The role of natural polymers in bone tissue engineering

L Guo, Z Liang, L Yang, W Du, T Yu, H Tang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bone is a dynamic self-healing organ and a continuous remodeling ensures the restoration
of the bone structure and function over time. However, bone remodeling is not able to repair …

Piezoelectric nano‐biomaterials for biomedicine and tissue regeneration

K Kapat, QTH Shubhra, M Zhou… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Among various classes of biomaterials, the majority of non‐centrosymmetric crystalline
materials exhibit piezoelectric properties, ie, the accumulation of charge in response to …

Novel supramolecular self-healing silk fibroin-based hydrogel via host–guest interaction as wound dressing to enhance wound healing

R Yu, Y Yang, J He, M Li, B Guo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Silk fibroin (SF) based hydrogels possess great potential in wound healing. However, they
have limitations as wound dressings, such as long-gelation time, high temperature or …

Silk fibroin as biomaterial for bone tissue engineering

J Melke, S Midha, S Ghosh, K Ito, S Hofmann - Acta biomaterialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Silk fibroin (SF) is a fibrous protein which is produced mainly by silkworms and spiders. Its
unique mechanical properties, tunable biodegradation rate and the ability to support the …

Silk fibroin for skin injury repair: where do things stand?

M Gholipourmalekabadi, S Sapru… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Several synthetic and natural materials are used in soft tissue engineering and regenerative
medicine with varying degrees of success. Among them, silkworm silk protein fibroin, a …

Materials fabrication from Bombyx mori silk fibroin

DN Rockwood, RC Preda, T Yücel, X Wang… - Nature protocols, 2011 - nature.com
Silk fibroin, derived from Bombyx mori cocoons, is a widely used and studied protein
polymer for biomaterial applications. Silk fibroin has remarkable mechanical properties …

Electrospun nanofibers as dressings for chronic wound care: advances, challenges, and future prospects

M Abrigo, SL McArthur… - Macromolecular bioscience, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic non‐healing wounds show delayed and incomplete healing processes and in turn
expose patients to a high risk of infection. Treatment currently focuses on dressings that …

[HTML][HTML] A review of medicinal plant-based bioactive electrospun nano fibrous wound dressings

BF Adamu, J Gao, AK Jhatial, DM Kumelachew - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
In the early time, natural materials were used only to cover the wound but nowadays wound
dressings contain functionalize materials to prevent infections, assist wound healing …

Designing electrospun nanofiber mats to promote wound healing–a review

KA Rieger, NP Birch, JD Schiffman - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Current strategies to treat chronic wounds offer limited relief to the 7.75 million patients who
suffer from burns or chronic skin ulcers. Thus, as long as chronic wounds remain a global …

Borrowing from nature: biopolymers and biocomposites as smart wound care materials

G Suarato, R Bertorelli, A Athanassiou - Bioengineering and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Wound repair is a complex and tightly regulated physiological process, involving the
activation of various cell types throughout each subsequent step (homeostasis …