Journal
NEURAL REGENERATION RESEARCH
Volume 12, Issue 4, Pages 614-622Publisher
WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.205101
Keywords
nerve regeneration; three-dimensional printing; traumatic brain injury; tissue engineering; scaffolds; magnetic resonance imaging; collagen; chitosan; mimics; neural regeneration
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81301050, 81401067, 81271392, 81471275, 81541034]
- Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City of China [14JCQNJC10200, 15JCQNJC11100, 16JCYBJC27600]
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Conventional fabrication methods lack the ability to control both macro- and micro-structures of generated scaffolds. Three-dimensional printing is a solid free-form fabrication method that provides novel ways to create customized scaffolds with high precision and accuracy. In this study, an electrically controlled cortical impactor was used to induce randomized brain tissue defects. The overall shape of scaffolds was designed using rat-specific anatomical data obtained from magnetic resonance imaging, and the internal structure was created by computer-aided design. As the result of limitations arising from insufficient resolution of the manufacturing process, we magnified the size of the cavity model prototype five-fold to successfully fabricate customized collagen-chitosan scaffolds using three-dimensional printing. Results demonstrated that scaffolds have three-dimensional porous structures, high porosity, highly specific surface areas, pore connectivity and good internal characteristics. Neural stem cells co-cultured with scaffolds showed good viability, indicating good biocompatibility and biodegradability. This technique may be a promising new strategy for regenerating complex damaged brain tissues, and helps pave the way toward personalized medicine.
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