Bioglass-Reinforced Spongin-Like Collagen Scaffolds for Osteoporotic Bone Tissue Engineering [PDF]
ACS OmegaOsteoporotic fractures pose a significant clinical challenge due to impaired bone regeneration. In this study, composite scaffolds based on Bioglass 45S5 (BG) and marine-derived spongin-like collagen (SPG) were developed and analyzed.
Matheus de Almeida Cruz +15 more
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Comparison of Different Methods for Spongin-like Collagen Extraction from Marine Sponges (Chondrilla caribensis and Aplysina fulva): Physicochemical Properties and In Vitro Biological Analysis [PDF]
Membranes, 2021 This study aimed to compare different protocols (Protocol 1: P1; Protocol 2: P2; Protocol 3: P3; Protocol 4: P4) for the extraction of spongin-like collagen (SC) from marine sponges. The SEM micrographs demonstrated a fibrillar structure for the extracts
Tiago A. T. Araújo +11 more
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Heterogeneous photosensitization for water reuse in cellars: evaluation of silica, spongin, and chitosan as carrier material. [PDF]
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, 2023 Photosensitization, a powerful oxidation reaction, offers significant potential for wastewater treatment in the context of industrial process water reuse.
Santos AD +8 more
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Rapid Hemostatic Biomaterial from a Natural Bath Sponge Skeleton [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2021 Uncontrolled bleeding is the main cause of mortality from trauma. Collagen has been developed as an important hemostatic material due to its platelet affinity function. A bath sponge skeleton is rich in collagen, also known as spongin.
Qinghua Wang +8 more
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Advanced Materials, Volume 33, Issue 30, July 28, 2021., 2021 The design of new composite materials using extreme biomimetics is of crucial importance for bioinspired materials science. Further progress in research and application of these new materials is impossible without understanding the mechanisms of ...
D. Tsurkan +31 more
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Phenotypic plasticity in the Caribbean sponge Callyspongia vaginalis (Porifera: Haplosclerida) [PDF]
Scientia Marina, 2010 Sponge morphological plasticity has been a long-standing source of taxonomic difficulty. In the Caribbean, several morphotypes of the sponge Callyspongia vaginalis have been observed.
Susanna López-Legentil +4 more
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Marine Spongin: Naturally Prefabricated 3D Scaffold-Based Biomaterial
Marine Drugs, 2018 The biosynthesis, chemistry, structural features and functionality of spongin as a halogenated scleroprotein of keratosan demosponges are still paradigms. This review has the principal goal of providing thorough and comprehensive coverage of spongin as a
Teofil Jesionowski +5 more
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3D Skeletal Scaffolds of Marine Keratosan Demosponges Origin as Renewable Sources for Bioinspiration in Modern Structural Biomimetics and Tissue Engineering [PDF]
BiomimeticsThis experimental review discusses evolutionarily approved, naturally pre-designed skeletal architectures of marine keratosan sponges in the form of 3D scaffolds, which have garnered increasing interest in the fields of structural and functional ...
Hermann Ehrlich +23 more
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Polymer Testing, 2021 The kinetic parameters of thermal degradation of 3D skeletal biopolymer spongin - isolated from the marine demosponge Hippospongia communis, using thermogravimetric analysis (TG) were evaluated.
Sonia Żółtowska +5 more
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Potential Biomedical Applications of Collagen Filaments derived from the Marine Demosponges Ircinia oros (Schmidt, 1864) and Sarcotragus foetidus (Schmidt, 1862) [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2021 Collagen filaments derived from the two marine demosponges Ircinia oros and Sarcotragus foetidus were for the first time isolated, biochemically characterised and tested for their potential use in regenerative medicine.
Marina Pozzolini +11 more
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