<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Guler, Z.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Silva, J.C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sarac, A.S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Enhanced osteogenesis on biofunctionalized poly(ϵ-caprolactone)/poly(m-anthranilic acid) nanofibers</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Biomaterials Applications</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biofunctionalization</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bone</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bone morphogenetic protein-2</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Electrospun nanofibers</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In-vitro</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nanofibers</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phosphatases</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Poly (m -antranilic acid)</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proteins</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Scaffolds (biology)</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tissue engineering</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84994102233&amp;doi=10.1177%2f0885328216660379&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=20f6a93639532ab51063cda593c17504</style></url></web-urls></urls><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SAGE Publications Ltd</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">31</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">743-754</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biofunctionalized nanofibers with a desired biological function can be used as a tissue engineering scaffold due to their small fiber diameters and porous structure. In the present study, poly(ϵ-caprolactone)/poly(m-anthranilic acid) nanofibers were biofunctionalized with covalent immobilization of bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) through 1-ethyl-3-(dimethyl-aminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride/N-hydroxysuccinimide activation. Fourier transform infrared analysis of the nanofiber surfaces confirmed the successful immobilization. The amount of immobilized BMP-2 was determined with bicinchoninic acid protein assay. The nanofibers before and after BMP-2 immobilization were non-cytotoxic and enhanced the attachment and proliferation of Saos-2 cells. Biofunctionalization of nanofibers with BMP-2 promoted in vitro osteogenic activity. The alkaline phosphatase activity and calcium mineralizatio of cells after 14 days of in vitro culture were enhanced on nanofibers with immobilized BMP-2. © SAGE Publications.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cited By 0</style></notes></record></records></xml>