Electrospun anisotropic architectures and porous structures for tissue engineering

B Sun, XJ Jiang, S Zhang, JC Zhang, YF Li… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In order to design scaffolds for tissue engineering with proper architectures, organization
and properties, a variety of materials and technologies are being developed. In addition to …

Mechanoregulation of cardiac myofibroblast differentiation: implications for cardiac fibrosis and therapy

KW Yong, YH Li, GY Huang, TJ Lu… - American Journal …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
Cardiac myofibroblast differentiation, as one of the most important cellular responses to
heart injury, plays a critical role in cardiac remodeling and failure. While biochemical cues …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication of scalable and structured tissue engineering scaffolds using water dissolvable sacrificial 3D printed moulds

S Mohanty, LB Larsen, J Trifol, P Szabo… - Materials science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
One of the major challenges in producing large scale engineered tissue is the lack of ability
to create large highly perfused scaffolds in which cells can grow at a high cell density and …

Preclinical study of SZ2080 material 3D microstructured scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering made by femtosecond direct laser writing lithography

J Mačiulaitis, M Deveikytė, S Rekštytė… - …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the last decade DLW employing ultrafast pulsed lasers has become a well-established
technique for the creation of custom-made free-form three-dimensional (3D) microscaffolds …

Criteria for quick and consistent synthesis of poly (glycerol sebacate) for tailored mechanical properties

X Li, ATL Hong, N Naskar, HJ Chung - Biomacromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
Poly (glycerol sebacate)(PGS) and its derivatives make up an attractive class of biomaterial
owing to their tunable mechanical properties with programmable biodegradability. In …

Bioactive electrospun fibers of poly (glycerol sebacate) and poly (ε‐caprolactone) for cardiac patch application

R Rai, M Tallawi, C Frati, A Falco… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Scaffolds for cardiac patch application must meet stringent requirements such as
biocompatibility, biodegradability, and facilitate vascularization in the engineered tissue …

Ion-linked double-network hydrogel with high toughness and stiffness

J Wang, J Wei, S Su, J Qiu, S Wang - Journal of Materials Science, 2015 - Springer
In this paper, a facile one-pot method was developed to fabricate ion cross-linked calcium-
alginate/poly (acrylamide)(PAAm) double-network hydrogels with excellent toughness and …

Arrested phase separation of elastin-like polypeptide solutions yields stiff, thermoresponsive gels

MJ Glassman, BD Olsen - Biomacromolecules, 2015 - ACS Publications
The preparation of new responsive hydrogels is crucial for the development of soft materials
for various applications, including additive manufacturing and biomedical implants. Here, we …

Fabrication, mechanical properties and cytocompatibility of elastomeric nanofibrous mats of poly (glycerol sebacate)

B Xu, Y Li, C Zhu, WD Cook, J Forsythe… - European Polymer …, 2015 - Elsevier
It is often difficult to achieve a satisfactory balance of compliance and biocompatibility
simultaneously in a pure elastomeric material. In this work, we successfully fabricated an …

Preparation and characterization of poly (glycerol sebacate)/cellulose nanocrystals elastomeric composites

L Zhou, H He, C Jiang, S He - Journal of Applied Polymer …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Poly (glycerol sebacate)(PGS) is one of the new elastomers used for soft tissue
engineering, while improving its limited mechanical strength is the biggest challenge. In this …