Kest Verstappen, Alexey Klymov, Mónica Cicuéndez, Daniela M da Silva, Nathalie Barroca, Francisco-Javier Fernández-San-Argimiro, Iratxe Madarieta, Laura Casarrubios, María José Feito, Rosalía Diez-Orejas, Rita Ferreira, Sander C G Leeuwenburgh, María Teresa Portolés, Paula A A P Marques, X Frank Walboomers
Despite the immense need for effective treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI), no successful repair strategy has yet been clinically implemented. Multifunctional biomaterials, based on porcine adipose tissue-derived extracellular matrix (adECM) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO), were recently shown to stimulate in vitro neural stem cell growth and differentiation. Nevertheless, their functional performance in clinically more relevant in vivo conditions remains largely unknown. Before clinical application of these adECM-rGO nanocomposites can be considered, a rigorous assessment of the cytotoxicity and biocompatibility of these biomaterials is required...
June 2024: Materials today. Bio