J Korean Assoc Maxillofac Plast Reconstr Surg.
2010 Jan;32(1):9-15.
BONE REGENERATION WITH INJECTABLE MPEG-PCL DIBLOCK COPOLYMER AND BONE MARROW MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Medicine, Korea University, Korea. omfs1109@korea.ac.kr
Abstract
- AIM OF THE STUDY: As an injectable scaffold, MPEG-PCL diblock copolymer was applied in bone tissue engineering. In vivo bone formation was evaluated by soft X-ray, histology based on the rat calvarial critical size defect model.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
New bone formation was evaluated with MPEG-PCL diblock copolymer in rat calvarial critical size bone defect. No graft was served as control. 4, 8 weeks after implantation, gross evidence of bone regeneration was evaluated by histology and soft X-ray analysis.
RESULTS
The improved and effective bone regeneration was achieved with the BMP-2 and osteoblasts loaded MPEG-PCL diblock copolymer.
CONCLUSION
It was confirmed that MPEG-PCL temperature sensitive hydrogels was useful as an injectable scaffold in bone regeneration.
