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ArticleScientific reports2021

Epidermal and fibroblast growth factors incorporated polyvinyl alcohol electrospun nanofibers as biological dressing scaffold.

Amnah Asiri, Syafiqah Saidin, Mohd Helmi Sani, Rania Hussien Al-Ashwal

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amnah AsiriDepartment of Biosciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
Syafiqah SaidinIJN-UTM Cardiovascular Engineering Centre, Institute of Human Centered Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
Mohd Helmi SaniDepartment of Biosciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
Rania Hussien Al-AshwalDepartment of Clinical Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering and Health Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. rania@utm.my.
University of Technology Malaysia · MY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, single, mix, multilayer Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) electrospun nanofibers with epidermal growth factor (EGF) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF) were fabricated and characterized as a biological wound dressing scaffolds. The biological activities of the synthesized scaffolds have been verified by in vitro and in vivo studies. The chemical composition finding showed that the identified functional units within the produced nanofibers (O-H and N-H bonds) are attributed to both growth factors (GFs) in the PVA nanofiber membranes. Electrospun nanofibers' morphological features showed long protrusion and smooth morphology without beads and sprayed with an average range of 198-286 nm fiber diameter. The fiber diameters decrement and the improvement in wettability and surface roughness were recorded after GFs incorporated within the PVA Nanofibers, which indicated potential good adoption as biological dressing scaffolds due to the identified mechanical properties (Young's modulus) in between 18 and 20 MPa. The MTT assay indicated that the growth factor release from the PVA nanofibers has stimulated cell proliferation and promoted cell viability. In the cell attachment study, the GFs incorporated PVA nanofibers stimulated cell proliferation and adhered better than the PVA control sample and presented no cytotoxic effect. The in vivo studies showed that compared to the control and single PVA-GFs nanofiber, the mix and multilayer scaffolds gave a much more wound reduction at day 7 with better wound repair at day 14-21, which indicated to enhancing tissue regeneration, thus, could be a projected as a suitable burn wound dressing scaffold.

Indexed as

Biological DressingsTissue EngineeringAnimalsBiological AssayCells, CulturedEGF Family of ProteinsFibroblast Growth FactorsHumansMaleNanofibersPolyvinyl AlcoholRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredStress, MechanicalTensile StrengthEGF Family of ProteinsFibroblast Growth FactorsPolyvinyl Alcohol

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PMID33707606
PMCPMC7970974
OpenAlexW3134648489

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