vascular invasion.

    E B Hunziker;W Herrmann;R K Schenk;M Mueller

  • Impact of pore size on the vascularization and osseointegration of ceramic bone substitutes in vivo

    Frank M. Klenke;Yuelian Liu;Yuelian Liu;Huipin Yuan;Ernst B. Hunziker

  • Articular Cartilage Repair

    Ernst B. Hunziker

Frequent Co-Authors

Attila Aszódi
Attila Aszódi Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
K. de Groot
K. de Groot University of Twente
Daniel Buser
Daniel Buser University of Bern
Jukka S. Jurvelin
Jukka S. Jurvelin University of Eastern Finland
Luis M. Cruz-Orive
Luis M. Cruz-Orive University of Cantabria
Reinhard Fässler
Reinhard Fässler Max Planck Society
John F. Bateman
John F. Bateman University of Melbourne
Linda J. Sandell
Linda J. Sandell Washington University in St. Louis

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