Bone biomaterials for overcoming antimicrobial resistance: Advances in non-antibiotic antimicrobial approaches for regeneration of infected osseous tissue

JM Sadowska, KJ Genoud, DJ Kelly, FJ O'Brien - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Eliminating bacterial infection and simultaneously providing a bioactive environment for
bone growth during treatment of severe osteomyelitis is one of the greatest global …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of surface topography modification on hydrogel properties

L Cui, Y Yao, EKF Yim - APL bioengineering, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Hydrogel has been an attractive biomaterial for tissue engineering, drug delivery, wound
healing, and contact lens materials, due to its outstanding properties, including high water …

Regulation of myogenic differentiation by topologically microgrooved surfaces for skeletal muscle tissue engineering

H Gao, J Xiao, Y Wei, H Wang, H Wan, S Liu - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
Inspired by the natural topological structure of skeletal muscle tissue, the topological surface
construction of bionic scaffolds for skeletal muscle repair has attracted great interest. Many …

Butterfly inspired functional materials

Z Chen, Z Zhang, Y Wang, D Xu, Y Zhao - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
As one of the most complex structures in nature, butterflies have attracted wide interest over
the past few decades. Inspired by these delicate structures and the marvelous derived …

[HTML][HTML] 3D-Bioprinting strategies based on in situ bone-healing mechanism for vascularized bone tissue engineering

YL Park, K Park, JM Cha - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over the past decades, a number of bone tissue engineering (BTE) approaches have been
developed to address substantial challenges in the management of critical size bone …

Sol–gel-derived hierarchically wrinkled mesoporous ceramics for enhancement of cell alignment

YT Xie, JR Chen, YT Chen, BC Jiang, ZH Sie… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hierarchical ceramic structures offer great potential for multitudinous industrial applications
(eg, cell alignment) due to their intrinsic hydrophilic and environmental resistance …

[HTML][HTML] Directing axonal growth: A review on the fabrication of fibrous scaffolds that promotes the orientation of axons

D Sirkkunan, B Pingguan-Murphy, F Muhamad - Gels, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tissues are commonly defined as groups of cells that have similar structure and uniformly
perform a specialized function. A lesser-known fact is that the placement of these cells within …

Bioengineering methods for organoid systems

J Saleh, B Mercier, W Xi - Biology of the Cell, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Organoids have been widely used in fundamental, biomimetic, and therapeutic studies.
These multicellular systems form via cell‐autonomous self‐organization where a cohort of …

The influence of substrate stiffness on osteogenesis of vascular smooth muscle cells

J Chen, Y Wang, K Ren, Y Wang, G Fu, J Ji - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Vascular stiffening occurs with advanced age and under pathological conditions such as
vascular calcification, during which the osteogenesis of smooth muscle cells (SMCs) plays a …

Bioimprinting: bringing together 2D and 3D in dissecting cancer biology

M Sarwar, JJ Evans - BioTechniques, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, the role of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in cellular functions and tissue
homeostasis has been well acknowledged [1]. ECM represents a major constituent of tissue …