Biodegradable porous silk microtubes for tissue vascularization

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality around the globe, and microvasculature replacements to help stem these diseases are not available. Additionally, some vascular surgeries needing small-diameter vascular grafts present different performance requirements. In this work, silk fi...

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Autores principales: Bosio, Valeria Elizabeth, Brown, J., Rodriguez, M. J., Kaplan, D. L.
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/81258
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language Inglés
topic Química
silk fibroin scaffolds
microtubes
polyethylene oxide
cardiovascular diseases
spellingShingle Química
silk fibroin scaffolds
microtubes
polyethylene oxide
cardiovascular diseases
Bosio, Valeria Elizabeth
Brown, J.
Rodriguez, M. J.
Kaplan, D. L.
Biodegradable porous silk microtubes for tissue vascularization
topic_facet Química
silk fibroin scaffolds
microtubes
polyethylene oxide
cardiovascular diseases
description Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality around the globe, and microvasculature replacements to help stem these diseases are not available. Additionally, some vascular surgeries needing small-diameter vascular grafts present different performance requirements. In this work, silk fibroin scaffolds based on silk/polyethylene oxide blends were developed as microtubes for vasculature needs and for different tissue regeneration times, mechanical properties and structural designs. Systems with 13, 14 and 15% silk alone or blended with 1 or 2% of polyethylene oxide (PEO) were used to generate porous microtubes by gel spinning. Microtubes with inner diameters (IDs) of 150–300 mm and 100 mm wall thicknesses were fabricated. The systems were assessed for porosity, mechanical properties, enzymatic degradability, and in vitro vascular endothelial cell attachment and metabolic activity. After 14 days, all the tubes supported the proliferation of cells and the cell attachment increased with porosity. The silk tubes with PEO had similar crystallinity but a higher elastic modulus compared with the systems without PEO. The silk (13%)/PEO (1%) system showed the highest porosity (20 um pore diameter on average), the highest cell attachment and the fastest degradation profile. There was a good correlation between these parameters with silk concentration and the presence of PEO. The results demonstrate the ability to generate versatile and tunable tubular biomaterials based on silk–PEO blends with potential for microvascular grafts.
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Articulo
author Bosio, Valeria Elizabeth
Brown, J.
Rodriguez, M. J.
Kaplan, D. L.
author_facet Bosio, Valeria Elizabeth
Brown, J.
Rodriguez, M. J.
Kaplan, D. L.
author_sort Bosio, Valeria Elizabeth
title Biodegradable porous silk microtubes for tissue vascularization
title_short Biodegradable porous silk microtubes for tissue vascularization
title_full Biodegradable porous silk microtubes for tissue vascularization
title_fullStr Biodegradable porous silk microtubes for tissue vascularization
title_full_unstemmed Biodegradable porous silk microtubes for tissue vascularization
title_sort biodegradable porous silk microtubes for tissue vascularization
publishDate 2017
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/81258
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