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Lookup NU author(s): Abi Isaacson, Dr Steve Swioklo, Professor Che ConnonORCiD
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© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Corneal transplantation constitutes one of the leading treatments for severe cases of loss of corneal function. Due to its limitations, a concerted effort has been made by tissue engineers to produce functional, synthetic corneal prostheses as an alternative recourse. However, successful translation of these therapies into the clinic has not yet been accomplished. 3D bioprinting is an emerging technology that can be harnessed for the fabrication of biological tissue for clinical applications. We applied this to the area of corneal tissue engineering in order to fabricate corneal structures that resembled the structure of the native human corneal stroma using an existing 3D digital human corneal model and a suitable support structure. These were 3D bioprinted from an in-house collagen-based bio-ink containing encapsulated corneal keratocytes. Keratocytes exhibited high cell viability both at day 1 post-printing (>90%) and at day 7 (83%). We established 3D bio-printing to be a feasible method by which artificial corneal structures can be engineered.
Author(s): Isaacson A, Swioklo S, Connon CJ
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Experimental Eye Research
Year: 2018
Volume: 173
Pages: 188-193
Print publication date: 01/08/2018
Online publication date: 30/05/2018
Acceptance date: 12/05/2018
Date deposited: 12/06/2018
ISSN (print): 0014-4835
ISSN (electronic): 1096-0007
Publisher: Academic Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2018.05.010
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2018.05.010
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