Functional Nanoarchitectures For Enhanced Drug Eluting Stents
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Physics Department
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https://doi.org/10.1038/srep40291
Document Type
Research Article
Publication Title
Scientific Reports
Publication Date
1-12-2017
doi
10.1038/srep40291
Abstract
© The Author(s) 2017. Different strategies have been investigated to allow for optimum duration and conditions for endothelium healing through the enhancement of coronary stents. In this study, a nanoarchitectured system is proposed as a surface modification for drug eluting stents. Highly oriented nanotubes were vertically grown on the surface of a new Ni-free biocompatible Ti-based alloy, as a potential material for self-expandable stents. The fabricated nanotubes were self-grown from the potential stent substrate, which are also proposed to enhance endothelial proliferation while acting as drug reservoir to hinder Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells (VSMC) proliferation. Two morphologies were synthesized to investigate the effect of structure homogeneity on the intended application. The material was characterized by field-emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Nanoindentation technique was used to study the mechanical properties of the fabricated material. Cytotoxicity and proliferation studies were performed and compared for the two fabricated nanoarchitectures, versus smooth untextured samples, using in-vitro cultured endothelial cells. Finally, the drug loading capacity was experimentally studied and further supported by computational modeling of the release profile.
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APA Citation
Saleh, Y.
Gepreel, M.
&
Allam, N. K.
(2017). Functional Nanoarchitectures For Enhanced Drug Eluting Stents. Scientific Reports, 7,
10.1038/srep40291
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_journal_articles/1037
MLA Citation
Saleh, Yomna E., et al.
"Functional Nanoarchitectures For Enhanced Drug Eluting Stents." Scientific Reports, vol. 7, 2017,
https://fount.aucegypt.edu/faculty_journal_articles/1037