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ArticleRegenerative biomaterials2023

A controllable gelatin-based microcarriers fabrication system for the whole procedures of MSCs amplification and tissue engineering.

Zixian Wang, Xiuxiu Zhang, Limin Xue, Gangwei Wang, Xinda Li, Jianwei Chen, Ruxiang Xu, Tao Xu

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Article in Regenerative biomaterials, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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8 authors.

Zixian WangPrecision Medicine and Healthcare Research Center, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI), Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.
Xiuxiu ZhangPrecision Medicine and Healthcare Research Center, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI), Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.
Limin XueDepartment of Research and Development, Huaqing Zhimei (Shenzhen) Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518107, People's Republic of China.
Gangwei WangDepartment of Emergency, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, People's Republic of China.
Xinda LiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610072, People's Republic of China.
Jianwei ChenBio-intelligent Manufacturing and Living Matter Bioprinting Center, Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518057, People's Republic of China.
Ruxiang XuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610072, People's Republic of China.
Tao XuPrecision Medicine and Healthcare Research Center, Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI), Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, People's Republic of China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biopolymer microbeads present substantial benefits for cell expansion, tissue engineering, and drug release applications. However, a fabrication system capable of producing homogeneous microspheres with high precision and controllability for cell proliferation, passaging, harvesting and downstream application is limited. Therefore, we developed a co-flow microfluidics-based system for the generation of uniform and size-controllable gelatin-based microcarriers (GMs) for mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) expansion and tissue engineering. Our evaluation of GMs revealed superior homogeneity and efficiency of cellular attachment, expansion and harvest, and MSCs expanded on GMs exhibited high viability while retaining differentiation multipotency. Optimization of passaging and harvesting protocols was achieved through the addition of blank GMs and treatment with collagenase, respectively. Furthermore, we demonstrated that MSC-loaded GMs were printable and could serve as building blocks for tissue regeneration scaffolds. These results suggested that our platform held promise for the fabrication of uniform GMs with downstream application of MSC culture, expansion and tissue engineering.

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gelatin-based microcarriersmicrofluidicsMSCs expansionsize-controllabilitytissue engineering

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PMID37638061
PMCPMC10458456

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