Electrospun fiber-based strategies for controlling early innate immune cell responses: towards immunomodulatory mesh designs that facilitate robust tissue repair

D Venugopal, S Vishwakarma, I Kaur, S Samavedi - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrospun fibrous meshes are widely used for tissue repair due to their ability to guide a
host of cell responses including phenotypic differentiation and tissue maturation. A critical …

Impact of sterilization methods on electrospun scaffolds for tissue engineering

CF Rediguieri, RC Sassonia, K Dua, IS Kikuchi… - European Polymer …, 2016 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering is a growing area within the regenerative medicine. The electrospun
scaffolds are the most promising devices for translating engineered tissues into patients …

Concurrent solvent induced crystallization and hydrolytic degradation of PLA by water-ethanol solutions

F Iñiguez-Franco, R Auras, G Burgess, D Holmes… - Polymer, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) films were immersed in pure water, 50% and 95% ethanol
solutions for up to 180 days. The change in molecular weight, sorption of water, sorption of …

Tendon fascicle-inspired nanofibrous scaffold of polylactic acid/collagen with enhanced 3D-structure and biomechanical properties

A Sensini, C Gualandi, A Zucchelli, LA Boyle… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Surgical treatment of tendon lesions still yields unsatisfactory clinical outcomes. The use of
bioresorbable scaffolds represents a way forward to improve tissue repair. Scaffolds for …

A novel electrospun-aligned nanoyarn-reinforced nanofibrous scaffold for tendon tissue engineering

C Yang, G Deng, W Chen, X Ye, X Mo - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2014 - Elsevier
An electrospun-aligned nanoyarn-reinforced nanofibrous scaffold (NRS) was developed for
tendon tissue engineering to improve mechanical strength and cell infiltration. The novel …

Suspended, shrinkage-free, electrospun PLGA nanofibrous scaffold for skin tissue engineering

C Ru, F Wang, M Pang, L Sun, R Chen… - ACS applied materials & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Electrospinning is a technique for creating continuous nanofibrous networks that can
architecturally be similar to the structure of extracellular matrix (ECM). However, the …

Biofabrication of bundles of poly (lactic acid)-collagen blends mimicking the fascicles of the human Achille tendon

A Sensini, C Gualandi, L Cristofolini, G Tozzi… - …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Electrospinning is a promising technique for the production of scaffolds aimed at the
regeneration of soft tissues. The aim of this work was to develop electrospun bundles …

Development of highly oil-absorbent polylactic-acid microfibers with a nanoporous structure via simple one-step centrifugal spinning

L Zhang, C Narita, Y Himeda, H Honma… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the development of porous materials with excellent reactivity and absorption
properties has attracted significant attention. We fabricated poly (lactic acid)(PLA) …

Characterization and biocompatibility evaluation of artificial blood vessels prepared from pristine poly (Ethylene-glycol-co-1, 4-cyclohexane dimethylene-co-isosorbide …

S El-Ghazali, M Khatri, N Hussain, Z Khatri… - Materials Today …, 2021 - Elsevier
Herein, we prepared three-dimensional artificial blood vessels (ABV) from electrospun
pristine Poly (Ethylene-glycol-co-1, 4-Cyclohexane di-methylene-co-isosorbide …

Evaluation of sterilization/disinfection methods of fibrous polyurethane scaffolds designed for tissue engineering applications

I Łopianiak, BA Butruk-Raszeja - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Sterilization of a material carries the risk of unwanted changes in physical and chemical
structure. The choice of method is a challenge—the process must be efficient, without …