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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Healthc Mater. 2016 Sep 1;5(20):2628–2635. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201600415

Figure 8.

Figure 8

A local release of paclitaxel from aligned PLA microfibers significantly promotes neurite extension under inhibitory conditions similar to those seen after a spinal cord injury. Isolated DRG neurons were cultured on an uncoated surface, laminin only, or laminin/aggrecan-coated tissue culture polystyrene, aligned PLA microfibers only, or aligned paclitaxel-loaded PLA microfibers. Paclitaxel-loaded microfibers significantly promoted neurite extension than PLA microfibers under both a growth-conducive environment and inhibitory environment (*p < 0.001, **p < 0.005, n = 5 – 10).