Surface-functionalized electrospun nanofibers for tissue engineering and drug delivery

Hyuk Sang Yoo, Taek Gyoung Kim, Tae Gwan Park

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Abstract

Electrospun nanofibers with a high surface area to volume ratio have received much attention because of their potential applications for biomedical devices, tissue engineering scaffolds, and drug delivery carriers. In order to develop electrospun nanofibers as useful nanobiomaterials, surfaces of electrospun nanofibers have been chemically functionalized for achieving sustained delivery through physical adsorption of diverse bioactive molecules. Surface modification of nanofibers includes plasma treatment, wet chemical method, surface graft polymerization, and co-electrospinning of surface active agents and polymers. A variety of bioactive molecules including anti-cancer drugs, enzymes, cytokines, and polysaccharides were entrapped within the interior or physically immobilized on the surface for controlled drug delivery. Surfaces of electrospun nanofibers were also chemically modified with immobilizing cell specific bioactive ligands to enhance cell adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation by mimicking morphology and biological functions of extracellular matrix. This review summarizes surface modification strategies of electrospun polymeric nanofibers for controlled drug delivery and tissue engineering.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1033-1042
Number of pages10
JournalAdvanced Drug Delivery Reviews
Volume61
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 5 2009
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This study was supported by the grants from the National Research Laboratory Program of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and the Korea Research Foundation (KRF-2006-005-J04602), and the Polymer Technology Institute, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea. The authors are grateful to Hayeun Ji for proofreading the manuscript.

FundersFunder number
Polymer Technology Institute
Sungkyunkwan University
National Research Foundation of KoreaKRF-2006-005-J04602
Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

    Keywords

    • Drug delivery
    • Electrospinning
    • Immobilization
    • Modification
    • Nanofiber
    • Surface
    • Tissue engineering

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