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ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Chitosan-Cellulose Multifunctional Hydrogel Beads: Design, Characterization and Evaluation of Cytocompatibility with Breast Adenocarcinoma and Osteoblast Cells.

Poonam Trivedi, Tiina Saloranta-Simell, Uroš Maver, Lidija Gradišnik, Neeraj Prabhakar, Jan-Henrik Smått, Tamilselvan Mohan, Martin Gericke, Thomas Heinze, Pedro Fardim

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Article in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Poonam TrivediLaboratory of Fibre and Cellulose, Åbo Akademi University, 20500 Turku, Finland. ptrivedi@abo.fi.
Tiina Saloranta-SimellJohan Gadolin Process Chemistry Centre, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Åbo Akademi University, 20500 Turku, Finland. tiina.saloranta-simell@abo.fi.
Uroš MaverFaculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia. uros.maver@um.si.
Lidija GradišnikFaculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia. lidija.gradisnik@um.si.
Neeraj PrabhakarPharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory, Åbo Akademi University, 20500 Turku, Finland. Neeraj.Prabhakar@abo.fi.
Jan-Henrik SmåttLaboratory of Physical Chemistry and Center for Functional Materials, Åbo Akademi University, 20500 Turku, Finland. Jan-Henrik.Smatt@abo.fi.
Tamilselvan MohanInstitute of Chemistry, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Heinrichstraße 28, 8010 Graz, Austria. tamilselvan.mohan@gmail.com.
Martin GerickeInstitute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Centre of Excellence for Polysaccharide Research, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Humboldtstraße 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany. martin.gericke@uni-jena.de.
Thomas HeinzeDepartment of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium. thomas.heinze@uni-jena.de.
Pedro FardimLaboratory of Fibre and Cellulose, Åbo Akademi University, 20500 Turku, Finland. pfardim@abo.fi.
Åbo Akademi University · FIUniversity of Maribor · SIFriedrich Schiller University Jena · DEKU Leuven · BEUniversity of Graz · AT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytocompatible polysaccharide-based functional scaffolds are potential extracellular matrix candidates for soft and hard tissue engineering. This paper describes a facile approach to design cytocompatible, non-toxic, and multifunctional chitosan-cellulose based hydrogel beads utilising polysaccharide dissolution in sodium hydroxide-urea-water solvent system and coagulation under three different acidic conditions, namely 2 M acetic acid, 2 M hydrochloric acid, and 2 M sulfuric acid. The effect of coagulating medium on the final chemical composition of the hydrogel beads is investigated by spectroscopic techniques (ATR-FTIR, Raman, NMR), and elemental analysis. The beads coagulated in 2 M acetic acid displayed an unchanged chitosan composition with free amino groups, while the beads coagulated in 2 M hydrochloric and sulfuric acid showed protonation of amino groups and ionic interaction with the counterions. The ultrastructural morphological study of lyophilized beads showed that increased chitosan content enhanced the porosity of the hydrogel beads. Furthermore, cytocompatibility evaluation of the hydrogel beads with human breast adenocarcinoma cells (soft tissue) showed that the beads coagulated in 2 M acetic acid are the most suitable for this type of cells in comparison to other coagulating systems. The acetic acid fabricated hydrogel beads also support osteoblast growth and adhesion over 192 h. Thus, in future, these hydrogel beads can be tested in the in vitro studies related to breast cancer and for bone regeneration.

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cellulosechitosancoagulationcytocompatibilityhydrogelscaffoldstissue engineering

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PMID29315214
PMCPMC5874869
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