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Huang D, Liang J, Yang J, Yang C, Wang X, Dai T, Steinberg T, Li C, Wang F. Current Status of Tissue Regenerative Engineering for the Treatment of Uterine Infertility. TISSUE ENGINEERING. PART B, REVIEWS 2023; 29:558-573. [PMID: 37335062 DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2022.0226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
Abstract
With the recent developments in tissue engineering, scientists have attempted to establish seed cells from different sources, create cell sheets through various technologies, implant them on scaffolds with various spatial structures, or load scaffolds with cytokines. These research results are very optimistic, bringing hope to the treatment of patients with uterine infertility. In this article, we reviewed articles related to the treatment of uterine infertility from the aspects of experimental treatment strategy, seed cells, scaffold application, and repair criteria so as to provide a basis for future research.
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- Di Huang
- Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- The Affiliated Taian City Central Hospital of Qingdao University, Taian, China
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- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Department of Ultrasonography, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Division of Oral Biotechnology, Center for Dental Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shandong Provincial Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Liang H, Wang Z, Wu J, Li X, Semirumi DT. Microstructural and micromechanical modeling of gum-gelatin-based soft tissue engineering scaffolds. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 241:124544. [PMID: 37086767 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/24/2023]
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Oral and dental diseases, including periodontal disease, are among the most common conditions in the field of dentistry. The best treatment for this complication is the use of different polymers and multi-component biological tissue prepared through the freeze-drying technique. In this study, biocompatible and biodegradable polymers, namely polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and gelatin (GN), were used for this purpose, along with Arabian gum-hydroxyapatite (HA) for its antibacterial properties. Arabian gum, with weight percentages of 0, 2, 4, and 6 wt%, was added to the polyvinyl alcohol-gelatin composition at -55 °C for 28 h in the freezer and 48 h at -45 °C under a pressure of 0.01 mbar. The resulting porous biological tissue, with four different ratios, was tested for mechanical and biological analysis in a physiological solution. Then, the samples were analyzed using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique to study the morphology and structure of the compounds before and after placement in biological solutions. Additionally, a wettability and antibacterial test were performed on the nanocomposite specimen. The SEM observations revealed that this method can create a porous structure with a porosity of about 30-50 μm with a spherical and circular architecture, which was further improved by the addition of gum, reducing the percentage of porosity and improving the tissue's tensile strength and elastic modulus. The porosity changes showed a decrease from 72 % to 60 %, and the tensile strength increased from 53.5 KPa to 76 KPa, resulting in an elastic modulus of 510 KPa to 800 KPa. The addition of gum also reduced the rate of destruction of the biological tissue, making it more suitable for soft tissue applications. The obtained results of the pH test showed that the concentration changes were neutral. The contact angle of water droplets was measured to determine hydrophilicity, indicating an improvement in hydrophilicity after the addition of gum. The results showed that the use of PVA and gelatin, due to their ductility and suitable mechanical properties, along with Arabian gum-HA, could accelerate the healing process of dental periodontal problems.
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- Huixing Liang
- School of Marine and Bioengineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng 224051, China.
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng 224051, China
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- Department of Basic Medical Science, Jiangsu Vocational Collere of Medicine, Yancheng 224000, China
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- School of Marine and Biological Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng 224005, China.
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- School of Marine and Bioengineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng 224051, China
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Dong J, Kong L, Jiang W, Wang Q, Chen Y, Liu H. Insulin modified Decellularized Adipose Tissue/Tremella Polysaccharide hydrogel loaded with ADSCs for skin wound healing. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 656:46-52. [PMID: 36947966 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
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Full-thickness skin wounds still represent a challenge for clinical treatment. Adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) therapy is a promising approach to achieve efficient healing in skin wounds. The excellent cell scaffold can promote proliferation, differentiation and paracrine of ADSCs in wound microenvironment, and is a key factor in ADSCs application. Herein, we first prepared the composite hydrogel with decellularized adipose tissue (DAT) and tremella polysaccharide (TPS), and loaded insulin (INS) into the DAT/TPS composite hydrogel (DAT/TPS-gel) to fabricate an efficient carrier for ADSCs in treating skin wound. Our study showed that INS modified DAT/TPS-gel (INS-DAT/TPS-gel) can promote the proliferation, differentiation and paracrine of ADSCs. INS-DAT/TPS-gel laden with ADSCs (ADSCs/INS-DAT/TPS-gel) effectively facilitated the skin wound healing in SD rats. These findings indicated that INS-DAT/TPS-gel was an effective scaffold for ADSCs transplantation, and ADSCs/INS-DAT/TPS-gel provides a potential strategy for the treatment of skin wounds.
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- Jianyue Dong
- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China; Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Spectral Analysis and Functional Probes, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China; Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Spectral Analysis and Functional Probes, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China; Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Spectral Analysis and Functional Probes, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China; Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Spectral Analysis and Functional Probes, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China; Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Spectral Analysis and Functional Probes, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China; Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Spectral Analysis and Functional Probes, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China.
