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Construction of bionic tissue engineering cartilage scaffold based on three-dimensional printing and oriented frozen technology
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Construction of bionic tissue engineering cartilage scaffold based on three-dimensional printing and oriented frozen technology

Yuanyuan Xu, Xiao Guo, Shuaitao Yang, Long Li, Peng Zhang, Wei Sun, Changyong Liu and Shengli Mi
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A, v 106(6), pp 1664-1676
01 Jun 2018
PMID: 29460433

Abstract

Engineering Engineering, Biomedical Materials Science Materials Science, Biomaterials Science & Technology Technology
Articular cartilage (AC) has gradient features in both mechanics and histology as well as a poor regeneration ability. The repair of AC poses difficulties in both research and the clinic. In this paper, a gradient scaffold based on poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA)-extracellular matrix was proposed. Cartilage scaffolds with a three-layer gradient structure were fabricated by PLGA through three-dimensional printing, and the microstructure orientation and pore fabrication were made by decellularized extracellular matrix injection and directional freezing. The manufactured scaffold has a mechanical strength close to that of real cartilage. A quantitative optimization of the Young's modulus and shear modulus was achieved by material mechanics formulas, which achieved a more accurate mechanical bionic and a more stable interface performance because of the one-time molding process. At the same time, the scaffolds have a bionic and gradient microstructure orientation and pore size, and the stratification ratio can be quantitatively optimized by design of the freeze box and temperature simulation. In general, this paper provides a method to optimize AC scaffolds by both mechanics and histology as well as a bionic multimaterial scaffold. This paper is of significance for cell culture and clinical transplantation experiments. (c) 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 106A: 1664-1676, 2018.

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