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

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

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 …

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

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

Immunotherapy is used to regulate systemic hyperactivation or hypoactivation to treat
various diseases. Biomaterial‐based immunotherapy systems can improve therapeutic …

The last few decades have seen rapid progress in the fields of drug delivery systems,
implantable scaffolds, and tissue engineering. Broadly referred to as biomaterials, these …

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 …

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

Host immune response can impact biomaterials adversely causing foreign body response
(FBR) manipulating the result of the host-integration of the implanted materials. Further, this …