[HTML][HTML] Natural, synthetic and commercially-available biopolymers used to regenerate tendons and ligaments

BS Heidari, R Ruan, E Vahabli, P Chen… - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Tendon and ligament (TL) injuries affect millions of people annually. Biopolymers play a
significant role in TL tissue repair, whether the treatment relies on tissue engineering …

A review on current trends and future prospectives of electrospun biopolymeric nanofibers for biomedical applications

MH Syed, MMR Khan, MAKM Zahari, MDH Beg… - European Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electrospinning (ES) is considered the most advanced and robust method to make
nanoscale materials named nanofibers (NFs) using various polymers. However, due to the …

Hyaluronic acid-based nanofibers: Electrospun synthesis and their medical applications; recent developments and future perspective

Humaira, SA Raza Bukhari, HA Shakir, M Khan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Hyaluronan is a biodegradable, biopolymer that represents a major part of the extracellular
matrix and has the potential to be fabricated in a fibrous form conjugated with other polymers …

Polylactic Acid (PLA): Properties, Synthesis, and Biomedical Applications-A Review of the Literature

NG Khouri, JO Bahú, C Blanco-Llamero… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
This comprehensive review is an in-depth analysis of polylactic acid (PLA), an increasingly
important biopolymer due to its wide-ranging applications and sustainability features. PLA's …

Exosomes derived from mesenchymal stromal cells: a promising treatment for pelvic floor dysfunction

L Xu, Y Sima, C Xiao, Y Chen - Human Cell, 2023 - Springer
Pelvic floor dysfunction (PFDs), which include pelvic organ prolapse (POP), stress urinary
incontinence (SUI) and anal incontinence (AI), are common degenerative diseases in …

Puerarin‐Loaded Electrospun Patches with Anti‐Inflammatory and Pro‐Collagen Synthesis Properties for Pelvic Floor Reconstruction

D Zhang, D Xu, X Huang, Y Wei, F Tang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is one of the most common pelvic floor dysfunction disorders
worldwide. The weakening of pelvic connective tissues initiated by excessive collagen …

Comparative study of crystallization, mechanical properties, and in vitro cytotoxicity of nanocomposites at low filler loadings of hydroxyapatite for bone-tissue …

F Nazir, M Iqbal - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
A poly (l-lactic acid)/nanohydroxyapatite (PLLA/nHA) scaffold works as a bioactive,
osteoconductive scaffold for bone-tissue engineering, but its low degradation rate limits …

A comparative insight into the mechanical properties, antibacterial potential, and cytotoxicity profile of nano-hydroxyapatite and nano-whitlockite-incorporated poly-L …

F Nazir, L Abbas, M Iqbal - Applied Nanoscience, 2022 - Springer
This work reports the synthesis and characterization of nanohydroxyapatite (nHA) and
nanowhitlockite (nWH), which were further incorporated to poly-l-lactic acid (PLLA) to study …

Functionalized nanofibers for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

ME El-Naggar, HRM Rashdan - Functionalized Nanofibers, 2023 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering is an interdisciplinary science that exploits most branches of science
from chemistry, biology, and engineering to achieve its desired goal of tissue regeneration …

Biofabrication Approaches to Tendon and Ligament Reconstruction

JE Lenz, G Pattappa, A Voss, J Zellner… - … Sports Medicine: An …, 2024 - Springer
Tendons and ligaments are indispensable connective tissues that assist in locomotion of the
body via connections between muscle to bone (tendon) and bone to bone (ligaments) …