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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2020

3D Printing of Cytocompatible Graphene/Alginate Scaffolds for Mimetic Tissue Constructs.

Jianfeng Li, Xiao Liu, Jeremy M Crook, Gordon G Wallace

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Advances in Engineering Human Tissue Models.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020
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  3. Graphene and TiACS applied bio materials · 2026
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  5. Graphene in 3D Bioprinting.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2024
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  14. Principles and Biomedical Application of Graphene Family Nanomaterials.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2022
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  20. Graphene-Based Scaffolds for Regenerative Medicine.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jianfeng LiARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, AIIM Facility, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Xiao LiuARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, AIIM Facility, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Jeremy M CrookARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, AIIM Facility, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Gordon G WallaceARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, AIIM Facility, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tissue engineering, based on a combination of 3D printing, biomaterials blending and stem cell technology, offers the potential to establish customized, transplantable autologous implants using a patient's own cells. Graphene, as a two-dimensional (2D) version of carbon, has shown great potential for tissue engineering. Here, we describe a novel combination of graphene with 3D printed alginate (Alg)-based scaffolds for human adipose stem cell (ADSC) support and osteogenic induction. Alg printing was enabled through addition of gelatin (Gel) that was removed after printing, and the 3D structure was then coated with graphene oxide (GO). GO was chemically reduced with a biocompatible reductant (ascorbic acid) to provide electrical conductivity and cell affinity sites. The reduced 3D graphene oxide (RGO)/Alg scaffold has good cytocompatibility and can support human ADSC proliferation and osteogenic differentiation. Our finding supports the potential for the printed scaffold's use for

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3D bioprintingadipose stem cellalginatebiomaterialsbonegrapheneinstructive scaffoldsregenerative medicine

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PMID32766233
PMCPMC7379132

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