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ArticlePharmaceutics2020

Hydrolytic Degradability, Cell Tolerance and On-Demand Antibacterial Effect of Electrospun Photodynamically Active Fibres.

Amy Contreras, Michael J Raxworthy, Simon Wood, Giuseppe Tronci

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amy ContrerasInstitute of Medical and Biological Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
Michael J RaxworthyInstitute of Medical and Biological Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
Simon WoodSchool of Dentistry, St. James's University Hospital, University of Leeds, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK.
Giuseppe TronciSchool of Dentistry, St. James's University Hospital, University of Leeds, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9426-4220
University of Leeds · GB

Funding

EPSRC EP/L014823/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photodynamically active fibres (PAFs) are a novel class of stimulus-sensitive systems capable of triggering antibiotic-free antibacterial effect on-demand when exposed to light. Despite their relevance in infection control, however, the broad clinical applicability of PAFs has not yet been fully realised due to the limited control in fibrous microstructure, cell tolerance and antibacterial activity in the physiologic environment. We addressed this challenge by creating semicrystalline electrospun fibres with varying content of poly[(l-lactide)-co-(glycolide)] (PLGA), poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) and methylene blue (MB), whereby the effect of polymer morphology, fibre composition and photosensitiser (PS) uptake on wet state fibre behaviour and functions was studied. The presence of crystalline domains and PS-polymer secondary interactions proved key to accomplishing long-lasting fibrous microstructure, controlled mass loss and controlled MB release profiles (37 °C, pH 7.4, 8 weeks). PAFs with equivalent PLGA:PCL weight ratio successfully promoted attachment and proliferation of L929 cells over a 7-day culture with and without light activation, while triggering up to 2.5 and 4 log reduction in

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antibacterial photodynamic effectcytotoxicityelectrospun fibreshydrolytic degradationphotosensitiser releasepolymer morphology

Identifiers

PMID32751391
PMCPMC7465204
OpenAlexW3045861503

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