• 文献标题:   Micro- and nano-patterned conductive graphene-PEG hybrid scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SMITH AST, YOO H, YI H, AHN EH, LEE JH, SHAO GZ, NAGORNYAK E, LAFLAMME MA, MURRY CE, KIM DH
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  • 出版物名称:   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
  • ISSN:   1359-7345 EI 1364-548X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Washington
  • 被引频次:   16
  • DOI:   10.1039/c7cc01988b
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

A lack of electrical conductivity and structural organization in currently available biomaterial scaffolds limits their utility for generating physiologically representative models of functional cardiac tissue. Here we report on the development of scalable, graphene-functionalized topographies with anisotropic electrical conductivity for engineering the structural and functional phenotypes of macroscopic cardiac tissue constructs. Guided by anisotropic electroconductive and topographic cues, the tissue constructs displayed structural property enhancement in myofibrils and sarcomeres, and exhibited significant increases in the expression of cell-cell coupling and calcium handling proteins, as well as in action potential duration and peak calcium release.