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ArticleActa cirurgica brasileira2021

Comparison of two different biomaterials in the bone regeneration (15, 30 and 60 days) of critical defects in rats.

Patricia Brassolatti, Paulo Sérgio Bossini, Ana Laura Martins de Andrade, Genoveva Lourdes Flores Luna, Juliana Virginio da Silva, Luciana Almeida-Lopes, Marcos Aurélio Napolitano, Lucimar Retto da Silva de Avó, Ângela Merice de Oliveira Leal, Fernanda de Freitas Anibal

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Article in Acta cirurgica brasileira, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Patricia BrassolattiPhD in Biotechnology. Postgraduate Program in Evolutionary Genetics and Molecular Biology - Department of Morphology and Pathology - Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Sao Carlos (SP), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0392-700X
Paulo Sérgio BossiniPhD in Physiotherapy. NUPEN - Research and Education Center in Health Science and DMC Equipment Import and Export-Co. Ltda - Sao Carlos (SP), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3585-0924
Ana Laura Martins de AndradePhD in Physiotherapy. Department of Physiotherapy - Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Sao Carlos (SP), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1137-7180
Genoveva Lourdes Flores LunaPhD in Biotechnology. Metabolic Endocrine Research Laboratory - Department of Medicine - Universidade Federal University de São Carlos - Sao Carlos (SP), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8339-664X
Juliana Virginio da SilvaGraduate student in Biotechnology. Institute of Physics of Sao Carlos- Universidade de São Paulo - Sao Carlos (SP), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0026-9347
Luciana Almeida-LopesPhD in Science and Materials Engineering. NUPEN - Research and Education Center in Health Science and DMC Equipment Import and Export-Co. Ltda - Sao Carlos (SP), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5873-2656
Marcos Aurélio NapolitanoPhD in Chemistry. DMC Equipment Import and Export-Co. Ltda - Sao Carlos (SP), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2292-981X
Lucimar Retto da Silva de AvóAssociate Professor. Department of Medicine - Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Sao Carlos (SP), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7282-420X
Ângela Merice de Oliveira LealAssociate Professor. Department of Medicine - Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Sao Carlos (SP), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6843-4559
Fernanda de Freitas AnibalAssociate Professor. Department of Morphology and Pathology - Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Sao Carlos (SP), Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7211-0626

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Abstract

purposeTo evaluate and compare two types of different scaffolds in critical bone defects in rats.

methodsSeventy male Wistar rats (280 ± 20 grams) divided into three groups: control group (CG), untreated animals; biomaterial group 1 (BG1), animals that received the scaffold implanted hydroxyapatite (HA)/poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA); and biomaterial group 2 (BG2), animals that received the scaffolds HA/PLGA/Bleed. The critical bone defect was induced in the medial region of the skull calotte with the aid of an 8-mm-diameter trephine drill. The biomaterial was implanted in the form of 1.5 mm thick scaffolds, and samples were collected after 15, 30 and 60 days. Non-parametric Mann-Whitney test was used, with the significance level of 5% (p ≤ 0.05).

resultsHistology revealed morphological and structural differences of the neoformed tissue between the experimental groups. Collagen-1 (Col-1) findings are consistent with the histological ones, in which BG2 presented the highest amount of fibers in its tissue matrix in all evaluated periods. In contrast, the results of receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-Β ligand (Rank-L) immunoexpression were higher in BG2 in the periods of 30 and 60 days, indicating an increase of the degradation of the biomaterial and the remodeling activity of the bone.

conclusionsThe properties of the HA/PLGA/Bleed scaffold were superior when compared to the scaffold composed only by HA/PLGA.

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Biocompatible MaterialsTissue ScaffoldsAnimalsBone RegenerationMaleOsteogenesisPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerRatsRats, WistarBiocompatible MaterialsPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer

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PMCPMC8291905

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