Recent advances in electrospun protein fibers/nanofibers for the food and biomedical applications

M Rostami, N Beheshtizadeh, FE Ranjbar… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrospinning (ES) is one of the most investigated processes for the convenient, adaptive,
and scalable manufacturing of nano/micro/macro-fibers. With this technique, virgin and …

[HTML][HTML] Borrowing from nature: biopolymers and biocomposites as smart wound care materials

G Suarato, R Bertorelli, A Athanassiou - Bioengineering and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Wound repair is a complex and tightly regulated physiological process, involving the
activation of various cell types throughout each subsequent step (homeostasis …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced mycelium materials as potential self-growing biomedical scaffolds

ME Antinori, M Contardi, G Suarato, A Armirotti… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Mycelia, the vegetative part of fungi, are emerging as the avant-garde generation of natural,
sustainable, and biodegradable materials for a wide range of applications. They are …

Preparation and characterization of thermally crosslinked poly (vinyl alcohol)/feather keratin nanofiber scaffolds

Y Esparza, A Ullah, Y Boluk, J Wu - Materials & Design, 2017 - Elsevier
Electrospun keratin nanofiber fabricated with non-toxic solvents and crosslinking reagents
are promising scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. Keratin from chicken feathers …

Fabrication and characterization of 3-dimensional electrospun poly (vinyl alcohol)/keratin/chitosan nanofibrous scaffold

MT Islam, RM Laing, CA Wilson, M McConnell… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Layer-by-layer three-dimensional nanofibrous scaffolds (3DENS) were produced using the
electrospinning technique. Interest in using biopolymers and application of electrospinning …

Nitric oxide-releasing poly (ε-caprolactone)/S-nitrosylated keratin biocomposite scaffolds for potential small-diameter vascular grafts

P Li, D Jin, J Dou, L Wang, Y Wang, X Jin, X Han… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rapid endothelialization and regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation are crucial for
small-diameter vascular grafts to address poor compliance, thromboembolism, and intimal …

The in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility evaluation of electrospun recombinant spider silk protein/PCL/gelatin for small caliber vascular tissue engineering scaffolds

P Xiang, SS Wang, M He, YH Han, ZH Zhou… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recombinant spider silk protein (pNSR32) and gelatin (Gt) were demonstrated to enhance
cytocompatibility of electrospun pNSR32/PCL/Gt scaffold. However, its potential pro …

From fabric to tissue: Recovered wool keratin/polyvinylpyrrolidone biocomposite fibers as artificial scaffold platform

G Suarato, M Contardi, G Perotto, HG Jose'A… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Keratin extracted from wool fibers has recently gained attention as an abundant source of
renewable, biocompatible material for tissue engineering and drug delivery applications …

Small-diameter vascular graft using co-electrospun composite PCL/PU nanofibers

N Jirofti, D Mohebbi-Kalhori, A Samimi… - Biomedical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Small-diameter vascular scaffolds have been developed by a co-electrospinning method
using polyethylene terephthalate (PCL) and elastic polytetrafluoroethylene (PU) as …

[HTML][HTML] Silkworm-based silk fibers by electrospinning

CJ Zhou, Y Li, SW Yao, JH He - Results in Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
Both fibroin-based and sericin-based biomaterials have been studying extensively due to
their wide applications, however the extraction of either fibroin or sericin protein is extremely …