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Weft-knitted silk-poly(lactide-co-glycolide) mesh scaffold combined with collagen matrix and seeded with mesenchymal stem cells for rabbit Achilles tendon repair.
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Connective Tissue Research . Feb2015, Vol. 56 Issue 1, p25-34. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Natural silk fibroin fiber scaffolds have excellent mechanical properties, but degrade slowly. In this study, we used poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA, 10:90) fibers to adjust the overall degradation rate of the scaffolds and filled them with collagen to reserve space for cell growth. Silk fibroin-PLGA (36:64) mesh scaffolds were prepared using weft-knitting, filled with type I collagen, and incubated with rabbit autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). These scaffold-cells composites were implanted into rabbit Achilles tendon defects. At 16 weeks after implantation, morphological and histological observations showed formation of tendon-like tissues that expressed type I collagen mRNA and a uniformly dense distribution of collagen fibers. The maximum load of the regenerated Achilles tendon was 58.32% of normal Achilles tendon, which was significantly higher than control group without MSCs. These findings suggest that it is feasible to construct tissue engineered tendon using weft-knitted silk fibroin-PLGA fiber mesh/collagen matrix seeded with MSCs for rabbit Achilles tendon defect repair. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03008207
- Volume :
- 56
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Connective Tissue Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 100274679
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3109/03008207.2014.976309