@phdthesis{Bischofberger2012,
  author    = {Bischofberger, Simon},
  title     = {Entwicklung und biomechanische Untersuchungen eines Kreuzbandkonstrukts aus biomaterialbasiertem Kollagen I},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-85648},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Das ACL ist eine der am h{\"a}ufigsten verletzten Strukturen des menschlichen K{\"o}rpers bei Sportunf{\"a}llen und die Anzahl der Rekonstruktionen wird weiterhin zunehmen. In den letzten Jahren wurden große Fortschritte in der Charakterisierung der biomechanischen Eigenschaften von Sehnen und B{\"a}ndern erzielt und neue Ans{\"a}tze auf dem Gebiet des Tissue Engineering er{\"o}ffnen neue M{\"o}glichkeiten. In dieser Arbeit wurde ein ACL-Konstrukt aus biomaterialbasiertem Kollagen I entwickelt und getestet. Die gewonnenen Ergebnisse k{\"o}nnen als Grundlage f{\"u}r die Herstellung eines Kreuzbandkonstruktes verwendet werden.},
  subject      = {Kreuzband},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Blum2021,
  author    = {Blum, Carina},
  title     = {A first step to an integral biointerface design for the early phase of regeneration},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-21211},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-212117},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {The implantation of any foreign material into the body automatically starts an immune reaction that serves as the first, mandatory step to regenerate tissue. The course of this initial immune reaction decides on the fate of the implant: either the biomaterial will be integrated into the host tissue to subsequently fulfill its intended function (e.g., tissue regeneration), or it will be repelled by fibrous encapsulation that determines the implant failure. Especially neutrophils and macrophages play major roles during this inflammatory response and hence mainly decide on the biomaterial's fate. For clinically relevant tissue engineering approaches, biomaterials may be designed in shape and morphology as well as in their surface functionality to improve the healing outcome, but also to trigger stem cell responses during the subsequent tissue regeneration phase. The main focus of this thesis was to unravel the influence of scaffold characteristics, including scaffold morphology and surface functionality, on primary human innate immune cells (neutrophils and macrophages) and human mesenchymal stromal cells (hMSCs) to assess their in vitro immune response and tissue regeneration capacity, respectively. The fiber-based constructs were produced either via melt electrowriting (MEW), when the precise control over scaffold morphology was required, or via solution electrospinning (ES), when the scaffold design could be neglected. All the fiber-based scaffolds used throughout this thesis were composed of the polymer poly(ε caprolactone) (PCL). A novel strategy to model and alleviate the first direct cell contact of the immune system with a peptide-bioactived fibrous material was presented in chapter 3 by treating the material with human neutrophil elastase (HNE) to imitate the neutrophil attack. The main focus of this study was put on the effect of HNE towards an RGDS-based peptide that was immobilized on the surface of a fibrous material to improve subsequent L929 cell adhesion. The elastase efficiently degraded the peptide-functionality, as evidenced by a decreased L929 cell adhesion, since the peptide integrated a specific HNE-cleavage site (AAPV-motif). A sacrificial hydrogel coating based on primary oxidized hyaluronic acid (proxHA), which dissolved within a few days after the neutrophil attack, provided an optimal protection of the peptide-bioactivated fibrous mesh, i.e, the hydrogel alleviated the neutrophil attack and largely ensured the biomaterial's integrity. Thus, according to these results, a means to protect the biomaterial is required to overcome the neutrophil attack. Chapter 4 was based on the advancement of melt electrowriting (MEW) to improve the printing resolution of MEW scaffolds in terms of minimal inter-fiber distances and a concomitant high stacking precision. Initially, to gain a better MEW understanding, the influence of several parameters, including spinneret diameter, applied pressure, and collector velocity on mechanical properties, crystallinity, fiber diameter and fiber surface morphology was analyzed. Afterward, innovative MEW designs (e.g., box-, triangle-, round , and wall-shaped scaffolds) have been established by pushing the printing parameters to their physical limits. Further, the inter-fiber distance within a standardized box-structured scaffold was successfully reduced to 40 µm, while simultaneously a high stacking precision was maintained. In collaboration with a co-worker of my department (Tina Tylek, who performed all cell-based experiments in this study), these novel MEW scaffolds have been proven to facilitate human monocyte-derived macrophage polarization towards the regenerative M2 type in an elongation-driven