Electrospun nanofibrous 3D scaffold for bone tissue engineering.

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Date publication

janvier 2012

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr BENKIRANE-JESSEL Nadia, Pr MAINARD Didier


Tous les auteurs :
Eap S, Ferrand A, Palomares CM, Hebraud A, Stoltz JF, Mainard D, Schlatter G, Benkirane-Jessel N

Résumé

Tissue engineering aims at developing functional substitutes for damaged tissues by mimicking natural tissues. In particular, tissue engineering for bone regeneration enables healing of some bone diseases. Thus, several methods have been developed in order to produce implantable biomaterial structures that imitate the constitution of bone. Electrospinning is one of these methods. This technique produces nonwoven scaffolds made of nanofibers which size and organization match those of the extracellular matrix. Until now, seldom electrospun scaffolds were produced with thickness exceeding one millimeter. This article introduces a new kind of electrospun membrane called 3D scaffold of thickness easily exceeding one centimeter. The manufacturing involves a solution of poly(epsilon-caprolactone) in DMF/DCM system. The aim is to establish parameters for electrospinning in order to characterize these 3D scaffolds and, establish whether such scaffolds are potentially interesting for bone regeneration.

Référence

Biomed Mater Eng. 2012;22(1-3):137-41