Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24101186›Full record

ArticleJournal of materials science. Materials in medicine2014

Fibrous hydrogel scaffolds with cells embedded in the fibers as a potential tissue scaffold for skin repair.

Hsin-Yi Lin, Chih-Wei Peng, Wei-Wen Wu

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Article in Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Methodologies in creating skin substitutes.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hsin-Yi LinDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, 1, Sec 3, Zhongxiao E. Rd., Taipei, 106, Taiwan, hbrunken@ntut.edu.tw.
Chih-Wei Peng
Wei-Wen Wu
National Taipei University of Technology · TWTaipei Medical University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A novel approach was undertaken to create a potential skin wound dressing. L929 fibroblast cells and alginate solution were simultaneously dispensed into a calcium chloride solution using a three-dimensional plotting system to manufacture a fibrous alginate scaffold with interconnected pores. These cells were then embedded in the alginate hydrogel fibers of the scaffold. A conventional scaffold with cells directly seeded on the fiber surface was used as a control. The encapsulated fibroblasts made using the co-dispensing method distributed homogeneously within the scaffold and showed the delayed formation of large cell aggregates compared to the control. The cells embedded in the hydrogel fibers also deposited more type I collagen in the extracellular matrix and expressed higher levels of fgf11 and fn1 than the control, indicating increased cellular proliferation and attachment. The results indicate that the novel co-dispensing alginate scaffold may promote skin regeneration better than the conventional directly-seeded scaffold.

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AlginatesAnimalsBiocompatible MaterialsBiological DressingsCell LineCell ProliferationCell SurvivalCollagen Type IExtracellular MatrixFibroblastsGlucuronic AcidHexuronic AcidsHydrogelsMaterials TestingMiceMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningAlginatesBiocompatible MaterialsCollagen Type IGlucuronic AcidHexuronic AcidsHydrogels

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PMID24101186
OpenAlexW2058118025

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