Scaffolds for tissue engineering of cardiac valves

S Jana, BJ Tefft, DB Spoon, RD Simari - Acta biomaterialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Tissue engineered heart valves offer a promising alternative for the replacement of diseased
heart valves avoiding the limitations faced with currently available bioprosthetic and …

Advanced tools for tissue engineering: scaffolds, bioreactors, and signaling

LE Freed, F Guilak, XE Guo, ML Gray… - Tissue …, 2006 - liebertpub.com
This article contains the collective views expressed at the second session of the workshop"
Tissue Engineering—The Next Generation,''which was devoted to the tools of tissue …

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 …

Design and analysis of tissue engineering scaffolds that mimic soft tissue mechanical anisotropy

T Courtney, MS Sacks, J Stankus, J Guan, WR Wagner - Biomaterials, 2006 - Elsevier
Tissue engineered constructs must exhibit tissue-like functional properties, including
mechanical behavior comparable to the native tissues they are intended to replace …

Effect of fiber diameter and orientation on fibroblast morphology and proliferation on electrospun poly (D, L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) meshes

CA Bashur, LA Dahlgren, AS Goldstein - Biomaterials, 2006 - Elsevier
Engineered ligament tissues are promising materials for the repair of tears and ruptures, but
require the development of biomaterial scaffolds that not only support physiologically …

Design and fabrication of tubular scaffolds via direct writing in a melt electrospinning mode

TD Brown, A Slotosch, L Thibaudeau… - …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Flexible tubular structures fabricated from solution electrospun fibers are finding increasing
use in tissue engineering applications. However it is difficult to control the deposition of …

Dermal fibroblast infiltration of poly (ε-caprolactone) scaffolds fabricated by melt electrospinning in a direct writing mode

BL Farrugia, TD Brown, Z Upton, DW Hutmacher… - …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Melt electrospinning in a direct writing mode is a recent additive manufacturing approach to
fabricate porous scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. In this study, we describe …

Aptamer/Hydroxyapatite-Functionalized Titanium substrate promotes Implant Osseointegration via recruiting mesenchymal stem cells

Y Wei, M Chen, M Li, D Wang, K Cai… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Endowing bone regeneration materials with both stem cell recruitment and osteoinduction
properties is a key factor in promoting osseointegration of titanium (Ti) implants. In this study …

Bioprinting of structurally organized meniscal tissue within anisotropic melt electrowritten scaffolds

X Barceló, KF Eichholz, IF Gonçalves, O Garcia… - Acta biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The meniscus is characterised by an anisotropic collagen fibre network which is integral to
its biomechanical functionality. The engineering of structurally organized meniscal grafts that …

Tri-layered elastomeric scaffolds for engineering heart valve leaflets

N Masoumi, N Annabi, A Assmann, BL Larson… - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Tissue engineered heart valves (TEHVs) that can grow and remodel have the potential to
serve as permanent replacements of the current non-viable prosthetic valves particularly for …