Living nanofiber yarn-based woven biotextiles for tendon tissue engineering using cell tri-culture and mechanical stimulation

S Wu, Y Wang, PN Streubel, B Duan - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Non-woven nanofibrous scaffolds have been developed for tendon graft application by
using electrospinning strategies. However, electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds face some …

A novel electrospun-aligned nanoyarn-reinforced nanofibrous scaffold for tendon tissue engineering

C Yang, G Deng, W Chen, X Ye, X Mo - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2014 - Elsevier
An electrospun-aligned nanoyarn-reinforced nanofibrous scaffold (NRS) was developed for
tendon tissue engineering to improve mechanical strength and cell infiltration. The novel …

Braided and stacked electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds for tendon and ligament tissue engineering

BB Rothrauff, BB Lauro, G Yang, RE Debski… - … Engineering Part A, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Tendon and ligament injuries are a persistent orthopedic challenge given their poor innate
healing capacity. Nonwoven electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds composed of polyesters …

Fabrication of electrospun poly (L-lactide-co-ɛ-caprolactone)/collagen nanoyarn network as a novel, three-dimensional, macroporous, aligned scaffold for tendon …

Y Xu, J Wu, H Wang, H Li, N Di, L Song… - … Engineering Part C …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Tissue engineering techniques using novel scaffolding materials offer potential alternatives
for managing tendon disorders. An ideal tendon tissue engineered scaffold should mimic the …

[HTML][HTML] Generation of electrospun nanofibers with controllable degrees of crimping through a simple, plasticizer-based treatment

W Liu, J Lipner, CH Moran, L Feng, X Li… - … (Deerfield Beach, Fla …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A method was developed for generating crimped features in uniaxially aligned electrospun
nanofibers to mimic the anatomic structure of collagen fibrils in tendon tissues. We …

Nanobead-on-string composites for tendon tissue engineering

C Rinoldi, E Kijeńska, A Chlanda, E Choinska… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Tissue engineering holds great potential in the production of functional substitutes to restore,
maintain or improve the functionality in defective or lost tissues. So far, a great variety of …

Current progress in application of polymeric nanofibers to tissue engineering

S Nemati, S Kim, YM Shin, H Shin - Nano convergence, 2019 - Springer
Tissue engineering uses a combination of cell biology, chemistry, and biomaterials to
fabricate three dimensional (3D) tissues that mimic the architecture of extracellular matrix …

Constructing high-strength nano-micro fibrous woven scaffolds with native-like anisotropic structure and immunoregulatory function for tendon repair and regeneration

J Cai, J Liu, J Xu, Y Li, T Zheng, T Zhang, K Han… - …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Tendon injuries are common debilitating musculoskeletal diseases with high treatment
expenditure in sports medicine. The development of tendon-biomimetic scaffolds may be …

Mechanical considerations for electrospun nanofibers in tendon and ligament repair

DA Brennan, AA Conte, G Kanski… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Electrospun nanofibers possess unique qualities such as nanodiameter, high surface area
to volume ratio, biomimetic architecture, and tunable chemical and electrical properties …

Electrospinning nanofiber scaffolds for soft and hard tissue regeneration

X Xie, Y Chen, X Wang, X Xu, Y Shen… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering is an interdisciplinary field that integrates medical, biological, and
engineering expertise to restore or regenerate the functionality of healthy tissues and …