Vascularized and innervated skeletal muscle tissue engineering

J Gilbert‐Honick, W Grayson - Advanced healthcare materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Volumetric muscle loss (VML) is a devastating loss of muscle tissue that overwhelms the
native regenerative properties of skeletal muscle and results in lifelong functional deficits …

Protein-based hydrogels: promising materials for tissue engineering

N Davari, N Bakhtiary, M Khajehmohammadi, S Sarkari… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The successful design of a hydrogel for tissue engineering requires a profound
understanding of its constituents' structural and molecular properties, as well as the proper …

Skeletal muscle tissue engineering: biomaterials-based strategies for the treatment of volumetric muscle loss

ME Carnes, GD Pins - Bioengineering, 2020 - mdpi.com
Millions of Americans suffer from skeletal muscle injuries annually that can result in
volumetric muscle loss (VML), where extensive musculoskeletal damage and tissue loss …

A review of recent advances in natural polymer-based scaffolds for musculoskeletal tissue engineering

J Fan, K Abedi-Dorcheh, A Sadat Vaziri… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The musculoskeletal (MS) system consists of bone, cartilage, tendon, ligament, and skeletal
muscle, which forms the basic framework of the human body. This system plays a vital role in …

Scalable macroporous hydrogels enhance stem cell treatment of volumetric muscle loss

I Eugenis, D Wu, C Hu, G Chiang, NF Huang… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Volumetric muscle loss (VML), characterized by an irreversible loss of skeletal muscle due to
trauma or surgery, is accompanied by severe functional impairment and long-term disability …

Chondroitin sulfate-based composites: a tour d'horizon of their biomedical applications

MAS Abourehab, S Baisakhiya, A Aggarwal… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Chondroitin sulfate (CS), a natural anionic mucopolysaccharide, belonging to the
glycosaminoglycan family, acts as the primary element of the extracellular matrix (ECM) of …

[HTML][HTML] Bioprinting of 3D in vitro skeletal muscle models: A review

P Zhuang, J An, CK Chua, LP Tan - Materials & Design, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent years have witnessed significant progress in skeletal muscle tissue regeneration.
Numerous bioengineering approaches have been implemented to construct in vitro skeletal …

Engineering functional and histological regeneration of vascularized skeletal muscle

J Gilbert-Honick, SR Iyer, SM Somers, RM Lovering… - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering strategies to treat patients with volumetric muscle loss (VML) aim to
recover the structure and contractile function of lost muscle tissue. Here, we assessed the …

Therapeutic approaches for volumetric muscle loss injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SM Greising, BT Corona, C McGann… - … Engineering Part B …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Our goal was to understand the impact of regenerative therapies on the functional capacity
of skeletal muscle following volumetric muscle loss (VML) injury. An extensive database …

Biomaterial and stem cell‐based strategies for skeletal muscle regeneration

A Dunn, M Talovic, K Patel, A Patel… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Adult skeletal muscle can regenerate effectively after mild physical or chemical insult.
Muscle trauma or disease can overwhelm this innate capacity for regeneration and result in …