A micro-fragmented collagen gel as a cell-assembling platform for critical limb ischemia repair

Autor: Haeun Chung, Jung-Kyun Choi, Changgi Hong, Youngseop Lee, Ki Hyun Hong, Seung Ja Oh, Jeongmin Kim, Soo-Chang Song, Jong-Wan Kim, Sang-Heon Kim
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Bioactive Materials, Vol 34, Iss , Pp 80-97 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2452-199X
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2023.12.008
Popis: Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is a devastating disease characterized by the progressive blockage of blood vessels. Although the paracrine effect of growth factors in stem cell therapy made it a promising angiogenic therapy for CLI, poor cell survival in the harsh ischemic microenvironment limited its efficacy. Thus, an imperative need exists for a stem-cell delivery method that enhances cell survival. Here, a collagen microgel (CMG) cell-delivery scaffold (40 × 20 μm) was fabricated via micro-fragmentation from collagen–hyaluronic acid polyionic complex to improve transplantation efficiency. Culturing human adipose-derived stem cells (hASCs) with CMG enabled integrin receptors to interact with CMG to form injectable 3-dimensional constructs (CMG-hASCs) with a microporous microarchitecture and enhanced mass transfer. CMG-hASCs exhibited higher cell survival (p
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