Polymers, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 17(9), С. 1163 - 1163
Опубликована: Апрель 24, 2025
Mesenchymal stromal cell-derived small extracellular vesicles (MSC-sEVs) have shown great promise in promoting tissue repair, including skin wound healing, but challenges like rapid degradation and short retention limited their clinical application. Hydrogels emerged as effective carriers for sustained EV release. Three-dimensional printing enables the development of personalized substitutes tailored to size shape. This study aimed develop 3D bioprinted gelatin–genipin hydrogels incorporating human umbilical cord MSC-sEVs (hUCMSC-sEVs) future healing applications. Gelatin (8% 10% w/v) were crosslinked with 0.3% genipin (GECL) improve stability. The evaluated suitability extrusion-based bioprinting physicochemical properties, such swelling ratio, hydrophilicity, enzymatic degradation, water vapor transmission rate (WVTR). Chemical characterization was performed using EDX, XRD, FTIR. hUCMSC-sEVs isolated via centrifugation tangential flow filtration (TFF) characterized. successfully demonstrated superior high a ratio ~500%, slower optimal WVTR. hUCMSC-sEVs, ranging from 50 200 nm, positive surface cytosolic markers. Adding 75 μg/mL hUCMSC-EVs into GECL significantly improved biocompatibility. These offer ideal properties demonstrating potential biomaterial scaffolds regeneration
Язык: Английский