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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Biomimetic Scaffolds Obtained by Electrospinning of Collagen-Based Materials: Strategies to Hinder the Protein Denaturation.

Giorgia Montalbano, Clarissa Tomasina, Sonia Fiorilli, Sandra Camarero-Espinosa, Chiara Vitale-Brovarone, Lorenzo Moroni

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 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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Giorgia MontalbanoDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2348-2949
Clarissa TomasinaComplex Tissue Regeneration Department, MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ET Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Sonia FiorilliDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy.
Sandra Camarero-EspinosaComplex Tissue Regeneration Department, MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ET Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Chiara Vitale-BrovaroneDepartment of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy.
Lorenzo MoroniComplex Tissue Regeneration Department, MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 40, 6229 ET Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1298-6025

Funding

Horizon 2020 814410
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of biomaterials and scaffolds to boost bone regeneration is increasingly gaining interest as a complementary method to the standard surgical and pharmacological treatments in case of severe injuries and pathological conditions. In this frame, the selection of biomaterials and the accurate assessment of the manufacturing procedures are considered key factors in the design of constructs able to resemble the features of the native tissue and effectively induce specific cell responses. Accordingly, composite scaffolds based on type-I-collagen can mimic the composition of bone extracellular matrix (ECM), while electrospinning technologies can be exploited to produce nanofibrous matrices to resemble its architectural organization. However, the combination of collagen and electrospinning reported several complications due to the frequent denaturation of the protein and the variability of results according to collagen origin, concentration, and solvent. In this context, the strategies optimized in this study enabled the preparation of collagen-based electrospun scaffolds characterized by about 100 nm fibers, preserving the physico-chemical properties of the protein thanks to the use of an acetic acid-based solvent. Moreover, nanoparticles of mesoporous bioactive glasses were combined with the optimized collagen formulation, proving the successful design of composite scaffolds resembling the morphological features of bone ECM at the nanoscale.

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biomimetic scaffoldsbone tissue engineeringelectrospinninghybrid formulationstype I collagen

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PMID34442884
PMCPMC8400144

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