Improved survival of cardiac cells on surface modified electrospun nanofibers |
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Authors: | Pallavi Pushp Frederico Castelo Ferreira Joaquim M Sampaio Cabral Mukesh Kumar Gupta |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering,National Institute of Technology,Rourkela, Odisha,India;2.iBB - Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Technico,Universidade de Lisboa,Lisboa,Portugal |
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Abstract: | Polycaprolactone (PCL) is a popular synthetic polymer used in the field of cardiac tissue engineering (CTE) due to its non-toxic degraded by products and low cost manufacturing method. However, hydrophobic nature of this material limits its wide spread application in different cell interaction processes. Therefore, current study aims to chemically modify PCL made random and aligned nanofibers with collagen coating mimicking the oriented matrix of the cardiac cells. Morphological and chemical properties of the electrospun PCL nanofibers were evaluated by SEM, FTIR, XRD and water contact angle measurement. Results indicated that the anisotropic characteristics of aligned nanofibers promoted cell attachment and alignment, which closely match the requirements of native cardiac cells. Thus, aligned nanofibers could be preferred for cardiac tissue regeneration and defects over random nanofibers. |
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