• 한국고분자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국고분자학회 2006년도 IUPAC International Symposium on Advanced Polymers for Emerging Technologies
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• pp.179-179
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• 2006

PLGA/HA composite scaffold fabricated by GF/PL method showed enhanced mechanical property, hydrophilicity and osteoconductivity compared with the SC/PL scaffolds, and this enhancement was most likely due to a higher extent of exposure of HA particles to the scaffold surface. The biodegradable polymer/bioceramic composite scaffolds fabricated by the GF/PL method could enhance bone regeneration efficacy for the treatment of bone defects compared with conventional composite scaffolds.

• Macromolecular Research
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.158-167
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• 2002

In order to endow with new bioactive functionality from small intestine submucosa (SIS) powder as natural source to poly (L-lactide) (PLA) and poly (lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) synthetic biodegradable polymer, porous SIS/PLA and SIS/PLGA as natural/synthetic composite scaffolds were prepared by means of the solvent casting/salt leaching methods for the possibility of the application of tissue engineered bone and cartilage. A uniform distribution of good interconnected pores from the surface to core region was observed the pore size of 40~500 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ independent with SIS amount using the solvent casting/salt leaching method. Porosities, specific pore areas as well as pore size distribution also were almost same. After the fabrication of SIS/PLA hybrid scaffolds, the wetting properties was greatly enhanced resulting in more uniform cell seeding and distribution. Five groups as PGA non-woven mesh without glutaraldehyde (GA) treatment, PLA scaffold without or with GA treatment, and SIS/PLA (Code No.3 ; 1 : 12 of salt content, (0.4 : 1 of SIS content, and 144 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ of median pore size) without or with GA treatment were implanted into the back of nude mouse to observe the effect of SIS on the induction of cells proliferation by hematoxylin and eosin, and von Kossa staining for 8 weeks. It was observed that the effect of SIS/PLA scaffolds with GA treatment on bone induction are stronger than PLA scaffolds, that is to say, in the order of PLA/SIS scaffolds with GA treatment > PLA/SIS scaffolds without GA treatment > PGA nonwoven > PLA scaffolds only with GA treatment = PLA scaffolds only without GA treatment for the osteoinduction activity. The possible explanations are (1) many kinds of secreted, circulating, and extracellular matrix-bound growth factors from SIS to significantly affect critical processes of tissue development and differentiation, (2) the exposure of SIS to GA resulted in significantly calcification, and (3) peri-implant fibrosis due to covalent bonding between collagen molecule by crosslinking reaction. In conclusion, it seems that SIS plays an important role for bone induction in SIS/PLA scaffolds for the application of tissue engineering area.

• Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.673-697
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• 2018

BACKGROUND: Cartilage tissue engineering (CTE) aims to obtain a structure mimicking native cartilage tissue through the combination of relevant cells, three-dimensional scaffolds, and extraneous signals. Implantation of 'matured' constructs is thus expected to provide solution for treating large injury of articular cartilage. Type I collagen is widely used as scaffolds for CTE products undergoing clinical trial, owing to its ubiquitous biocompatibility and vast clinical approval. However, the long-term performance of pure type I collagen scaffolds would suffer from its limited chondrogenic capacity and inferior mechanical properties. This paper aims to provide insights necessary for advancing type I collagen scaffolds in the CTE applications. METHODS: Initially, the interactions of type I/II collagen with CTE-relevant cells [i.e., articular chondrocytes (ACs) and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)] are discussed. Next, the physical features and chemical composition of the scaffolds crucial to support chondrogenic activities of AC and MSC are highlighted. Attempts to optimize the collagen scaffolds by blending with natural/synthetic polymers are described. Hybrid strategy in which collagen and structural polymers are combined in non-blending manner is detailed. RESULTS: Type I collagen is sufficient to support cellular activities of ACs and MSCs; however it shows limited chondrogenic performance than type II collagen. Nonetheless, type I collagen is the clinically feasible option since type II collagen shows arthritogenic potency. Physical features of scaffolds such as internal structure, pore size, stiffness, etc. are shown to be crucial in influencing the differentiation fate and secreting extracellular matrixes from ACs and MSCs. Collagen can be blended with native or synthetic polymer to improve the mechanical and bioactivities of final composites. However, the versatility of blending strategy is limited due to denaturation of type I collagen at harsh processing condition. Hybrid strategy is successful in maximizing bioactivity of collagen scaffolds and mechanical robustness of structural polymer. CONCLUSION: Considering the previous improvements of physical and compositional properties of collagen scaffolds and recent manufacturing developments of structural polymer, it is concluded that hybrid strategy is a promising approach to advance further collagen-based scaffolds in CTE.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.210-214
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 생분해성 고분자 담체인 PGA 담체에 부착된 간세포의 이식을 통해서 이식된 간세포가 괴사하지 않고 남아 있으며 간 조직 구조의 일종인 담세관 유사구조를 확인하였다. 조직공학적인 간세포 이식 방법의 개발은 간 질환에 새로운 치료방법 개발의 가능성을 열어줄 수 있다.

