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Published on: August 24, 2018
Enhanced Bone Defect Repair by Polymeric Substitute Fillers of MultiArm Polyethylene Glycol-Crosslinked Hyaluronic
Jishan Yuan1, Panita Maturavongsadit2,3, Kamolrat Metavarayuth2
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Affiliated First People's Hospital to Jiangsu University, 8 Dianli Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212002, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Bone regeneration is still one of the greatest challenges for the treatment of bone defects since no current clinical approach has been proven effective. To develop an alternative biodegradable bone graft material, multiarm polyethylene glycol (PEG) crosslinked hyaluronic acid (HA) hydrogels are synthesized and applied to promote osteogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) with the ultimate goal for bone defect repair. The multiarm PEG-HA hydrogels provide a significant improvement of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity and calcium mineralization of the in vitro encapsulated MSCs under osteogenic condition after 3, 7, and 28 days. In addition, the multiarm PEG-HA hydrogels also facilitate healing of the cranial bone defects more effectively in a Sprague Dawley rat model after 10 weeks of implantation based on histological evaluations and microcomputed tomography analysis. These promising results set the stage for the development of innovative biodegradable hydrogels to provide a more effective and versatile treatment option for bone regeneration.
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