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MATERIALS
卷 15, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma15031041
关键词
wound healing; materials; skin substitutes; aerogel; chitin; chitosan; insect; drosophila; proteins; obst-A
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- Leipzig University
- University Leipzig BioImaging Core facility (BCF equipment) [INST 268/293-1, SFB-TR67, EFRE 100192650, 100195814, 100144684, INST268/230-1]
Producing synthetic biocompatible matrices that exhibit specialized flexibility, stability, and biodegradability is challenging but important for improved wound healing and biomedical applications. Synthetic chitin/chitosan matrices can provide the desired advantages, but they need to be modified to improve their properties. Bioinspired techniques such as hydrogel and aerogel can be used to improve synthetic chitin/chitosan matrices by borrowing ideas from the natural molecular toolbox.
Improved wound healing of burnt skin and skin lesions, as well as medical implants and replacement products, requires the support of synthetical matrices. Yet, producing synthetic biocompatible matrices that exhibit specialized flexibility, stability, and biodegradability is challenging. Synthetic chitin/chitosan matrices may provide the desired advantages for producing specialized grafts but must be modified to improve their properties. Synthetic chitin/chitosan hydrogel and aerogel techniques provide the advantages for improvement with a bioinspired view adapted from the natural molecular toolbox. To this end, animal genetics provide deep knowledge into which molecular key factors decisively influence the properties of natural chitin matrices. The genetically identified proteins and enzymes control chitin matrix assembly, architecture, and degradation. Combining synthetic chitin matrices with critical biological factors may point to the future direction with engineering materials of specific properties for biomedical applications such as burned skin or skin blistering and extensive lesions due to genetic diseases.
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