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. 2014 Jun:67:360-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.03.053. Epub 2014 Apr 3.

In vivo study of chitosan-natural nano hydroxyapatite scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration

Jong Seo Lee  1 , Sang Dae Baek  2 , Jayachandran Venkatesan  3 , Ira Bhatnagar  4 , Hee Kyung Chang  5 , Hui Taek Kim  6 , Se-Kwon Kim  7
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In vivo study of chitosan-natural nano hydroxyapatite scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration

Jong Seo Lee et al. Int J Biol Macromol. 2014 Jun.

Abstract

Significant development has been achieved with bioceramics and biopolymer scaffolds in the construction of artificial bone. In the present study, we have developed and compared chitosan-micro hydroxyapatite (chitosan-mHA) and chitosan-nano hydroxyapatite (chitosan-nHA) scaffolds as bone graft substitutes. The biocompatibility and cell proliferation of the prepared scaffolds were checked with preosteoblast (MC3T3-E1) cells. Total Volume (TV), bone volume (BV), bone surface (BS), trabecular thickness (Tb.Th), trabecular number (Tb.N) and trabecular separation (Tb.Sp) were found to be higher in chitosan-nHA than chitosan-mHA scaffold. Hence, we suggest that chitosan-nHA scaffold could be a promising biomaterial for bone tissue engineering.

Keywords: Chitosan; Marine biomaterials; Natural hydroxyapatite.

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