A study on the in vitro degradation of poly(L-lactide)/chitosan microspheres scaffolds

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    摘要 Recentresearchshowsthattheadditionofchitosanmicrospheres(CMs)topoly(L-lactide)(PLLA)canresultinacompositescaffoldmaterialwithimprovedbiocompatibilityandmechanicalpropertiesfortissueengineeringapplications.However,researchregardingtheinfluenceofCMsonscaffolddegradationisabsentintheliterature.ThispaperpresentsastudyontheinvitrodegradationofscaffoldsmadefromPLLAwithCMs.Inthisstudy,thePLLA/CMsscaffoldswitha25%ratioofCMstoPLLAwereimmersedinphosphate-bufferedsaline(PBS)solutionat37℃for8weeks.Theinvitrodegradationofthescaffoldswasinvestigatedusingmicro-computedtomography(μCT),weightlossanalysis,Ramanspectroscopy,anddifferentialscanningcalorimetry(DSC).MicrostructurechangesduringdegradationweremonitoredusingμCT.TheμCTresultswereconsistentwiththeresultsobtainedfromRamanspectraandDSCanalysis,whichreflectedthataddingCMsintoPLLAcandecreasethedegradationratecomparedwithpurePLLAscaffolds.TheresultssuggestthatPLLA/CMsscaffolddegradationcanberegulatedandcontrolledtomeetrequirementsimposedagiventissueengineeringapplication.
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    出版日期 2013年01月11日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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