The effects of pore size in bilayered poly(lactide-co-glycolide) scaffolds on restoring osteochondral defects in rabbits
The effects of pore size in bilayered poly(lactide-co-glycolide) scaffolds on restoring osteochondral defects in rabbits
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双层聚丙交酯-乙交酯共聚物支架孔径对兔骨软骨缺损修复的影响
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10.1002/jbm.a.34683
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发表时间:
2014-01-01
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4.9
通讯作者:
Ding, Jiandong
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作者:
Duan, Pingguo;Pan, Zhen;Ding, Jiandong
Bilayered porous scaffolds have recently attracted interest because of their considerable promise for repairing osteochondral defects. However, determination of optimal pore size in bilayered porous scaffolds remains an important issue. This study investigated the in vivo effects of pore size in bilayered scaffolds using a rabbit model of osteochondral defects. We fabricated five types of integrated bilayered poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) scaffolds with different pore sizes in the chondral and osseous layers (50-100 mu m, 100-200 mu m, 200-300 mu m, and 300-450 mu m). A subset of bilayered scaffolds seeded with or without allogenic bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) was implanted in rabbit osteochondral defects. All of the cell/scaffold composite constructs supported the simultaneous regeneration of articular cartilage and subchondral bone, but the best results were observed in cell-seeded PLGA scaffolds with 100-200 mu m pores in the chondral layer and 300-450 mu m pores in the osseous layer. Our study supports the concept that the effects of pore size on osteochondral repair should be taken into consideration during scaffold design for tissue engineering. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 102A: 180-192, 2014.