The tissue-engineered vascular graft—past, present, and future

S Pashneh-Tala, S MacNeil… - Tissue Engineering Part B …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, with this trend predicted to
continue for the foreseeable future. Common disorders are associated with the stenosis or …

Silk fibroin biomaterials for tissue regenerations

B Kundu, R Rajkhowa, SC Kundu, X Wang - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
Regeneration of tissues using cells, scaffolds and appropriate growth factors is a key
approach in the treatments of tissue or organ failure. Silk protein fibroin can be effectively …

In vivo bioresponses to silk proteins

AE Thurber, FG Omenetto, DL Kaplan - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
Silks are appealing materials for numerous biomedical applications involving drug delivery,
tissue engineering, or implantable devices, because of their tunable mechanical properties …

Silk fibroin-based biomaterials for tissue engineering applications

G Li, S Sun - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering (TE) involves the combination of cells with scaffolding materials and
appropriate growth factors in order to regenerate or replace damaged and degenerated …

Current strategies for the manufacture of small size tissue engineering vascular grafts

M Carrabba, P Madeddu - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Occlusive arterial disease, including coronary heart disease (CHD) and peripheral arterial
disease (PAD), is the main cause of death, with an annual mortality incidence predicted to …

Tissue engineering at the blood‐contacting surface: A review of challenges and strategies in vascular graft development

D Radke, W Jia, D Sharma, K Fena… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs) are beginning to achieve clinical success and
hold promise as a source of grafting material when donor grafts are unsuitable or …

From arteries to capillaries: approaches to engineering human vasculature

S Fleischer, DN Tavakol… - Advanced functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
From microscaled capillaries to millimeter‐sized vessels, human vasculature spans multiple
scales and cell types. The convergence of bioengineering, materials science, and stem cell …

Potential of agarose/silk fibroin blended hydrogel for in vitro cartilage tissue engineering

YP Singh, N Bhardwaj, BB Mandal - ACS applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
An osteoarthritis pandemic has accelerated exploration of various biomaterials for cartilage
reconstruction with a special emphasis on silk fibroin from mulberry (Bombyx mori) and non …

Silk fibroin in tissue engineering

N Kasoju, U Bora - Advanced healthcare materials, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Tissue engineering (TE) is a multidisciplinary field that aims at the in vitro engineering of
tissues and organs by integrating science and technology of cells, materials and …

Future perspectives in small-diameter vascular graft engineering

P Mallis, A Kostakis, C Stavropoulos-Giokas… - Bioengineering, 2020 - mdpi.com
The increased demands of small-diameter vascular grafts (SDVGs) globally has forced the
scientific society to explore alternative strategies utilizing the tissue engineering …