Current biofabrication methods for vascular tissue engineering and an introduction to biological textiles

F Kawecki, N L'Heureux - Biofabrication, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality in the world and encompass
several important pathologies, including atherosclerosis. In the cases of severe vessel …

The influence of textile structure characteristics on the performance of artificial blood vessels

C Liu, J Dai, X Wang, X Hu - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular disease is a major threat to human health worldwide, and vascular
transplantation surgery is a treatment method for this disease. Often, autologous blood …

Design and construction of poly (L-lactic-acid) nanofibrous yarns and threads with controllable structure and performances

S Wu, Y Li, S Chen, H Zhai, P Ling - Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The design and development of electrospun nanofibrous yarns (ENYs) have attracted
intensive attentions in the fields of biomedical textiles and tissue engineering, but the inferior …

Exploring the potential of 3D woven and knitted spacer fabrics in technical textiles: A critical review

BK Dejene, AD Gudayu - Journal of Industrial Textiles, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Three-dimensional (3D) woven and knitted spacer fabrics have emerged as significant
advancements in the field of technical textiles, driven by notable progress made by the …

Multi-scale, multi-level anisotropic silk fibroin/metformin scaffolds for repair of peripheral nerve injury

W Guan, H Gao, S Sun, T Zheng, L Wu, X Wang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Silk fibroin (SF) as a natural polymer has a long history of application in various regenerative
medicine fields, but there are still many shortcomings in silk fibroin for using as nerve …

Protein‐Engineered Elastin Fibers as Building Blocks for The Textile‐Based Assembly of Tissue Equivalents

I El Maachi, A Loewen, S Acosta… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Native tissues feature unique hierarchical designs, in which fiber units are arranged from the
bottom up in anisotropic patterns. The processing of biomaterials into fibers, followed by …

Textile structures in concrete reinforcement

NK Barman, SS Bhattacharya, R Alagirusamy - Textile Progress, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Traditional steel-based reinforcements face corrosion issues that compromise the durability
of concrete structures. Large concrete covers are recommended to mitigate corrosion of …

Tissue-engineered vascular graft based on a bioresorbable tubular knit scaffold with flexibility, durability, and suturability for implantation

DY Lee, Y Jang, E Kim, T Li, SJ Kim - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The tissue-engineered vascular graft (TEVG) is a technology used to recreate a blood vessel
by using vascular cells (endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells) and their scaffolds, and …

Drug eluting protein and polysaccharides-based biofunctionalized fabric textiles-pioneering a new frontier in tissue engineering: An extensive review

A Garg, A Alfatease, U Hani, N Haider, MJ Akbar… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the ever-evolving landscape of tissue engineering, medicated biotextiles have emerged
as a game-changer. These remarkable textiles have garnered significant attention for their …

Production and Characterization of Melt-Spun Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)/Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) Blend Monofilaments

S Kopf, A Root, I Heinmaa, J Aristéia de Lima… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We investigated the melt-spinning potential of a poly (3-hydroxybutyrate)/poly (3-
hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) blend using a piston spinning machine with two …