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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2021

The Marine Polysaccharide Ulvan Confers Potent Osteoinductive Capacity to PCL-Based Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering Applications.

Stefanos Kikionis, Efstathia Ioannou, Eleni Aggelidou, Leto-Aikaterini Tziveleka, Efterpi Demiri, Athina Bakopoulou, Spiros Zinelis, Aristeidis Kritis, Vassilios Roussis

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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Stefanos KikionisSection of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0599-7490
Efstathia IoannouSection of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3103-4951
Eleni AggelidoucGMP Regenerative Medicine Facility, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Leto-Aikaterini TzivelekaSection of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0030-8545
Efterpi DemiriDepartment of Plastic Surgery, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Athina BakopouloucGMP Regenerative Medicine Facility, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Spiros ZinelisDepartment of Biomaterials, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-9188-7839
Aristeidis KritiscGMP Regenerative Medicine Facility, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-2067-8842
Vassilios RoussisSection of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-9856-4725

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General Secretariat for Research and Technology T1EDK-02499
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hybrid composites of synthetic and natural polymers represent materials of choice for bone tissue engineering. Ulvan, a biologically active marine sulfated polysaccharide, is attracting great interest in the development of novel biomedical scaffolds due to recent reports on its osteoinductive properties. Herein, a series of hybrid polycaprolactone scaffolds containing ulvan either alone or in blends with κ-carrageenan and chondroitin sulfate was prepared and characterized. The impact of the preparation methodology and the polysaccharide composition on their morphology, as well as on their mechanical, thermal, water uptake and porosity properties was determined, while their osteoinductive potential was investigated through the evaluation of cell adhesion, viability, and osteogenic differentiation of seeded human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells. The results verified the osteoinductive ability of ulvan, showing that its incorporation into the polycaprolactone matrix efficiently promoted cell attachment and viability, thus confirming its potential in the development of biomedical scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration applications.

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Tissue EngineeringAquatic OrganismsBone and BonesCell AdhesionElasticityGene Expression RegulationHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsOsteogenesisPolyestersPolysaccharidesSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredThermogravimetryTissue ScaffoldsWaterpolycaprolactonePolyestersPolysaccharidesulvanWaterbone tissue engineeringhybrid scaffoldsmesenchymal stem cellsosteogenic differentiationosteoinductive capacityulvan

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