Biomimetic Glycosaminoglycan-Enriched Electrospun Polymeric Scaffolds for Enhanced Early Tissue Regeneration

Morgane Meyer, Rana Smaida, Henri Favreau, Cristina Yus, Hervé Gegout, Manuel Arruebo, Nadia Bahlouli, Guy Ladam, Guillaume Conzatti, Stephan Lemmens, Guoqiang Hua, Florence Fioretti, Nadia Benkirane-Jessel · 2025

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Meyer and a large team built a tissue scaffold for early joint repair in twenty twenty-five. The scaffold is an implant meant to help damaged tissue regrow, aimed at osteoarthritis, a widespread joint disease that worsens from small early lesions. Prevention options for that early stage are few.

The scaffold is a fine fiber membrane spun from a medical polymer. It is enriched with glycosaminoglycans, sugar-rich molecules including hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate found in cartilage. These mimic the natural matrix around cartilage cells. The team measured the scaffold's structure, strength, water behavior, and stability. Lab tests checked that cells tolerate it and interact well with it. The authors present the design as a preventive strategy to preserve joint function, pending clinical translation.

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CREATORMorgane Meyer, Rana Smaida, Henri Favreau, Cristina Yus, Hervé Gegout, Manuel Arruebo, Nadia Bahlouli, Guy Ladam, Guillaume Conzatti, Stephan Lemmens, Guoqiang Hua, Florence Fioretti, Nadia Benkirane-Jessel
YEAR2025
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE65 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12733769

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