Scaffold-free cell-based tissue engineering therapies: advances, shortfalls and forecast

A De Pieri, Y Rochev, DI Zeugolis - NPJ Regenerative Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Cell-based scaffold-free therapies seek to develop in vitro organotypic three-dimensional
(3D) tissue-like surrogates, capitalising upon the inherent capacity of cells to create tissues …

The physical microenvironment of hematopoietic stem cells and its emerging roles in engineering applications

P Zhang, C Zhang, J Li, J Han, X Liu… - Stem Cell Research & …, 2019 - Springer
Stem cells are considered the fundamental underpinnings of tissue biology. The stem cell
microenvironment provides factors and elements that play significant roles in controlling the …

The role of bioreactors in tissue engineering

I Martin, D Wendt, M Heberer - TRENDS in Biotechnology, 2004 - cell.com
Ex vivo engineering of living tissues is a rapidly developing area with the potential to impact
significantly on a wide-range of biomedical applications. Major obstacles to the generation …

Electrical and mechanical stimulation of cardiac cells and tissue constructs

WL Stoppel, DL Kaplan, LD Black III - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
The field of cardiac tissue engineering has made significant strides over the last few
decades, highlighted by the development of human cell derived constructs that have shown …

Directed 3D cell alignment and elongation in microengineered hydrogels

H Aubin, JW Nichol, CB Hutson, H Bae, AL Sieminski… - Biomaterials, 2010 - Elsevier
Organized cellular alignment is critical to controlling tissue microarchitecture and biological
function. Although a multitude of techniques have been described to control cellular …

Accordion-like honeycombs for tissue engineering of cardiac anisotropy

GC Engelmayr Jr, M Cheng, CJ Bettinger… - Nature materials, 2008 - nature.com
Tissue-engineered grafts may be useful in myocardial repair; however, previous scaffolds
have been structurally incompatible with recapitulating cardiac anisotropy. Here, we use …

Patterning human stem cells and endothelial cells with laser printing for cardiac regeneration

R Gaebel, N Ma, J Liu, J Guan, L Koch, C Klopsch… - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
Recent study showed that mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) could inhibit apoptosis of
endothelial cells in hypoxic condition, increase their survival, and stimulate the …

PGS: Gelatin nanofibrous scaffolds with tunable mechanical and structural properties for engineering cardiac tissues

M Kharaziha, M Nikkhah, SR Shin, N Annabi… - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
A significant challenge in cardiac tissue engineering is the development of biomimetic grafts
that can potentially promote myocardial repair and regeneration. A number of approaches …

Maturing human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes in human engineered cardiac tissues

NT Feric, M Radisic - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Engineering functional human cardiac tissue that mimics the native adult morphological and
functional phenotype has been a long held objective. In the last 5 years, the field of cardiac …

The effect of cyclic stretch on maturation and 3D tissue formation of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes

A Mihic, J Li, Y Miyagi, M Gagliardi, SH Li, J Zu… - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
The goal of cardiac tissue engineering is to restore function to the damaged myocardium
with regenerative constructs. Human embryonic stem cell–derived cardiomyocytes (hESC …