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Adhesion and proliferation behavior of retinal pigment epithelial cells on hesperidin/PLGA films

  • So Jin Lee
  • , Su Ji Kang
  • , Hye Yun Kim
  • , Jung Hwan Lee
  • , Eun Young Kim
  • , Soon Yong Kwon
  • , Jin Wha Chung*
  • , Choun Ki Joo
  • , Gilson Khang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Jeonbuk National University
  • The Catholic University of Korea

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Abstract

Retinal pigment epithelium RPE plays an important role in maintaining the visual function and the degeneration of the RPE causes several retinal degeneration disease. In order to fabricate the suitable carrier for RPE transplantation, the hybrid poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) fdm with hesperidin was prepared. Hesperidin has an antiinflammatory and antioxidant characteristics. ARPE-19 was seeded on hesperidin/PLGA film and then, cell proliferation was determined by the MTT assay, and cell adhesion and cell morphology were confirmed by SEM. Also, RT-PCR was performed to confirm the expression of the specific genes, and AEC immunohistochemical staining was performed to determine the expression of RPE65. As a result, we confirmed that attachment, proliferation and phenotype maintenance of RPE cells were more excellent on hesperidin/PLGA film than PLGA film, thereby we were able to confirm the potential applications of hesperidin/PLGA film as tissue engineering carrier for regeneration of retina.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)24-30
Number of pages7
JournalPolymer (Korea)
Volume38
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014.01

Keywords

  • Hesperidin
  • Hesperidin/PLGA hybrid film.
  • PLGA
  • Retinal pigment epithelial cells

Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering - Chemical

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