manner with a more pronounced effect with decreasing pore sizes. Finally, a pro-adipogenic platform for hMSCs was developed in chapter 5 using MEW scaffolds with immobilized, complex ECM proteins (e.g., human decellularized adipose tissue (DAT), laminin (LN), and fibronectin (FN)) to test for the adipogenic differentiation potential in vitro. Within this thesis, a special short-term adipogenic induction regime enabled to more thoroughly assess the intrinsic pro-adipogenic capacity of the composite biomaterials and prevented any possible masking by the commonly used long-term application of adipogenic differentiation reagents. The scaffolds with incorporated DAT consistently showed the highest adipogenic outcome and hence provided an adipo-inductive microenvironment for hMSCs, which holds great promise for applications in soft tissue regeneration. Future studies should combine all three addressed projects in a more in vivo-related manner, comprising a co-cultivation setup of neutrophils, macrophages, and MSCs. The MEW-scaffold, particularly due to its ability to combine surface functionality and adjustable morphology, has been proven to be a successful approach for wound healing and paves the way for subsequent tissue regeneration.},
  subject      = {Scaffold <Tissue Engineering>},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{FernandezGonzalez2020,
  author    = {Fern{\´a}ndez Gonz{\´a}lez, Robin},
  title     = {Einfluss von verschieden strukturierten 3D-Poly(2-oxazolin) Scaffolds auf die Proteinexpression humaner Makrophagen},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-20592},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-205922},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {In vorliegender Dissertationsarbeit wurde der Einfluss von MEW-gedruckten Scaffolds aus dem synthetischen Polymer PnPrOx, einem Poly(2-oxazolin), mit verschiedenen Oberfl{\"a}chenstrukturen (fibrill{\"a}r, glatt) auf die Proteinexpression menschlicher Makrophagen untersucht. Dabei wurde {\"u}berpr{\"u}ft, inwiefern die Beschaffenheit der Oberfl{\"a}chenstruktur des Polymers die Polarisierung von Makrophagen auf Proteinebene beeinflusst.},
  subject      = {Scaffold},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Fuchs2012,
  author    = {Fuchs, Andreas Rudolf},
  title     = {3D-Pulverdruck von Zellkulturtr{\"a}gern mit Magnesium-Phosphat-Chemie},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-77415},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurden erstmals im 3D-Pulerdruckverfahren hergestellte Struvit-Matrizes auf ihre Eignung als Tr{\"a}germaterial f{\"u}r Knochenzellen in vitro untersucht. Hierzu wurde die Zytokompatibilit{\"a}t sowie die chemische L{\"o}slichkeit von gedruckten Struvit-Strukturen betrachtet. In einem zweiten Schritt wurde untersucht, ob die biologische Funktion von BMP-2-L{\"o}sungen nach Durchlaufen des Druckprozesses erhalten bleibt und ob es m{\"o}glich ist, BMP-2 unter Beibehaltung seiner biologischen Wirksamkeit direkt in Struvit-Matrizes zu drucken. Als Reaktanten zur Herstellung der Struvit-Matrizes wurde modifiziertes Farringtonit-Pulver mit definierter K{\"o}rnung und eine {\"a}quimolare Binder-L{\"o}sung aus DAHP und ADHP verwendet. Die untersuchten Zellkulturtr{\"a}ger mit Magnesiumammoniumphosphatchemie zeigten eine ausreichende Zytokompatibilit{\"a}t in vitro. Außerdem wurde gezeigt, dass thermolabile Proteine wie BMP-2 im 3D-Pulverdruckverfahren unter weitgehender Beibehaltung ihrer biologischen Wirksamkeit in vitro grunds{\"a}tzlich prozessierbar sind. Die Freisetzung direkt eingedruckter Proteine aus den Struvit-Matrizes blieb jedoch hinter den Erwartungen zur{\"u}ck. Mit Struvit steht ein alternatives Zementsystem f{\"u}r den 3D-Pulverdruck zur Verf{\"u}gung, welches spezifische Vorteile gegen{\"u}ber den etablierten Calciumphosphaten bietet. Weitere Untersuchungen sind erforderlich, um die Ursache f{\"u}r die geringe BMP-Freisetzung aus den Struvit-Matrizes zu ermitteln und die Vorteile der neutralen Abbindereaktion voll nutzen zu k{\"o}nnen.},
  subject      = {Struvit},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Maier2019,
  author    = {Maier, Alexander},
  title     = {Analyse der Expression osteogener Markerproteine in humanen mesenchymalen Stromazellen nach Kultur auf elektrogesponnenen Scaffolds},
  doi       = {10.25972/OPUS-18468},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-184687},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Es wurde die Expression der osteogenen Markerproteine Alkalische Phosphatase, Bone Sialoprotein, Kollagen Typ I und Osteopontin von humanen mesenchymalen Stromazellen nach Kultur auf elektrogesponnenen Scaffolds analysiert. Die Scaffolds wurden mittels der Melt electrospinning writing Methode erstellt und unterschieden sich in ihrer Maschenweite. Anhand weiterer Kontrollversuche auf Monolayern wurde ein m{\"o}glicher Einfluss der Geometrie auf die Proteinexpression untersucht.},
  subject      = {Scaffold},
  language  = {de}
}