A PVDF electrospun antifibrotic composite for use as a glaucoma drainage implant
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F46747885%3A24210%2F21%3A00007891" target="_blank" >RIV/46747885:24210/21:00007891 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/27283933:_____/21:00007891 RIV/46747885:24410/21:00007891
Result on the web
<a href="https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/eid/1-s2.0-S0928493120335554" target="_blank" >https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/eid/1-s2.0-S0928493120335554</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2020.111637" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.msec.2020.111637</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A PVDF electrospun antifibrotic composite for use as a glaucoma drainage implant
Original language description
Glaucoma disease therapy frequently involves the application of a glaucoma implant. This approach is effective in terms of reducing the intraocular pressure via the filtering of intraocular fluid from the anterior chamber into the drainage pathways. The basic properties of such implants comprise of long-term stability and the filtering of fluids without the occurrence of undesirable blockages. This study describes the design and production of a novel material for the treatment of glaucoma disease that is based on electrospinning technology. Non-toxic, biocompatible and non-degradable polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF) was selected as the implant material. The research investigated the resistance of this material to the growth of a fibroblast cell line without the use of antifibrotic agents such as mitomycin C. Three different types of PVDF were electrospun separately and mixed with polyethyleneoxide (PEO), following which the degree of cell growth resistance was evaluated. It was discovered that the fiber layers that contained PVDF blended with PEO evinced a statistically significant difference in metabolic activity compared to the PURE PVDF layers. Only small cell clusters formed on the layers that were resistant to cell fibrotization. As a result of the observed clustering, a new program was developed in MATLAB software for the determination of the number of cells involved in cluster formation, which then allowed for the determination of the spatial dependence between the cells in the form of a point pattern. The study describes a simple technique for the production of composite PVDF PEO structures suitable for use in the field of glaucoma treatment. Article in Materials Science and Engineering: C (vol. 119). Funding received from SGS projects Reg. No. 21311 and Reg. No. 21405.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20903 - Bioproducts (products that are manufactured using biological material as feedstock) biomaterials, bioplastics, biofuels, bioderived bulk and fine chemicals, bio-derived novel materials
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Materials Science and Engineering C
ISSN
0928-4931
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
119
Issue of the periodical within the volume
February
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
000600870400004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85094324343