ArticleFrontiers in medical technology2021
Microbial Transglutaminase Improves
Article in Frontiers in medical technology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Current surgical techniques to treat articular cartilage defects fail to produce a satisfactory long-term repair of the tissue. Regenerative approaches show promise in their ability to generate hyaline cartilage using biomaterials in combination with stem cells. However, the difficulty of seamlessly integrating the newly generated cartilage with the surrounding tissue remains a likely cause of long-term failure. To begin to address this integration issue, our strategy exploits a biological enzyme (microbial transglutaminase) to effect bioadhesion of a gelatin methacryloyl implant to host tissue. Mechanical characterization of the bioadhesive material shows that enzymatic crosslinking is compatible with photocrosslinking, allowing for a dual-crosslinked system with improved mechanical properties, and a slower degradation rate. Biocompatibility is illustrated with a 3D study of the metabolic activity of encapsulated human adipose derived stem cells. Furthermore, enzymatic crosslinking induced by transglutaminase is not prevented by the presence of cells, as measured by the bulk modulus of the material. Adhesion to human cartilage is demonstrated
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