Vascularization in bone tissue engineering: physiology, current strategies, major hurdles and future challenges

MI Santos, RL Reis - Macromolecular bioscience, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The lack of a functional vascular supply has, to a large extent, hampered the whole range of
clinical applications of 'successful'laboratory‐based bone tissue engineering strategies. To …

Vascularized bone tissue engineering: approaches for potential improvement

LH Nguyen, N Annabi, M Nikkhah, H Bae… - … Engineering Part B …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Significant advances have been made in bone tissue engineering (TE) in the past decade.
However, classical bone TE strategies have been hampered mainly due to the lack of …

Review of vascularised bone tissue‐engineering strategies with a focus on co‐culture systems

Y Liu, JKY Chan, SH Teoh - Journal of tissue engineering and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Poor angiogenesis within tissue‐engineered grafts has been identified as a main challenge
limiting the clinical introduction of bone tissue‐engineering (BTE) approaches for the repair …

[HTML][HTML] Biofabricating the vascular tree in engineered bone tissue

L de Silva, PN Bernal, AJW Rosenberg, J Malda… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of tissue engineering strategies for treatment of large bone defects has
become increasingly relevant, given the growing demand for bone substitutes. Native bone …

Vascularization in bone tissue engineering constructs

ÁE Mercado-Pagán, AM Stahl, Y Shanjani… - Annals of biomedical …, 2015 - Springer
Vascularization of large bone grafts is one of the main challenges of bone tissue
engineering (BTE), and has held back the clinical translation of engineered bone constructs …

Biomaterial-mediated strategies targeting vascularization for bone repair

JR García, AJ García - Drug delivery and translational research, 2016 - Springer
Repair of non-healing bone defects through tissue engineering strategies remains a
challenging feat in the clinic due to the aversive microenvironment surrounding the injured …

Vascularization strategies for bone regeneration

L Krishnan, NJ Willett, RE Guldberg - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2014 - Springer
The functional regeneration of thick vascularized tissues such as bone and muscle is
complicated by the large volume of lost tissue, challenging biomechanical environment, and …

[HTML][HTML] Vascularization strategies in bone tissue engineering

F Simunovic, G Finkenzeller - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bone is a highly vascularized tissue, and its development, maturation, remodeling, and
regeneration are dependent on a tight regulation of blood vessel supply. This condition also …

[PDF][PDF] Osteogenesis and angiogenesis: the potential for engineering bone

JM Kanczler, RO Oreffo - Eur Cell Mater, 2008 - researchgate.net
The repair of large bone defects remains a major clinical orthopaedic challenge. Bone is a
highly vascularised tissue reliant on the close spatial and temporal connection between …

Evolution of bone grafting: bone grafts and tissue engineering strategies for vascularized bone regeneration

KS Griffin, KM Davis, TO McKinley, JO Anglen… - Clinical reviews in bone …, 2015 - Springer
The regeneration of bone in segmental defects has historically been a challenge in the
orthopedic field. In particular, a lack of vascular supply often leads to nonunion and …