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Zhang M, Getova VE, Martinez-Garcia FD, Borghuis T, Burgess JK, Harmsen MC. From Macro to Micro: Comparison of Imaging Techniques to Detect Vascular Network Formation in Left Ventricle Decellularized Extracellular Matrix Hydrogels. Gels 2022; 8:729. [PMID: 36354636 PMCID: PMC9689814 DOI: 10.3390/gels8110729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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Background: Angiogenesis is a crucial process in physiological maintenance and tissue regeneration. To understand the contribution of angiogenesis, it is essential to replicate this process in an environment that reproduces the biochemical and physical properties which are largely governed by the extracellular matrix (ECM). We investigated vascularization in cardiac left ventricular ECM hydrogels to mimic post-myocardial repair. We set out to assess and compare different destructive and non-destructive methods, optical as well as non-optical, to visualize angiogenesis and associated matrix remodeling in myocardial ECM hydrogels. Methods: A total of 100,000, 300,000, and 600,000 Human Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cells (HPMEC) were seeded in left ventricular cardiac ECM hydrogel in 48-well plates. After 1, 7, and 14 days of culture, the HPMEC were imaged by inverted fluorescence microscopy and 3D confocal laser scanning microscopy (Zeiss Cell Discoverer 7). In addition, cell-seeded ECM hydrogels were scanned by optical coherence tomography (OCT). Fixed and paraffin-embedded gels were thin-sectioned and assessed for ECM components via H&E, picrosirius red histochemical staining, and immunostaining for collagen type I. ImageJ-based densitometry was used to quantify vascular-like networks and GraphPad was used for statistical analyses. Results: Qualitative analyses were realized through fluoromicrographs obtained by the confocal laser scanning microscope which allowed us to visualize the extensive vascular-like networks that readily appeared at all seeding densities. Quantification of networks was only possible using fluoromicrographs from inverted microscopy. These showed that, after three days, the number of master junctions was seeding density-dependent. The resolution of optical coherence tomography was too low to distinguish between signals caused by the ECM and cells or networks, yet it did show that gels, irrespective of cells, were heterogeneous. Interestingly, (immuno)histochemistry could clearly distinguish between the cast cardiac-derived matrix and newly deposited ECM in the hydrogels. The H&E staining corroborated the presence of vascular-like network structures, albeit that sectioning inevitably led to the loss of 3D structure. Conclusions: Except for OCT, all methods had complementary merit and generated qualitative and quantitative data that allowed us to understand vascular network formation in organ-derived ECM hydrogels.
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- Meng Zhang
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Hanzeplein 1 (EA11), 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, W.J. Kolff Research Institute, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Hanzeplein 1 (EA11), 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, W.J. Kolff Research Institute, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Hanzeplein 1 (EA11), 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, W.J. Kolff Research Institute, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Hanzeplein 1 (EA11), 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Hanzeplein 1 (EA11), 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, W.J. Kolff Research Institute, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Hanzeplein 1 (EA11), 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Hanzeplein 1 (EA11), 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, W.J. Kolff Research Institute, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Hanzeplein 1 (EA11), 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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Di Francesco D, Bertani F, Fusaro L, Clemente N, Carton F, Talmon M, Fresu LG, Boccafoschi F. Regenerative Potential of A Bovine ECM-Derived Hydrogel for Biomedical Applications. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12091222. [PMID: 36139063 PMCID: PMC9496624 DOI: 10.3390/biom12091222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Recent advancements in regenerative medicine have enhanced the development of biomaterials as multi-functional dressings, capable of accelerating wound healing and addressing the challenge of chronic wounds. Hydrogels obtained from decellularized tissues have a complex composition, comparable to the native extracellular environment, showing highly interesting characteristics for wound healing applications. In this study, a bovine pericardium decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) hydrogel was characterized in terms of macromolecules content, and its immunomodulatory, angiogenic and wound healing potential has been evaluated. The polarization profile of human monocytes-derived macrophages seeded on dECM hydrogel was assessed by RT-qPCR. Angiogenic markers expression has been evaluated by Western blot and antibody array on cell lysates derived from endothelial cells cultured on dECM hydrogel, and a murine in vivo model of hindlimb ischemia was used to evaluate the angiogenic potential. Fibroblast migration was assessed by a transwell migration assay, and an in vivo murine wound healing model treated with dECM hydrogels was also used. The results showed a complex composition, of which the major component is collagen type I. The dECM hydrogel is biocompatible, able to drive M2 phenotype polarization, stimulate the expression of angiogenic markers in vitro, and prevent loss of functionality in hindlimb ischemia model. Furthermore, it drives fibroblast migration and shows ability to facilitate wound closure in vivo, demonstrating its great potential for regenerative applications.
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- Dalila Di Francesco
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, 28100 Novara, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale “A. Avogadro”, 28100 Novara, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0321-660-556
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