Nanoreinforced hydrogels for tissue engineering: biomaterials that are compatible with load‐bearing and electroactive tissues

M Mehrali, A Thakur, CP Pennisi, S Talebian… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Given their highly porous nature and excellent water retention, hydrogel‐based biomaterials
can mimic critical properties of the native cellular environment. However, their potential to …

Bioprocess design considerations for cultured meat production with a focus on the expansion bioreactor

SJ Allan, PA De Bank, MJ Ellis - Frontiers in Sustainable Food …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cultured meat, as a cellular agriculture product, utilizes tissue engineering techniques and
consequently faces not only cell culture challenges but also scale-up limitations. To ensure …

Effective bioprinting resolution in tissue model fabrication

AK Miri, I Mirzaee, S Hassan, SM Oskui, D Nieto… - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent advancements in bioprinting techniques have enabled convenient fabrication of
micro-tissues in organ-on-a-chip platforms. In a sense, the success of bioprinted micro …

The role of extracellular matrix composition in structure and function of bioengineered skeletal muscle

S Hinds, W Bian, RG Dennis, N Bursac - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
One of the obstacles to the potential clinical utility of bioengineered skeletal muscle is its
limited force generation capacity. Since engineered muscle, unlike most native muscle …

Biomimetic engineered muscle with capacity for vascular integration and functional maturation in vivo

M Juhas, GC Engelmayr Jr… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Tissue-engineered skeletal muscle can serve as a physiological model of natural muscle
and a potential therapeutic vehicle for rapid repair of severe muscle loss and injury. Here …

Myoblast differentiation on graphene oxide

SH Ku, CB Park - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
Graphene-based nanomaterials have received much attention in biomedical applications for
drug/gene delivery, cancer therapy, imaging, and tissue engineering. Despite the capacity of …

Engineered skeletal muscle tissue networks with controllable architecture

W Bian, N Bursac - Biomaterials, 2009 - Elsevier
The engineering of functional skeletal muscle tissue substitutes holds promise for the
treatment of various muscular diseases and injuries. However, no tissue fabrication …

The stimulation of myoblast differentiation by electrically conductive sub-micron fibers

I Jun, S Jeong, H Shin - Biomaterials, 2009 - Elsevier
Myotubes assemble with bundles of myofibers to form the structural units in skeletal muscle.
Therefore, myotube formation plays an important role in restoring muscular functions, and …

In vivo tissue engineering of functional skeletal muscle by freshly isolated satellite cells embedded in a photopolymerizable hydrogel

CA Rossi, M Flaibani, B Blaauw… - The FASEB …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The success of skeletal muscle reconstruction depends on finding the most effective,
clinically suitable strategy to engineer myogenic cells and biocompatible scaffolds. Satellite …

Striated muscle function, regeneration, and repair

IY Shadrin, A Khodabukus, N Bursac - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2016 - Springer
As the only striated muscle tissues in the body, skeletal and cardiac muscle share numerous
structural and functional characteristics, while exhibiting vastly different size and …