Biodegradable polymers as biomaterials

LS Nair, CT Laurencin - Progress in polymer science, 2007 - Elsevier
During the past two decades significant advances have been made in the development of
biodegradable polymeric materials for biomedical applications. Degradable polymeric …

Photopolymerizable and degradable biomaterials for tissue engineering applications

JL Ifkovits, JA Burdick - Tissue engineering, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Photopolymerizable and degradable biomaterials are finding widespread application in the
field of tissue engineering for the engineering of tissues such as bone, cartilage, and liver …

Multifunctional chondroitin sulphate for cartilage tissue–biomaterial integration

DA Wang, S Varghese, B Sharma, I Strehin… - Nature materials, 2007 - nature.com
A biologically active, high-strength tissue adhesive is needed for numerous medical
applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Integration of biomaterials or …

Injectable matrices and scaffolds for drug delivery in tissue engineering

JD Kretlow, L Klouda, AG Mikos - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
Injectable matrices and depots have been the subject of much research in the field of drug
delivery. The classical tissue engineering paradigm includes a matrix or scaffold to facilitate …

Mineralization of synthetic polymer scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

JD Kretlow, AG Mikos - Tissue engineering, 2007 - liebertpub.com
It has repeatedly been shown that demineralization improves the ability of bone auto-and
allografts to regenerate natural bone tissue. Conversely, much work in the field of bone …

Hydrogels for tissue engineering and delivery of tissue-inducing substances

B Baroli - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2007 - Elsevier
This manuscript presents hydrogels (HGs) from a tissue engineering perspective being
especially written for those who are approaching this field by offering a concise but inclusive …

Cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions regulate embryonic stem cell differentiation

SS Chen, W Fitzgerald, J Zimmerberg, HK Kleinman… - Stem …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Cell interactions with the extracellular matrix (ECM) play a critical role in their physiology.
Here, we sought to determine the role of exogenous and endogenous ECM in the …

Enzyme-degradable phosphorylcholine porous hydrogels cross-linked with polyphosphoesters for cell matrices

C Wachiralarpphaithoon, Y Iwasaki, K Akiyoshi - Biomaterials, 2007 - Elsevier
Biodegradable highly porous hydrogels composed of poly [2-methacryloyloxyethyl
phosphorylcholine (MPC)] cross-linked with polyphosphoesters have been prepared as …

Synthesis and characterization of photo-cross-linked hydrogels based on biodegradable polyphosphoesters and poly (ethylene glycol) copolymers

JZ Du, TM Sun, SQ Weng, XS Chen… - Biomacromolecules, 2007 - ACS Publications
Novel biodegradable hydrogels by photo-cross-linking macromers based on
polyphosphoesters and poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) are reported. Photo-cross-linkable …

Synthesis of poly (lactic acid) with branched and network structures containing thermally degradable junctions

T Kitamura, A Matsumoto - Macromolecules, 2007 - ACS Publications
Polyperoxide, as a new kind of thermally degradable polymer, is synthesized by the radical
alternating copolymerization of a 1, 3-diene monomer with oxygen. The introduction of …