Collagen electrospinning

Sell SA et al (2009) Electrospinning of collagen/biopolymers for regenerative medicine and cardiovascular tissue engineering. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 61(12) 1007-1019... 

Boland ED et al (2004) Electrospinning collagen and elastin preliminary vascular tissue engineering. Front Biosci 9 1422-1432... 

Zhong S et al (2006) An aligned nanofibrous collagen scaffold by electrospinning and its effects on in vitro fibroblast culture. J Biomed Mater Res A 79(3) 456-463... 

In order to more accurately mimic the natural ECM, research has also examined the electrospinning of natural materials such as collagen [43, 44], chitosan [45],... 

Bone is a natural composite comprised of type I collagen and calcium phosphate minerals, of which nanocrystalline apatite is the main component [39, 40]. Certain osteoconductive bioceramics exert an effect on bone cell attachment and growth factor binding or release, and can accelerate the treatment of bone defects [41-43]. Polymer composite scaffolds can be produced, via electrospinning, which contain a specific amount of electrical charge in order to form non-woven fibrous meshes with fibre dimensions in the nano- to microscale [44-46]. 

E.D. Boland, J.A. Matthews, K.J. Pawlowski, D.G. Simpson, G.E. Wnek, G.L. Bowlin, Electrospinning collagen and elastin preUminary vascular tissue engineering. Front. Biosci. 9 (1422) (2004) C1432. 

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