Dexamethasone-loaded carboxymethylchitosan/poly(amidoamine) dendrimer nanoparticles enhances bone formation in vivo

[Excerpt] Dexamethasone-loaded carboxymethylchitosan/poly(amidoamine) dendrimer nanoparticles, CMC/PAMAM-Dex were successfully synthesized to find applications as a controlled system of relevant molecules in Bone Tissue Engineering. These are aimed at modulatingtheproliferation anddifferentiationofst...

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Main Author: Oliveira, J. M. (author)
Other Authors: Sousa, R. A. (author), Kotobuki, N. (author), Malafaya, P. B. (author), Hirose, M. (author), Mano, J. F. (author), Reis, R. L. (author), Ohgushi, H. (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/58599
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/58599
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Summary:[Excerpt] Dexamethasone-loaded carboxymethylchitosan/poly(amidoamine) dendrimer nanoparticles, CMC/PAMAM-Dex were successfully synthesized to find applications as a controlled system of relevant molecules in Bone Tissue Engineering. These are aimed at modulatingtheproliferation anddifferentiationofstem cells,both invitro and in vivo. In previous work, we have demonstrated that CMC/ PAMAM-Dex nanoparticles are internalized with high efficiency by different cell types, namely osteoblastic-cells, SaOs-2 and rat bone marrow stromal cells, RBMSCs. The biocompatibility of HA and SPCL scaffolds was also assessed by means of seeding RBMSCs onto the materials and performing a luminescent cell viability assay, after 24 and 72hrs. [...]