An intelligent nanoreservoir system promotes heart valve regeneration via ROS scavenging and immunomodulation.

ABSTRACT: In situ regeneration of tissue-engineered heart valves (TEHV) is a promising strategy to overcome the limitations of existing heart valve prostheses. Although, decellularized aortic valves (DAVs) are widely regarded as a scaffold in the construction of TEHV, the poor hemocompatibility and adverse immune responses make DAV scaffolds prone to thrombosis and degradation, thus hindering recellularization and in situ regeneration. Our study developed an immune-regulatory strategy involving the use of hydrogel-encapsulated nanoparticles to modify DAV scaffolds. Specifically, folic acid- and hyaluronic acid-modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles (FA-HA-MSNs@CY-09) were engineered to deliver NOD-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inhibitor CY-09, thereby targeting macrophage

SUBMITTER: Fan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12482650 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature