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ArticleScientific reports2017

Therapeutic PCL scaffold for reparation of resected osteosarcoma defect.

Ilaria E Palamà, Valentina Arcadio, Stefania D'Amone, Mariano Biasiucci, Giuseppe Gigli, Barbara Cortese

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ilaria E PalamàNanotechnology Institute, CNR-NANOTEC, via Monteroni, Lecce, 73100, Italy. ilaria.palama@nanotec.cnr.it.
Valentina ArcadioNanotechnology Institute, CNR-NANOTEC, University La Sapienza, P.zle A. Moro, Roma, 00185, Italy.
Stefania D'AmoneNanotechnology Institute, CNR-NANOTEC, via Monteroni, Lecce, 73100, Italy.
Mariano BiasiucciCenter for Life Nano Science@Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia,Viale Regina Elena 291, 00161, Roma, Italy.
Giuseppe GigliNanotechnology Institute, CNR-NANOTEC, via Monteroni, Lecce, 73100, Italy.
Barbara CorteseNanotechnology Institute, CNR-NANOTEC, University La Sapienza, P.zle A. Moro, Roma, 00185, Italy. barbara.cortese@nanotec.cnr.it.ORCID 0000-0001-8667-7255
Istituto di Nanotecnologia · ITItalian Institute of Technology · ITUniversity of Salento · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteosarcomas are highly malignant tumors, which develop rapid growth and local infiltration, inducing metastases that spread primarily in the lung. Treatment of these tumors is mainly based on pre- and post-operative chemotherapy and surgery of the primary tumor. Surgical resection though, generates bone defects. Reparation of these weaknesses presents formidable challenges to orthopedic surgery. Medicine regenerative grafts that act as both tumor therapy with constant local drug delivery and tissue regeneration may provide a new prospect to address this need. These implants can provide sustained drug release at the cancer area, decreasing systemic second effects such as inflammation, and a filling of the resected tissues with regenerative biomaterials. In this study microporous poly-ε-caprolactone (PCL) scaffolds have been developed for sustained local release of anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone (DXM), used as drug model, in cancer medicine regenerative field. The microporous PCL matrix of the scaffolds supported the attachment, proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of osteoblast-like cells, while the polyelectrolyte multilayers, anchored to the inner pore surfaces, sustained locally DXM release. These microporous scaffolds demonstrate the ability to deliver DXM as a localized tumor therapy and to promote proliferation and differentiation of osteoblast-like cells in vitro.

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AdsorptionAlkaline PhosphataseBlood ProteinsCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalDexamethasoneDrug LiberationHumansMicroscopy, Atomic ForceOsteoblastsOsteosarcomaPolyestersPorosityTissue ScaffoldsAlkaline PhosphataseBlood ProteinsDexamethasonepolycaprolactonePolyesters

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PMID28978922
PMCPMC5627265
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