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ArticlePolymers2022

Polybutylene Succinate Processing and Evaluation as a Micro Fibrous Graft for Tissue Engineering Applications.

Giovanni Carlo Miceli, Fabio Salvatore Palumbo, Francesco Paolo Bonomo, Massimiliano Zingales, Mariano Licciardi

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Article in Polymers, 2022. 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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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Giovanni Carlo MiceliDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1895-8343
Fabio Salvatore PalumboDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy.
Francesco Paolo BonomoAdvanced Technology Network Center (ATeN Center), Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
Massimiliano ZingalesDipartimento di Ingegneria, Viale delle Scienze, Università degli Studi di Palermo, ed.8, 90128 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9093-9529
Mariano LicciardiDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4539-9337

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A microfibrous tubular scaffold has been designed and fabricated by electrospinning using poly (1,4-butylene succinate) as biocompatible and biodegradable material. The scaffold morphology was optimized as a small diameter and micro-porous conduit, able to foster cell integration, adhesion, and growth while avoiding cell infiltration through the graft's wall. Scaffold morphology and mechanical properties were explored and compared to those of native conduits. Scaffolds were then seeded with adult normal human dermal fibroblasts to evaluate cytocompatibility in vitro. Haemolytic effect was evaluated upon incubation with diluted whole blood. The scaffold showed no delamination, and mechanical properties were in the physiological range for tubular conduits: elastic modulus (17.5 ± 1.6 MPa), ultimate tensile stress (3.95 ± 0.17 MPa), strain to failure (57 ± 4.5%) and suture retention force (2.65 ± 0.32 N). The shown degradation profile allows the graft to provide initial mechanical support and functionality while being colonized and then replaced by the host cells. This combination of features might represent a step toward future research on PBS as a biomaterial to produce scaffolds that provide structure and function over time and support host cell remodelling.

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bile ductsbiomaterialselectrospinningpoly (1,4-butylene succinate)tissue engineeringvascular grafts

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PMID36365480
PMCPMC9655432

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