RT Journal Article T1 Highly-Bioreactive Silica-Based Mesoporous Bioactive Glasses Enriched with Gallium(III) A1 Sánchez Salcedo, Sandra A1 Malavasi, Gianluca A1 Salinas Sánchez, Antonio Jesús A1 Lusvardi, Gigliola A1 Rigamonti, Luca A1 Menabue, Ledi A1 Vallet Regí, María Dulce Nombre AB Beneficial effects in bone cell growth and antibacterial action are currently attributed to Ga3+ ions. Thus, they can be used to upgrade mesoporous bioactive glasses (MBGs), investigated for tissue engineering, whenever they released therapeutic amounts of gallium ions to the surrounding medium. Three gallium-enriched MBGs with composition (in mol%) xSiO2–yCaO–zP2O5–5Ga2O3, being x = 70, y = 15, z = 10 for Ga_1, x = 80, y = 12, z = 3 for Ga_2 and x = 80, y = 15, z = 0 for Ga_3, were investigated and compared with the gallium-free 80SiO2–15CaO–5P2O5 MBG (B). 29Si and 31P MAS NMR analyses allow determining that Ga3+ acts as network modifier in the glass regions with higher polymerization degree and as network former in the zones with high concentration of classical modifiers (Ca2+ ions). Ga_1 and Ga_2 exhibited a quick in vitro bioactive response because they were coated by an apatite-like layer after 1 and 3 days in simulated body fluid. Although we have not conducted biological tests in this paper (cells or bacteria), Ga_1 released high but non-cytotoxic amounts of Ga3+ ions in Todd Hewitt Broth culture medium that were 140 times higher than the IC90 of P. aeruginosa bacteria demonstrating its potential for tissue engineering applications. PB MDPI SN 1996-1944 YR 2018 FD 2018-03-02 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/11980 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/11980 LA eng NO Sánchez Salcedo, S., Malavasi, G., Salinas Sánchez, A. J. et al. «Highly-Bioreactive Silica-Based Mesoporous Bioactive Glasses Enriched with Gallium(III)». Materials, vol. 11, n.o 3, marzo de 2018, p. 367. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11030367. NO RESEARCHER ID N-4501-2014 (Sandra Sánchez Salcedo)ORCID 0000-0002-1889-2057 (Sandra Sánchez Salcedo)RESEARCHER ID M-3316-2014 (Antonio Salinas Sánchez)ORCID 0000-0002-8408-3389 (Antonio Salinas Sánchez)RESEARCHER ID M-3378-2014 (María Vallet Regí)ORCID 0000-0002-6104-4889 (María Vallet Regí) NO Unión Europea. H2020 NO Ministerio de Economía, Comercio y Empresa (España) NO Instituto de Salud Carlos III NO The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia DS Docta Complutense RD 11 may 2025