Rotary jet-spun porous microfibers as scaffolds for stem cells delivery to central nervous system injury Laura N. Zamproni, PhD 1,2 , Marco A.V.M. Grinet, Msc 3 , Mayara T.V.V. Mundim, PhD 1,2 , Marcella B.C. Reis, PhD 1,2 , Layla T. Galindo, PhD 1,2 , Fernanda R. Marciano, PhD 4,5,6 , Anderson O. Lobo, PhD* 4,5,6,7 , Marimelia Porcionatto, PhD* 1,2 . 1 Neurobiology Lab, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Pedro de Toledo 669, São Paulo, SP 04039-032, Brazil. 2 Department of Biochemistry, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Três de Maio 100, São Paulo, SP CEP 04044-020, Brazil. 3 Instituto Tecnológico da Aeronáutica, Praça Marechal Eduardo Gomes, 50 São José dos Campos, SP 12228-900, Brazil . 4 Laboratory of Biomedical Nanotechnology, Universidade Brasil, Rua Carolina Fonseca 235, São Paulo, SP 08230-030, Brazil. 5 Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. 6 Nanomedicine Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. 7 Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Advanced Materials, PPGCM, Technology Center, Universidade Federal do Piaui, Teresina, PI 64049-550, Brazil. *Corresponding Authors: AOL email: aolobo@pq.cnpq.br and lobo.aol@gmail.com; MP email: marimelia.porcionatto@unifesp.br and marimelia.porcionatto@gmail.com not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was this version posted December 31, 2017. . https://doi.org/10.1101/239194 doi: bioRxiv preprint