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ArticleScientific reports2018

Strategic Design and Fabrication of Biomimetic 3D Scaffolds: Unique Architectures of Extracellular Matrices for Enhanced Adipogenesis and Soft Tissue Reconstruction.

Afeesh Rajan Unnithan, Arathyram Ramachandra Kurup Sasikala, Shalom Sara Thomas, Amin Ghavami Nejad, Youn Soo Cha, Chan Hee Park, Cheol Sang Kim

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Afeesh Rajan UnnithanDivision of Mechanical Design Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea. afeesh@jbnu.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0002-0795-1613
Arathyram Ramachandra Kurup SasikalaDivision of Mechanical Design Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea.
Shalom Sara ThomasDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea.
Amin Ghavami NejadAdvanced Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery lab, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Youn Soo ChaDepartment of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea.
Chan Hee ParkDivision of Mechanical Design Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea. biochan@jbnu.ac.kr.
Cheol Sang KimDivision of Mechanical Design Engineering, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea. chskim@jbnu.ac.kr.

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Abstract

The higher rate of soft tissue impairment due to lumpectomy or other trauma greatly requires the restoration of the irreversibly lost subcutaneous adipose tissues. The nanofibers fabricated by conventional electrospinning provide only a superficial porous structure due to its sheet like 2D structure and thereby hinder the cell infiltration and differentiation throughout the scaffolds. Thus we developed a novel electrospun 3D membrane using the zwitterionic poly (carboxybetaine-co-methyl methacrylate) co-polymer (CMMA) through electrostatic repulsion based electrospinning for soft tissue engineering. The inherent charges in the CMMA will aid the nanofiber to directly transform into a semiconductor and thereby transfer the immense static electricity from the grounded collector and will impart greater fluffiness to the scaffolds. The results suggest that the fabricated 3D nanofiber (CMMA 3NF) scaffolds possess nanofibers with larger inter connected pores and less dense structure compared to the conventional 2D scaffolds. The CMMA 3NF exhibits significant cues of soft tissue engineering such as enhanced biocompatibility as well as the faster regeneration of cells. Moreover the fabricated 3D scaffolds greatly assist the cells to develop into its stereoscopic topographies with an enhanced adipogenic property.

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3T3-L1 CellsAdipocytesAdipogenesisAnimalsBiomimetic MaterialsCell DifferentiationExtracellular MatrixMicePolymersPorosityTissue EngineeringTissue ScaffoldsPolymers

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PMID29632328
PMCPMC5890269

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