Immunoengineering is a rapidly evolving field that has been driving innovations in
manipulating immune system for new treatment tools and methods. The need for materials …

Inflammation is a crucial part of wound healing and pathogen clearance. However, it can
also play a role in exacerbating chronic diseases and cancer progression when not …

The multifaceted biological defense system modulating complex immune responses against
pathogens and foreign materials plays a critical role in tissue homeostasis and disease …

Immunoregulation represents a booming field of biomaterial design. The unique physical
and chemical properties of biomaterials offer tremendous opportunities for development …

Recently, biomaterial scientists have married materials engineering and immunobiology to
conceptualize new immunomodulatory materials. This special class of biomaterials can …

Strategies to enhance, suppress, or qualitatively shape the immune response are of
importance for diverse biomedical applications, such as the development of new vaccines …

Highlights•Immune instructive materials are increasingly used for immunotherapies.•
Polymers with distinct physical or chemical cues can direct immune cell activation.•Artificial …

The immune system is traditionally considered from the perspective of defending against
bacterial or viral infections. However, foreign materials like implants can also illicit immune …

Conspectus A major function of the immune system is to detect threat from foreign invaders,
tissue damage, or cancer and to mount a counter response that resolves the threat, restores …

The immune system has evolved to recognize and eliminate pathogens; this recognition
relies on the identification of structural molecular patterns within unique tissue …