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ArticleScience advances2023

Cooperative assembly of a designer peptide and silk fibroin into hybrid nanofiber gels for neural regeneration after spinal cord injury.

Feng Feng, Xiyong Song, Zan Tan, Yujie Tu, Longyou Xiao, Pengfei Xie, Yahao Ma, Xiumin Sun, Junwu Ma, Limin Rong and 1 more

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Article in Science advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Feng FengDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1640-6756
Xiyong SongInstitute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE), University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-5088-3783
Zan TanDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2522-699X
Yujie TuCollege of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Longyou XiaoDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China.
Pengfei XieCollege of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9176-6372
Yahao MaCollege of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Xiumin SunDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China.
Junwu MaDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4799-9854
Limin RongDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0373-7393
Liumin HeDepartment of Spine Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0476-8784
Sun Yat-sen University · CNJinan University · CNUniversity of Helsinki · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Local reconstruction of a permissive environment with biomaterials is a promising strategy to treat spinal cord injury (SCI). We reported a hybrid hydrogel fabricated from a small functional self-assembling peptide (F-SAP) and large silk fibroin (SF). The diffusion of SF micelles into F-SAP solution was driven by the dynamic synergy between osmotic pressure and F-SAP/SF electrostatic interactions, resulting in the rearrangement of SF micelles and the formation of rod-like filaments with axes nearly perpendicular to F-SAP nanofibers. Spectroscopy analysis, including circular dichroism, Raman and fluorescence, indicated conformation changes of SF from random coil to β sheet, which contributed to enhanced mechanical properties of the resultant hybrid hydrogel. Furthermore, the F-SAP/SF hybrid hydrogel coupled with controlled release of NT-3 provided a permissive environment for neural regeneration by providing nanofibrous substrates for regenerating axons, inflammatory modulation and remyelination, consequently resulting in improved locomotion and electrophysiological properties. This hydrogel could be used as a long-term stent in vivo for the treatment of SCI.

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FibroinsNanofibersSpinal Cord InjuriesHumansHydrogelsMicellesPeptidesTissue ScaffoldsFibroinsHydrogelsMicellesPeptides

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PMID37352345
PMCPMC10289662
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