• 폴리머
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.476-485
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 고분자 지지체를 만든 후 약물을 흡수시켜 방출 특성을 검토하는 기존의 방법에서 나타나는 초기 과다 방출이라는 단점을 보완하고 장기간에 걸친 약물방출이 가능한 고분자 지지체를 구축하기 위해 광반응 관능기를 갖는 히아루론산과 sodium alginate 유도체로 세포의 성장을 촉진하는 약물을 함입한 미립자를 만들고 이를 성형가공한 고분자 지지체를 제작하여 약물 방출 특성을 검토하였다. 이러한 방법으로 만들어진 지지체는 초기 방출이 억제되고 오랜 기간 동안 지속적으로 약물을 서서히 방출하였으며, 뿐만 아니라 천연고분자가 갖는 생체내 분해 특성으로 인하여 일정한 기간 동안 형태를 유지하며 지지체로 기능을 한 이후 분해되어 재생된 조직이 손상조직과 대체 가능하므로, 세포의 성장과 분화를 유도하는 손상조직 대체용 고분자 지지체 본연의 목적을 달성할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 폴리머
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.141-147
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• 2013

Poly(lactide-co-glycolic acid)(PLGA)는 좋은 기계적 성질과 생분해성으로 약물전달시스템 또는 조직공학적으로 널리 이용되고 있으나 낮은 세포 부착률을 가지고 있어 피브린을 첨가하여 이를 보완하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서 사용된 지지체는 트롬빈과 피브리노겐, 그리고 세포을 혼합시킨 후 PLGA 지지체 위에 도포시켜 제조하였다. 세포의 부착 및 증식률을 측정하고자 PLGA/피브린 지지체에 늑연골 세포를 파종 후 1, 3일 및 7일 후 SEM과 MTT 분석을 통하여 측정하였으며, 세포외기질 형성에 미치는 피브린의 영향을 확인하고자 세포를 파종 후 누드마우스에 이식하여 GAG 및 콜라겐 합성의 효과를 확인하였다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 피브린이 혼합된 PLGA 지지체가 생체 내 외 환경에서 세포의 부착 및 증식에 미치는 영향을 확인하고자 연구를 진행하였다. 그 결과, PLGA/피브린 지지체가 기존의 PLGA 지지체와 비교하여 탁월한 세포 성장률을 나타내는 것으로 확인하였다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제49권12호
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• pp.655-661
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• 2016

Polymer brush is a soft material unit tethered covalently on the surface of scaffolds. It can induce functional and structural modification of a substrate's properties. Such surface coating approach has attracted special attentions in the fields of stem cell biology, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine due to facile fabrication, usability of various polymers, extracellular matrix (ECM)-like structural features, and in vivo stability. Here, we summarized polymer brush-based grafting approaches comparing self-assembled monolayer (SAM)-based coating method, in addition to physico-chemical characterization techniques for surfaces such as wettability, stiffness/elasticity, roughness, and chemical composition that can affect cell adhesion, differentiation, and proliferation. We also reviewed recent advancements in cell biological applications of polymer brushes by focusing on stem cell differentiation and 3D supports/implants for tissue formation. Understanding cell behaviors on polymer brushes in the scale of nanometer length can contribute to systematic understandings of cellular responses at the interface of polymers and scaffolds and their simultaneous effects on cell behaviors for promising platform designs.

