Thermo-responsive polymers: Applications of smart materials in drug delivery and tissue engineering

M Sponchioni, UC Palmiero, D Moscatelli - Materials Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Synthetic polymers are attracting great attention in the last decades for their use in the
biomedical field as nanovectors for controlled drug delivery, hydrogels and scaffolds …

A review of trends and limitations in hydrogel-rapid prototyping for tissue engineering

T Billiet, M Vandenhaute, J Schelfhout… - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
The combined potential of hydrogels and rapid prototyping technologies has been an
exciting route in developing tissue engineering scaffolds for the past decade. Hydrogels …

In vitro strategies to vascularize 3D physiologically relevant models

A Dellaquila, C Le Bao, D Letourneur… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Vascularization of 3D models represents a major challenge of tissue engineering and a key
prerequisite for their clinical and industrial application. The use of prevascularized models …

Advanced bottom‐up engineering of living architectures

VM Gaspar, P Lavrador, J Borges… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Bottom‐up tissue engineering is a promising approach for designing modular biomimetic
structures that aim to recapitulate the intricate hierarchy and biofunctionality of native human …

Tissue engineering by self-assembly and bio-printing of living cells

K Jakab, C Norotte, F Marga, K Murphy… - …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Biofabrication of living structures with desired topology and functionality requires the
interdisciplinary effort of practitioners of the physical, life and engineering sciences. Such …

Fabrication of functional three-dimensional tissues by stacking cell sheets in vitro

Y Haraguchi, T Shimizu, T Sasagawa, H Sekine… - Nature protocols, 2012 - nature.com
The fabrication of 3D tissues retaining the original functions of tissues/organs in vitro is
crucial for optimal tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The fabrication of 3D …

Human engineered heart muscles engraft and survive long term in a rodent myocardial infarction model

J Riegler, M Tiburcy, A Ebert, E Tzatzalos… - Circulation …, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Tissue engineering approaches may improve survival and functional benefits
from human embryonic stem cell–derived cardiomyocyte transplantation, thereby potentially …

[HTML][HTML] Stem cell-derived cell sheet transplantation for heart tissue repair in myocardial infarction

R Guo, M Morimatsu, T Feng, F Lan, D Chang… - Stem Cell Research & …, 2020 - Springer
Stem cell-derived sheet engineering has been developed as the next-generation treatment
for myocardial infarction (MI) and offers attractive advantages in comparison with direct stem …

Physiological function and transplantation of scaffold-free and vascularized human cardiac muscle tissue

KR Stevens, KL Kreutziger… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Success of human myocardial tissue engineering for cardiac repair has been limited by
adverse effects of scaffold materials, necrosis at the tissue core, and poor survival after …

Automated 3D bioassembly of micro-tissues for biofabrication of hybrid tissue engineered constructs

NV Mekhileri, KS Lim, GCJ Brown, I Mutreja… - …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Bottom-up biofabrication approaches combining micro-tissue fabrication techniques with
extrusion-based 3D printing of thermoplastic polymer scaffolds are emerging strategies in …