3D printed personalized nerve guide conduits for precision repair of peripheral nerve defects

K Liu, L Yan, R Li, Z Song, J Ding, B Liu… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The treatment of peripheral nerve defects has always been one of the most challenging
clinical practices in neurosurgery. Currently, nerve autograft is the preferred treatment …

Advances in functional polymer nanofibers: From spinning fabrication techniques to recent biomedical applications

DM Dos Santos, DS Correa, ES Medeiros… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Functional polymeric micro-/nanofibers have emerged as promising materials for the
construction of structures potentially useful in biomedical fields. Among all kinds of …

A simple, quick, and cost-effective strategy to fabricate polycaprolactone/silk fibroin nanofiber yarns for biotextile-based tissue scaffold application

Y Qi, C Wang, Q Wang, F Zhou, T Li, B Wang… - European Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
The design and development of nanofibrous biotextiles have aroused much interest in the
fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, because they not only possess …

3D printed conductive multiscale nerve guidance conduit with hierarchical fibers for peripheral nerve regeneration

Y Fang, C Wang, Z Liu, J Ko, L Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nerve guidance conduits (NGCs) have become a promising alternative for peripheral nerve
regeneration; however, the outcome of nerve regeneration and functional recovery is greatly …

Alginate-based hydrogels and tubes, as biological macromolecule-based platforms for peripheral nerve tissue engineering: a review

WK Abdelbasset, SA Jasim, SK Sharma… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Unlike the central nervous system, the peripheral nervous system (PNS) has an inherent
capacity to regenerate following injury. However, in the case of large nerve defects where …

[HTML][HTML] Implantable nerve guidance conduits: Material combinations, multi-functional strategies and advanced engineering innovations

Y Yan, R Yao, J Zhao, K Chen, L Duan, T Wang… - Bioactive Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Nerve guidance conduits (NGCs) have attracted much attention due to their great necessity
and applicability in clinical use for the peripheral nerve repair. Great efforts in recent years …

3D structured self-powered PVDF/PCL scaffolds for peripheral nerve regeneration

Y Cheng, Y Xu, Y Qian, X Chen, Y Ouyang, WE Yuan - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Piezoelectric materials providing in situ electrical stimulation (ES) without applying an
external chemical or physical supporting open new frontiers for future bioelectric therapies …

[HTML][HTML] Conductive fibers for biomedical applications

L Wei, S Wang, M Shan, Y Li, Y Wang, F Wang… - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Bioelectricity has been stated as a key factor in regulating cell activity and tissue function in
electroactive tissues. Thus, various biomedical electronic constructs have been developed …

Carbon nanotube–hydrogel composites facilitate neuronal differentiation while maintaining homeostasis of network activity

L Ye, H Ji, J Liu, CH Tu, M Kappl, K Koynov… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is often assumed that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) stimulate neuronal differentiation by
transferring electrical signals and enhancing neuronal excitability. Given this, CNT–hydrogel …

Bionic microenvironment-inspired synergistic effect of anisotropic micro-nanocomposite topology and biology cues on peripheral nerve regeneration

G Li, T Zheng, L Wu, Q Han, Y Lei, L Xue, L Zhang… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Anisotropic topographies and biological cues can simulate the regenerative
microenvironment of nerve from physical and biological aspects, which show promising …