Application of collagen scaffold in tissue engineering: recent advances and new perspectives

C Dong, Y Lv - Polymers, 2016 - mdpi.com
Collagen is the main structural protein of most hard and soft tissues in animals and the
human body, which plays an important role in maintaining the biological and structural …

From acellular matrices to smart polymers: degradable scaffolds that are transforming the shape of urethral tissue engineering

TO Abbas, HC Yalcin, CP Pennisi - International Journal of Molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Several congenital and acquired conditions may result in severe narrowing of the urethra in
men, which represent an ongoing surgical challenge and a significant burden on both health …

Bi-layer silk fibroin skeleton and bladder acellular matrix hydrogel encapsulating adipose-derived stem cells for bladder reconstruction

S Xiao, P Wang, J Zhao, Z Ling, Z An, Z Fu, W Fu… - Biomaterials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
A scaffold, constructed from a bi-layer silk fibroin skeleton (BSFS) and a bladder acellular
matrix hydrogel (BAMH) encapsulated with adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs), was …

Effect of optimized concentrations of basic fibroblast growth factor and epidermal growth factor on proliferation of fibroblasts and expression of collagen: related to …

YY Jia, JY Zhou, Y Chang, F An, XW Li… - Chinese Medical …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: Fibroblasts were the main seed cells in the studies of tissue engineering of the
pelvic floor ligament. Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and epidermal growth factor …

Current applications and future directions of bioengineering approaches for bladder augmentation and reconstruction

X Wang, F Zhang, L Liao - Frontiers in Surgery, 2021 - frontiersin.org
End-stage neurogenic bladder usually results in the insufficiency of upper urinary tract,
requiring bladder augmentation with intestinal tissue. To avoid complications of …

Growth differentiation factor 5-mediated enhancement of chondrocyte phenotype is inhibited by heparin: implications for the use of heparin in the clinic and in tissue …

BI Ayerst, RAA Smith, V Nurcombe, AJ Day… - … Engineering Part A, 2017 - liebertpub.com
The highly sulfated glycosaminoglycan (GAG) heparin is widely used in the clinic as an
anticoagulant, and researchers are now using it to enhance stem cell expansion …

Urinary bladder and urethral tissue engineering, and 3D bioprinting approaches for urological reconstruction

SR Chowdhury, N Keshavan, B Basu - Journal of Materials Research, 2021 - Springer
In the last few decades, tissue engineering evolved as an exciting multidisciplinary field of
research. The primary objective of this review is to critically analyze 3D bioprinting-based …

[HTML][HTML] Bladder reconstruction with human amniotic membrane in a xenograft rat model: a preclinical study

D Barski, H Gerullis, T Ecke, J Yang… - … Journal of Medical …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Human amniotic membranes (HAMs) are assumed to have a number of unique
characteristics including durability, hypoallergenic and anti-inflammatory properties …

Bladder regeneration using multiple acellular scaffolds with growth factors in a bladder

LAJ Roelofs, PKJD de Jonge, E Oosterwijk… - … Engineering Part A, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Introduction: Tissue engineering may become an alternative to current bladder
augmentation techniques. Large scaffolds are needed for clinically significant augmentation …

Tissue engineering to treat pelvic organ prolapse

D Yang, M Zhang, K Liu - Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a frequent chronic illness, which seriously affects women's
living quality. In recent years, tissue engineering has made superior progress in POP …