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SUBMITTER: Ferrario C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7460064 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ferrario Cinzia C Rusconi Francesco F Pulaj Albana A Macchi Raffaella R Landini Paolo P Paroni Moira M Colombo Graziano G Martinello Tiziana T Melotti Luca L Gomiero Chiara C Candia Carnevali M Daniela MD Bonasoro Francesco F Patruno Marco M Sugni Michela M
Marine drugs 20200806 8
Collagen-based skin-like scaffolds (CBSS) are promising alternatives to skin grafts to repair wounds and injuries. In this work, we propose that the common marine invertebrate sea urchin represents a promising and eco-friendly source of native collagen to develop innovative CBSS for skin injury treatment. Sea urchin food waste after gonad removal was here used to extract fibrillar glycosaminoglycan (GAG)-rich collagen to produce bilayer (2D + 3D) CBSS. Microstructure, mechanical stability, perme ...[more]