Synthetic alternatives to Matrigel

EA Aisenbrey, WL Murphy - Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 - nature.com
Matrigel, a basement-membrane matrix extracted from Engelbreth–Holm–Swarm mouse
sarcomas, has been used for more than four decades for a myriad of cell-culture …

Electrospun fibers control drug delivery for tissue regeneration and cancer therapy

L Li, R Hao, J Qin, J Song, X Chen, F Rao, J Zhai… - Advanced Fiber …, 2022 - Springer
Versatile strategies have been developed to construct electrospun fiber-based drug delivery
systems for tissue regeneration and cancer therapy. We first introduce the construction of …

Current advances and future perspectives in extrusion-based bioprinting

IT Ozbolat, M Hospodiuk - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
Extrusion-based bioprinting (EBB) is a rapidly growing technology that has made substantial
progress during the last decade. It has great versatility in printing various biologics, including …

Interwoven aligned conductive nanofiber yarn/hydrogel composite scaffolds for engineered 3D cardiac anisotropy

Y Wu, L Wang, B Guo, PX Ma - Acs Nano, 2017 - ACS Publications
Mimicking the anisotropic cardiac structure and guiding 3D cellular orientation play a critical
role in designing scaffolds for cardiac tissue regeneration. Significant advances have been …

Hydrogel scaffolds for differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells

Q Huang, Y Zou, MC Arno, S Chen, T Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Natural extracellular matrices (ECMs) have been widely used as a support for the adhesion,
migration, differentiation, and proliferation of adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs). However …

Bioactive glasses beyond bone and teeth: Emerging applications in contact with soft tissues

V Miguez-Pacheco, LL Hench, AR Boccaccini - Acta biomaterialia, 2015 - Elsevier
The applications of bioactive glasses (BGs) have to a great extent been related to the
replacement, regeneration and repair of hard tissues, such as bone and teeth, and there is …

Injectable hydrogels for cardiac tissue engineering

B Peña, M Laughter, S Jett, TJ Rowland… - Macromolecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In light of the limited efficacy of current treatments for cardiac regeneration, tissue
engineering approaches have been explored for their potential to provide mechanical …

Hofmeister effect mediated strong PHEMA-gelatin hydrogel actuator

J Li, HL Chee, YT Chong, BQY Chan… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels have become popular in biomedical applications, but their applications in muscle
and tendon-like bioactuators have been hindered by low toughness and elastic modulus …

Electrically conductive nanomaterials for cardiac tissue engineering

K Ashtari, H Nazari, H Ko, P Tebon, M Akhshik… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Patient deaths resulting from cardiovascular diseases are increasing across the globe,
posing the greatest risk to patients in developed countries. Myocardial infarction, as a result …

UV-assisted 3D bioprinting of nanoreinforced hybrid cardiac patch for myocardial tissue engineering

M Izadifar, D Chapman, P Babyn, X Chen… - … Engineering Part C …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Biofabrication of cell supportive cardiac patches that can be directly implanted on
myocardial infarct is a potential solution for myocardial infarction repair. Ideally, cardiac …