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조직공학을 위한 폴리에스터 합성과 의생명분야에의 응용
- Alternative Title
- Preparation and characterization of poly(caprolactone-ran-lactide) block copolymer and evaluation for biomedical application
- Author(s)
- Shim, Sun Woo
- Advisor
- 김문석
- Department
- 일반대학원 분자과학기술학과
- Publisher
- The Graduate School, Ajou University
- Publication Year
- 2014-02
- Language
- eng
- Alternative Abstract
- The present study employed a nerve guiding conduits (NGCs), which were made of small intestine submucosa (SIS) and poly(caprolactone-ran-lactide) (PCLA) to promote nerve regeneration in a peripheral nerve injury (PNI) model. The SIS- and PCLA-NGCs were easily prepared by rolling of a SIS sheet and a bioplotter using PCLA, respectively. The prepared SIS- and PCLA-NGCs fulfilled the general requirement for use as artificial peripheral NGCs such as easy fabrication, reproducibility for mass production, suturability, sterilizability, wettability, and proper mechanical properties to resist collapsing when applied to in vivo implantation. The SIS- and PCLA-NGCs appeared to be well integrated into the host sciatic nerve without causing dislocations and serious inflammation. All NGCs stably maintained their NGC shape for 8 weeks without collapsing, which matched well with the nerve regeneration rate. Staining of the NGCs in the longitudinal direction showed that the regenerated nerves grew successfully from the SIS- and PCLA-NGCs through the sciatic nerve-injured gap and connected from the proximal to distal direction along the NGC axis. SIS-NGCs exhibited a higher nerve regeneration rate than PCLA-NGCs. Collectively, this results indicate that SIS- and PCLA-NGCs induced nerve regeneration in a peripheral nerve injury model, a finding that has significant implications in the future with regard to the feasibility of clinical nerve regeneration with SIS- and PCLA-NGCs prepared through an easy fabrication method using promising biomaterials.
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