Mechanical, water contact angle and fiber thickness data for Insulin-like growth gactor-1 (IGF-1) incorporated in electrospun random DegraPolⓇ fibers and IGF-1 impact on tenocyte aspect ratio and gene expression data.

The first set of data refers to Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) protein incorporation via emulsion electrospinning into a DegraPol^Ⓡ random fiber mesh and its characterization. Specifically, the fiber thickness was assessed and compared to pure DegraPol^Ⓡ fibers without IGF-1 (control). Furthermore, the mechanical properties of these meshes were assessed and data on ultimate tensile stress, Young's modulus and ultimate fracture strain are presented for ring specimen and rectangular pieces taken from electrospun tubes in the transverse direction as well as rectangular pieces taken in the axial direction of the electrospun tube. Moreover, the static and the dynamic water contact angles were determined. The second set of data represents morphological aspects, such as the cytoskeletal aspect ratio (i.e. length of the cell divided by its width) for rabbit Achilles tenocytes stimulated in vitro with 1, 10, and 100 ng/mL IGF-1 supplementation compared to the corresponding cell culture without IGF-1 (control). Furthermore, qPCR was performed and collagen I, ki67 and tenomodulin gene expression data are presented for rabbit Achilles tenocytes in vitro with 0.1, 1 and 10 ng/mL IGF-1 supplementation, respectively, as well as with a supplementation of released IGF-1 from the DegraPol mesh (concentration was 1 ng/mL).