Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (39): 6359-6363.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.39.022

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Application of collagen and silk fibroin scaffolds in spinal cord tissue engineering

Zhu Xiang1, Chen Xu-yi2, Liu Ying-fu3, Xing Ran1, Tu Yue2   

  1. 1Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China; 2Department of Brain, Affiliated Hospital of Logistics College of CAPF, Tianjin 300162, China; 3Department of Clinical Medicine, Logistics College of CAPF, Tianjin 300309, China
  • Online:2014-09-17 Published:2014-09-17
  • Contact: Tu Yue, Professor, Master’s supervisor, Department of Brain, Affiliated Hospital of Logistics College of CAPF, Tianjin 300162, China
  • About author:Zhu Xiang, Studying for master’s degree, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China
  • Supported by:

    the Science and Technology Support Program of Tianjin, No. 14ZCZDGX00500; the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 11102235; the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin, No. 12JCZDJC24100; the Scientific Fund of Tianjin Health Bureau, No. 2013KZ134; the Seed Fund of the Affiliated Hospital of Logistics College of CAPF, No. FYM201432

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Collagen and silk fibroin materials for construction of spinal cord scaffolds have been proven to repair or partially repair damaged spinal cord nerve function.

OBJECTIVE: To introduce partial characteristics of the collagen and silk fibroin and to review the recent progress and application as scaffolds in spinal cord tissue engineering.

 

METHODS: A computer-based search of CNKI and PubMed databases (2003-01/2012-10) was performed for articles addressing the application of collagen and silk fibroin scaffolds in spinal cord injury with the keywords of “collagen, silk fibroin, scaffold, spinal cord injury” in Chinese and English, respectively.

 

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Collagen has low antigenicity, good biocompatibility and biodegradability. Collagen and its degradation products can cause no inflammatory reactions in the body, but have the disadvantages of rapid degradation and poor mechanical properties. Silk fibroin has good biocompatibility and excellent mechanical properties, but its degradation is slow. The collagen and silk fibroin are compounded using an electrostatic spinning technology to improve the physical properties of the material on the basis of maintaining good biocompatibility. At present, fibroin or collagen materials in terms of nervous system repair have been studied, laying some foundation for spinal cord tissue engineering. Considering the similar characteristics and mechanics performance to the spinal cord tissue, collagen/silk fibroin composite materials are expected to become the ideal scaffold materials for spinal cord tissue engineering.

 

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:生物材料;骨生物材料; 口腔生物材料; 纳米材料; 缓释材料; 材料相容性;组织工程


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Key words: collagen, silk, spinal cord injuries

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