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ArticleInternational wound journal2018

Cellular interactions with bacterial cellulose: Polycaprolactone nanofibrous scaffolds produced by a portable electrohydrodynamic gun for point-of-need wound dressing.

Mehmet Onur Aydogdu, Esra Altun, Maryam Crabbe-Mann, Francis Brako, Fatma Koc, Gunes Ozen, Serap Erdem Kuruca, Ursula Edirisinghe, C J Luo, Oguzhan Gunduz and 1 more

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Article in International wound journal, 2018. 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
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% 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, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Mehmet Onur AydogduDepartment of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Esra AltunDepartment of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Maryam Crabbe-MannDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University College London (UCL), London, UK.
Francis BrakoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University College London (UCL), London, UK.
Fatma KocDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Gunes OzenDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Serap Erdem KurucaDepartment of Physiology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ursula EdirisingheAccident and Emergency Department, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK.
C J LuoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University College London (UCL), London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9898-695X
Oguzhan GunduzDepartment of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Mohan EdirisingheDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University College London (UCL), London, UK.
The London College · GBMarmara University · TRIstanbul University · TRIstanbul Medipol University · TRSt Mary's Hospital · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds are promising regenerative wound dressing options but have yet to be widely used in practice. The challenge is that nanofibre productions rely on bench-top apparatuses, and the delicate product integrity is hard to preserve before reaching the point of need. Timing is critically important to wound healing. The purpose of this investigation is to produce novel nanofibrous scaffolds using a portable, hand-held "gun", which enables production at the wound site in a time-dependent fashion, thereby preserving product integrity. We select bacterial cellulose, a natural hydrophilic biopolymer, and polycaprolactone, a synthetic hydrophobic polymer, to generate composite nanofibres that can tune the scaffold hydrophilicity, which strongly affects cell proliferation. Composite scaffolds made of 8 different ratios of bacterial cellulose and polycaprolactone were successfully electrospun. The morphological features and cell-scaffold interactions were analysed using scanning electron microscopy. The biocompatibility was studied using Saos-2 cell viability test. The scaffolds were found to show good biocompatibility and allow different proliferation rates that varied with the composition of the scaffolds. A nanofibrous dressing that can be accurately moulded and standardised via the portable technique is advantageous for wound healing in practicality and in its consistency through mass production.

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BandagesTissue ScaffoldsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCell ProliferationCell SurvivalCelluloseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNanofibersPolyestersTissue EngineeringWound HealingCellulosepolycaprolactonePolyestersbacterial celluloseelectrohydrodynamicelectrospinningpolycaprolactonewound dressing

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PMID29806201
PMCPMC7949822
OpenAlexW2806231270

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