Stem cells combined 3D electrospun nanofibrous and macrochannelled matrices: a preliminary approach in repair of rat cranial bones
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2019Author
Isoglu, Ismail AlperBolgen, Nimet
Korkusuz, Petek
Vargel, Ibrahim
Celik, Hakan Hamdi
Kilic, Emine
Piskin, Erhan
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İsmail Alper İşoğlu, Nimet Bölgen, Petek Korkusuz, İbrahim Vargel, Hakan Hamdi Çelik, Emine Kılıç, Elif Güzel, Tarık Çavuşoğlu, Duygu Uçkan & Erhan Pişkin (2019) Stem cells combined 3D electrospun nanofibrous and macrochannelled matrices: a preliminary approach in repair of rat cranial bones, Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology, 47:1,1094-1100.Abstract
Repair of cranial bone defects is an important problem in the clinical area. The use of scaffolds combined with stem cells has become a focus in the reconstruction of critical-sized bone defects. Electrospinning became a very attracting method in the preparation of tissue engineering scaffolds in the last decade, due to the unique nanofibrous structure of the electrospun matrices. However, they have a limitation for three dimensional (3D) applications, due to their two-dimensional structure and pore size which is smaller than a cellular diameter which cannot allow cell migration within the structure. In this study, electrospun poly(epsilon-caprolactone) (PCL) membranes were spirally wounded to prepare 3D matrices composed of nanofibers and macrochannels. Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells were injected inside the scaffolds after the constructs were implanted in the cranial bone defects in rats. New bone formation, vascularisation and intramembranous ossification of the critical size calvarial defect were accelerated by using mesenchymal stem cells combined 3D spiral-wounded electrospun matrices.