Designing natural and synthetic immune tissues

EA Gosselin, HB Eppler, JS Bromberg, CM Jewell - Nature materials, 2018 - nature.com
Vaccines and immunotherapies have provided enormous improvements for public health,
but there are fundamental disconnects between where most studies are performed—in cell …

Extracellular matrix bioscaffolds as immunomodulatory biomaterials

JL Dziki, L Huleihel, ME Scarritt… - Tissue Engineering Part …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Suppression of the recipient immune response is a common component of tissue and organ
transplantation strategies and has also been used as a method of mitigating the …

In vivo reprogramming of immune cells: technologies for induction of antigen-specific tolerance

RM Pearson, LM Casey, KR Hughes, SD Miller… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2017 - Elsevier
Technologies that induce antigen-specific immune tolerance by mimicking naturally
occurring mechanisms have the potential to revolutionize the treatment of many immune …

Targeting intracellular and extracellular receptors with nano-to-macroscale biomaterials to activate immune cells

B Wang, H Cui, F Kiessling, T Lammers… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
Activation of immune cells is an essential process in innate and adaptive immunity. A high
number of immune cell activation pathways have been discovered, which are stimulated via …

Macrophage phenotypes in tissue repair and the foreign body response: Implications for biomaterial-based regenerative medicine strategies

KE Martin, AJ García - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Macrophages are a highly heterogeneous and plastic population of cells that are crucial for
tissue repair and regeneration. This has made macrophages a particularly attractive target …

Rational design of hydrogels for immunomodulation

W Bu, Y Wu, AM Ghaemmaghami… - Regenerative …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The immune system protects organisms against endogenous and exogenous harm and
plays a key role in tissue development, repair and regeneration. Traditional …

[HTML][HTML] Biomaterial based modulation of macrophage polarization: a review and suggested design principles

R Sridharan, AR Cameron, DJ Kelly, CJ Kearney… - Materials Today, 2015 - Elsevier
Macrophages have long been known for their phagocytic capabilities and immune defence;
however, their role in healing is being increasingly recognized in recent years due to their …

Biomaterials for personalized cell therapy

AL Facklam, LR Volpatti, DG Anderson - Advanced materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cell therapy has already had an important impact on healthcare and provided new
treatments for previously intractable diseases. Notable examples include mesenchymal …

Recent advances in biomaterial-boosted adoptive cell therapy

Y Xue, J Che, X Ji, Y Li, J Xie, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Adoptive immunotherapies based on the transfer of functional immune cells hold great
promise in treating a wide range of malignant diseases, especially cancers, autoimmune …

Impact of surface chemistry and topography on the function of antigen presenting cells

HM Rostam, S Singh, NE Vrana, MR Alexander… - Biomaterials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Antigen presenting cells (APCs) such as macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs) play a
crucial role in orchestrating immune responses against foreign materials. The activation …