• 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국재료학회 2009년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.12.1-12.1
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• 2009

Nano-hydroxyapatite (N-HAp)has shown the pivotal role in producing bone-regenerative materials since it has similarity to natural bone minerals in terms of size, morphology, and the composition. Currently, the combination of biopolymers and N-HAp is recognizedas an attractive approach in generating hybrid scaffolds for bone tissueengineering. Surface engineering is an important issue since it determines whether cells can effectively adhere and proliferate on porous scaffolds. We aim to develop a synthetic approach to porous 3D scaffolds by immobilizing N-HAp on pore surfaces. The discrete nano-level anchoring of N-HAp on the scaffold pore surface is achieved using surface-repellent stable colloidal N-HAp with surface phosphate functionality. This rational surface engineering enables surface-anchored N-HAp to express its overall intrinsic bioactivity,since N-HAp is not phase-mixed with the polymers. The porous polymer scaffolds with surface-immobilized N-HAp provide more favorable environments thanconventional bulk phase-mixed polymer/N-HAp scaffolds in terms of cellular interaction and growth. In vitro biological evaluation using alkalinephosphatase activity assay supports that immobilized N-HAp on pore surfaces of polymer scaffolds contributed to the more enhanced in vitro osteogenicpotential. Besides, the scaffolds with surface-exposed N-HAp provide favorable environments for enhanced in vivo bone tissue growth, estimated by characteristic biomarkers of bone formation such as collagen. The results suggest that newly developed hybrid scaffolds with surface-immobilized N-HApmay serve as a useful 3D substrate with pore surfaces featuring excellent bonetissue-regenerative properties. Acknowledgement. This research was supported by a grant (code #: 2009K000430) from 'Center for Nanostructured Materials Technology' under '21st Century Frontier R&D Programs' of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Korea.

• 폴리머
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.198-203
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• 2005

용융 압출 발포에 의하여 폴리락틱산(PLLA) 지지체를 제조하고 발포 조건이 지지체의 구조와 기계적 특성에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고 이를 염 추출법에 의하여 제조된 지지체와 비교하였다. 발포제를 함유한 PLLA 용융체가 압출기 및 다이에서 체류하는 시간이 발포제의 무게를 최대로 감소시키는 시간과 일치하여야 최적의 PLLA 지지체의 구조를 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였다. PLLA지지체의 구조를 유지하기 위해서는 발포제의 함량을 $10\;wt\%$ 이하로 조절해야 하며 PLLA 지지체의 다공도는 PLLA의 압출기에서의 체류시간에 가장 큰 영향을 받음을 알 수 있었다. 용융 압출 발포에 의하여 얻어진 지지체는 일반적으로 염 추출법에 의하여 제조된 지지체보다 다소 낮은 다공도를 갖지만 발포 조건의 조절에 의하여 적절한 다공 크기와 다공의 연결성을 가지며 동시에 우수한 기계적 특성을 가져 경조직 재생(hard tissue regeneration)용으로 사용이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.108-115
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• 2018

In bone tissue engineering, polycaprolactone (PCL) is one of the most widely used biomaterials to manufacture scaffolds as a synthetic polymer with biodegradability and biocompatibility. The polymer deposition system (PDS) with four axis heads, which can dispense bio-polymers, has been used in scaffold fabrication for tissue engineering applications. A dual-head deposition technology of PDS is an effective technique to fabricate 3D scaffolds. The electrospinning technology has been widely used to fabricate porous and highly interconnected polymer fibers. Thus, PDS can fabricate nanofiber-combined hybrid scaffolds using fused deposition modeling (FDM) and electrospinning methods. This study aims to fabricate nanofiber-combined scaffolds with uniform nanofibers using PDS. The PCL nanofibers were fabricated and evaluated according to the fabrication process parameters. PCL nanofibers were successfully fabricated when the applied voltage, tip-to-collector distance, flow rate, and solution concentration were 5 kV, 1 cm, 0.1 ml/h, and 8 wt%, respectively. The cell proliferation was evaluated according to the electrospinning time. Scanning electron microscopy was used to acquire images of the cross-sectioned hybrid scaffolds. The cell proliferation test of the PCL and nanofiber-combined hybrid scaffolds was performed using a CCK-8 assay according to the electrospinning time. The result of in-vitro cell proliferation using osteosarcoma MG-63 cells shows that the hybrid scaffold has good potential for bone regeneration.