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Xu S, Zhang H, Li X, Zhang X, Liu H, Xiong Y, Gao R, Yu S. Fabrication and biological evaluation of porous β-TCP bioceramics produced using digital light processing. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 2021; 236:286-294. [PMID: 34479452 DOI: 10.1177/09544119211041186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Beta-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) refers to one ideal bone repair substance with good biocompatibility and osteogenicity. A digital light processing (DLP)-system used in this study creates bioceramic green part by stacking up layers of photocurable tricalcium phosphate-filled slurry with various β-TCP weight fractions. Results show that the sintering shrinkage is anisotropic and the shrinkage vertically reaches over that horizontally. The obtained porous β-TCP parts have both macroporous outer structure and microporous inner structure, the macropore size is 400-600 μm and the micropore size is 500-1500 nm. The mechanical tests show that the porous β-TCP bioceramic's compressive strength reaches 16.53 MPa. The cell culture confirmed that the porous β-TCP bioceramic is capable of achieving the effective attaching, growing, and proliferating pertained to mouse osteoblast cells. This study identified considerable blood vessels and significant ectopic bone forming obviously based on the histologically-related assessment when implanting to rabbit femoral condyle deficiency for 3 months. Thus, under high bioactive property and osteoinductivity, and large precision and mechanical strength that can be adjusted, the DLP printed porous β-TCP ceramics is capable of being promising for special uses of bones repairing.
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- SongFeng Xu
- National Cancer Center/National Cancer Clinical Medical Research Center/Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Department of Orthopedics, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.,Department of Orthopedics, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital & Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- National Cancer Center/National Cancer Clinical Medical Research Center/Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Department of Orthopedics, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- National Cancer Center/National Cancer Clinical Medical Research Center/Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Department of Orthopedics, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- National Cancer Center/National Cancer Clinical Medical Research Center/Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Department of Orthopedics, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Stimuli-Responsive Poly(aspartamide) Derivatives and Their Applications as Drug Carriers. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22168817. [PMID: 34445521 PMCID: PMC8396293 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22168817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Poly(aspartamide) derivatives, one kind of amino acid-based polymers with excellent biocompatibility and biodegradability, meet the key requirements for application in various areas of biomedicine. Poly(aspartamide) derivatives with stimuli-responsiveness can usually respond to external stimuli to change their chemical or physical properties. Using external stimuli such as temperature and pH as switches, these smart poly(aspartamide) derivatives can be used for convenient drug loading and controlled release. Here, we review the synthesis strategies for preparing these stimuli-responsive poly(aspartamide) derivatives and the latest developments in their applications as drug carriers.
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Photocurable Methacrylate Derivatives of Polylactide: A Two-Stage Synthesis in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide and 3D Laser Structuring. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12112525. [PMID: 33138125 PMCID: PMC7692848 DOI: 10.3390/polym12112525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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A two-stage polylactide modification was performed in the supercritical carbon dioxide medium using the urethane formation reaction. The modification resulted in the synthesis of polymerizable methacrylate derivatives of polylactide for application in the spatial 3D structuring by laser stereolithography. The use of the supercritical carbon dioxide medium allowed us to obtain for the first time polymerizable oligomer-polymer systems in the form of dry powders convenient for further application in the preparation of polymer compositions for photocuring. The photocuring of the modified polymers was performed by laser stereolithography and two-photon crosslinking. Using nanoindentation, we found that Young’s modulus of the cured compositions corresponded to the standard characteristics of implants applied in regenerative medicine. As shown by thermogravimetric analysis, the degree of crosslinking and, hence, the local stiffness of scaffolds were determined by the amount of the crosslinking agent and the photocuring regime. No cytotoxicity was observed for the structures.
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Mei C, Chao CW, Lin CW, Li ST, Wu KH, Yang KC, Yu J. Three-dimensional spherical gelatin bubble-based scaffold improves the myotube formation of H9c2 myoblasts. Biotechnol Bioeng 2019; 116:1190-1200. [PMID: 30636318 DOI: 10.1002/bit.26917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2018] [Revised: 11/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Microenvironmental factors including physical and chemical cues can regulate stem cells as well as terminally differentiated cells to modulate their biological function and differentiation. However, one of the physical cues, the substrate's dimensionality, has not been studied extensively. In this study, the flow-focusing method with a microfluidic device was used to generate gelatin bubbles to fabricate highly ordered three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds. Rat H9c2 myoblasts were seeded into the 3D gelatin bubble-based scaffolds and compared to those grown on 2D gelatin-coating substrates to demonstrate the influences of spatial cues on cell behaviors. Relative to cells on the 2D substrates, the H9c2 myoblasts were featured by a good survival and normal mitochondrial activity but slower cell proliferation within the 3D scaffolds. The cortical actin filaments of H9c2 cells were localized close to the cell membrane when cultured on the 2D substrates, while the F-actins distributed uniformly and occupied most of the cell cytoplasm within the 3D scaffolds. H9c2 myoblasts fused as multinuclear myotubes within the 3D scaffolds without any induction but cells cultured on the 2D substrates had a relatively lower fusion index even differentiation medium was provided. Although there was no difference in actin α 1 and myosin heavy chain 1, H9c2 cells had a higher myogenin messenger RNA level in the 3D scaffolds than those of on the 2D substrates. This study reveals that the dimensionality influences differentiation and fusion of myoblasts.
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- Chieh Mei
- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- School of Dental Technology, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Laboratory of Organ and Tissue Reconstruction, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Repair of Damaged Articular Cartilage: Current Approaches and Future Directions. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19082366. [PMID: 30103493 PMCID: PMC6122081 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19082366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Revised: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Articular hyaline cartilage is extensively hydrated, but it is neither innervated nor vascularized, and its low cell density allows only extremely limited self-renewal. Most clinical and research efforts currently focus on the restoration of cartilage damaged in connection with osteoarthritis or trauma. Here, we discuss current clinical approaches for repairing cartilage, as well as research approaches which are currently developing, and those under translation into clinical practice. We also describe potential future directions in this area, including tissue engineering based on scaffolding and/or stem cells as well as a combination of gene and cell therapy. Particular focus is placed on cell-based approaches and the potential of recently characterized chondro-progenitors; progress with induced pluripotent stem cells is also discussed. In this context, we also consider the ability of different types of stem cell to restore hyaline cartilage and the importance of mimicking the environment in vivo during cell expansion and differentiation into mature chondrocytes.
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