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ArticleInternational journal of surgery (London, England)2025

3D-bioprinted functional scaffold based on synergistic induction of i-PRF and laponite exerts efficient and personalized bone regeneration via miRNA-mediated TGF-β/Smads signaling.

Bojun Cao, Kunqi Zhang, Rongtai Zuo, Zhiyang Kang, Jieming Lin, Zhixuan Kang, Dinghao Luo, Yimin Chai, Jia Xu, Qinglin Kang and 1 more

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Article in International journal of surgery (London, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Bojun CaoShanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Kunqi ZhangShanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Rongtai ZuoShanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Zhiyang KangShanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jieming LinDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Renji Hospital, South Campus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Zhixuan KangShanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Dinghao LuoClinical and Translational Research Center for 3D Printing Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yimin ChaiShanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jia XuShanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Qinglin KangShanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shuo QiuShanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

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Abstract

backgroundLimited stem cells, low vascularization efficiency, and weak osteoinductive activity plague the repair and reconstruction of bone defects with cell-free scaffolds.

methodsHerein, injectable platelet-rich fibrin (i-PRF) was loaded into a alginate methacryloyl (AlgMA)/gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA)-methylcellulose (AGM) bioink system and constructed a porous hydrogel scaffold by 3D bioprinting. The addition of nanosilicate-laponite (Lap) further enhanced this scaffold and synergized with i-PRF to promote efficient and personalized cranial regeneration.

resultsAt the biochemical level, Lap significantly enhanced the ability of the scaffold to retard growth factor release, and multiple physiologically proportional growth factors in the scaffold synergistically promoted rapid neoangiogenesis and concomitantly recruited endogenous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs). More importantly, the bioactive ions released by Lap markedly promoted the proliferation of BMSCs and consistently induced the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs. At the immunological level, i-PRF-AGM@Lap significantly attenuates the inflammatory response by promoting macrophage M2 polarization. Mechanistically, miRNA sequencing and functional validation experiments demonstrated that bioactive ions released by Lap could synergize with growth factors in i-PRF to promote osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs through the miR-21 and miR-125a-mediated transforming growth factor-β/Smads signaling pathway.

conclusionThe results of this study provide a new idea for the personalized treatment of bone defects.

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BioprintingBone RegenerationPlatelet-Rich FibrinPrinting, Three-DimensionalSilicatesTissue ScaffoldsAnimalsHumansMaleMesenchymal Stem CellsMicroRNAsOsteogenesisSignal TransductionSmad ProteinsTransforming Growth Factor betalaponiteMicroRNAsSilicatesSmad ProteinsTransforming Growth Factor beta3D bioprintingbone regenerationi-PRFpersonalized treatment

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PMCPMC12165544

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