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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Bioactive Hydrogels: Design and Characterization of Cellulose-Derived Injectable Composites.

Andrea Fiorati, Cristina Linciano, Camilla Galante, Maria Grazia Raucci, Lina Altomare

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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 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Andrea FioratiDepartment of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta"-Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2260-0563
Cristina LincianoDepartment of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta"-Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
Camilla GalanteDepartment of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta"-Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy.
Maria Grazia RaucciInstitute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials (IPCB), National Research Council (CNR), Viale J.F. Kennedy, 54 Mostra d'Oltremare Pad. 20, 80125 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0516-4181
Lina AltomareDepartment of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering "G. Natta"-Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9555-1291
National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology · ITPolitecnico di Milano · ITNational Research Council · IT

Funding

Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca PRIN 'ACTION' 2017SZ5WZB_002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellulose represents a low cost, abundant, and renewable polysaccharide with great versatility; it has a hierarchical structure composed of nanofibers with high aspect ratio (3-4 nm wide, hundreds of μm long). TEMPO-mediated oxidation represents one of the most diffused methods to obtain cellulose nanofibers (CNFs): It is possible to obtain physically crosslinked hydrogels by means of divalent cation addition. The presence of inorganic components, such as calcium phosphates (CaP), can improve not only their mechanical properties but also the bioactivity of the gels. The aim of this work is to design and characterize a TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibers (TOCNFs) injectable hydrogel embedded with inorganic particles, CaP and CaP-GO, for bone tissue regeneration. Inorganic particles act as physical crosslinkers, as proven by rheological characterization, which reported an increase in mechanical properties. The average load value registered in injection tests was in the range of 1.5-4.4 N, far below 30 N, considered a reasonable injection force upper limit. Samples were stable for up to 28 days and both CaP and CaP-GO accelerate mineralization as suggested by SEM and XRD analysis. No cytotoxic effects were shown on SAOS-2 cells cultured with eluates. This work demonstrated that the physicochemical properties of TOCNFs-based dispersions could be enhanced and modulated through the addition of the inorganic phases, maintaining the injectability and bioactivity of the hydrogels.

Indexed as

biocompositehydrogelhydroxylapatitemineralizationTEMPO-oxidized nanocellulose

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PMID34443033
PMCPMC8398032
OpenAlexW3189190960

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