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JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A
卷 95A, 期 2, 页码 447-453出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32861
关键词
artificial corneal epithelium; limbal epithelial cells; collagen gel; plastic compression; scaffold
资金
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of United Kingdom [BB/F019742/1]
- BBSRC [BB/F019742/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/F019742/1] Funding Source: researchfish
We compare the use of plastically compressed collagen gels to conventional collagen gels as scaffolds onto which corneal limbal epithelial cells (LECs) are seeded to construct an artificial corneal epithelium. LECs were isolated from bovine corneas (limbus) and seeded onto either conventional uncompressed or novel compressed collagen gels and grown in culture. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) results showed that fibers within the uncompressed gel were loose and irregularly ordered, whereas the fibers within the compressed gel were densely packed and more evenly arranged. Quantitative analysis of LECs expansion across the surface of the two gels showed similar growth rates (p > 0.05). Under SEM, the LECs, expanded on uncompressed gels, showed a rough and heterogeneous morphology, whereas on the compressed gel, the cells displayed a smooth and homogeneous morphology. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results showed the compressed scaffold to contain collagen fibers of regular diameter and similar orientation resembling collagen fibers within the normal cornea. TEM and light microscopy also showed that cell-cell and cell-matrix attachment, stratification, and cell density were superior in LECs expanded upon compressed collagen gels. This study demonstrated that the compressed collagen gel was an excellent biomaterial scaffold highly suited to the construction of an artificial corneal epithelium and a significant improvement upon conventional collagen gels. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 95A: 447-453, 2010.
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