Tissue engineering heart valves (TEHV) are thought to have many advantages in low
immunogenicity, good histocompatibility, excellent mechanical properties. In this paper, we …

Regeneration and repair of injured or diseased heart valves remains a clinical challenge.
Tissue engineering provides a promising treatment approach to facilitate living heart valve …

A biodegradable polyvinyl alcohol/silk fibroin (PVA/SF) nanofibrous heart patch with unique
tensile properties was fabricated by an electrospinning technique based on a water-solvent …

Valvular dysfunction as the prominent reason of heart failure may causes morbidity and
mortality around the world. The inability of human body to regenerate the defected heart …

In order to investigate the in vitro biocompatibility of a novel polyurethane (PU) membrane
modified by incorporation of superfine silk-fibroin powder (SFP), which was prepared for …

Nanotechnology has enabled the engineering of a variety of materials to meet the current
challenges and needs in vascular tissue regeneration. In this study, four different kinds of …

Myocardial infarction of cardiomyocytes is a leading cause of heart failure (HF) worldwide.
Since heart has very limited regeneration capacity, cardiac tissue engineering (TE) to …

In this study, the electrospun silk fibroin nanofibrous scaffolds were modified with heparin by
grafting after plasma treatment and blending electrospinning. Morphology, microstructure …

Tissue engineering is a biotechnology that is used to develop biological substitutes to
restore, maintain, or improve functions. Thus, the porous scaffolds are used to accommodate …

Silk fibroin (SF)/gelatin blend nanofibers membranes as scaffolds were fabricated
successfully via electrospinning with different composition ratios in formic acid. The …