Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 26, Issue 14, Pages 1961-1968Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2004.06.032
Keywords
artificial skin; gelatin; salt leaching; scaffold
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Porous gelatin scaffolds were prepared using a salt-leaching method and these were compared to scaffolds fabricated using a freeze-drying method. The salt-leached gelatin scaffolds were easily formed into desired shapes with a uniformly distributed and interconnected pore structure with an average pore size of around 350mum. The mechanical strength and the biodegradation rate of the scaffolds increased with the porosity, and were easily modulated by the addition of salt. After 1 week of in vitro, culturing. the fibroblasts in salt-leached scaffolds were mainly attached on the surface of the pores in the scaffold, whereas cells seeded on freeze-dried scaffolds were widely distributed and aggregated on the top and the bottom of the scaffold. After 14 d of culturing, the fibroblasts showed a good affinity to, and proliferation on, the gelatin scaffolds without showing any signs of biodegradation. An in vivo study of cultured artificial dermal substitutes showed that an artificial dermis containing the fibroblasts enhanced the re-epithelialization of a full-thickness skin defect when compared to an acellular scaffold after I week. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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