Hierarchical structures of bone and bioinspired bone tissue engineering

Y Liu, D Luo, T Wang - Small, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Bone, as a mineralized composite of inorganic (mostly carbonated hydroxyapatite) and
organic (mainly type I collagen) phases, possesses a unique combination of remarkable …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro models of collagen biomineralization

F Nudelman, AJ Lausch, NAJM Sommerdijk… - Journal of structural …, 2013 - Elsevier
Over the last several years, significant progress has been made toward understanding the
mechanisms involved in the mineralization of hard collagenous tissues, such as bone and …

Progress in hydroxyapatite–starch based sustainable biomaterials for biomedical bone substitution applications

F Miculescu, A Maidaniuc, SI Voicu… - ACS Sustainable …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Hydroxyapatite is a calcium phosphate intensively proposed as a bone substitution material
because of its resemblance to the constituents of minerals present in natural bone. Since …

Amyloid‐like rapid surface modification for antifouling and in‐depth remineralization of dentine tubules to treat dental hypersensitivity

C Li, D Lu, J Deng, X Zhang, P Yang - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Exposure of dentinal tubules (DTs) leads to the transmission of external stimuli within the
DTs, causing dental hypersensitivity (DH). To treat DH, various desensitizers have been …

Importance of phosphorylation for osteopontin regulation of biomineralization

A Gericke, C Qin, L Spevak, Y Fujimoto… - Calcified tissue …, 2005 - Springer
Previous in vitro and in vivo studies demonstrated that osteopontin (OPN) is an inhibitor of
the formation and growth of hydroxyapatite (HA) and other biominerals. The present study …

Biominerals—hierarchical nanocomposites: the example of bone

E Beniash - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Nanomedicine and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Many organisms incorporate inorganic solids in their tissues to enhance their functional,
primarily mechanical, properties. These mineralized tissues, also called biominerals, are …

Crystal growth of calcium carbonate in hydrogels as a model of biomineralization

E Asenath‐Smith, H Li, EC Keene… - Advanced Functional …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, the prevalence of hydrogel‐like organic matrices in biomineralization has
gained attention as a route to synthesizing a diverse range of crystalline structures. Here …

Methods for biomimetic remineralization of human dentine: a systematic review

CY Cao, ML Mei, QL Li, ECM Lo, CH Chu - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to review the laboratory methods on biomimetic remineralization of
demineralized human dentine. A systematic search of the publications in the PubMed, TRIP …

Differences between top-down and bottom-up approaches in mineralizing thick, partially demineralized collagen scaffolds

Y Liu, S Mai, N Li, CKY Yiu, J Mao, DH Pashley… - Acta biomaterialia, 2011 - Elsevier
Biominerals exhibit complex hierarchical structures derived from bottom-up self-assembly
mechanisms. Type I collagen serves as the building block for mineralized tissues such as …

DMP1 depletion decreases bone mineralization in vivo: an FTIR imaging analysis

Y Ling, HF Rios, ER Myers, Y Lu… - Journal of Bone and …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The role of DMP1 in mineralization was analyzed by comparing bone mineral and matrix
properties in dmp1‐null female mice to heterozygous and wildtype controls by FTIR imaging …