The decisive early phase of bone regeneration

GN Duda, S Geissler, S Checa, S Tsitsilonis… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Bone has a remarkable endogenous regenerative capacity that enables scarless healing
and restoration of its prior mechanical function, even under challenging conditions such as …

Biomaterials in tendon and skeletal muscle tissue engineering: current trends and challenges

M Beldjilali-Labro, A Garcia Garcia, F Farhat, F Bedoui… - Materials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering is a promising approach to repair tendon and muscle when natural
healing fails. Biohybrid constructs obtained after cells' seeding and culture in dedicated …

Extracellular matrix in calcific aortic valve disease: architecture, dynamic and perspectives

A Di Vito, A Donato, I Presta, T Mancuso… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Calcific Aortic Valve Disease (CAVD) is the most common valvular heart disease in
developed countries and in the ageing population. It is strongly correlated to median age …

Bioinspired heart valve prosthesis made by silicone additive manufacturing

FB Coulter, M Schaffner, JA Faber, A Rafsanjani… - Matter, 2019 - cell.com
Synthetic implants made by traditional fabrication routes are not patient specific and rarely
match the performance of their biological counterparts. We present an additive …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced robotics to address the translational gap in tendon engineering

IL Sander, N Dvorak, JA Stebbins, AJ Carr… - Cyborg and Bionic …, 2022 - spj.science.org
Tendon disease is a significant and growing burden to healthcare systems. One strategy to
address this challenge is tissue engineering. A widely held view in this field is that …

Use of cyclic strain bioreactor for the upregulation of key tenocyte gene expression on Poly (glycerol-sebacate)(PGS) sheets

P Deniz, S Guler, E Çelik, P Hosseinian… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The inadequate donor source and the difficulty of using natural grafts in tendon repair and
regeneration has led researchers to develop biodegradable and biocompatible synthetic …

Gentle cyclic straining of human fibroblasts on electrospun scaffolds enhances their regenerative potential

M Vashaghian, CM Diedrich, B Zandieh-Doulabi… - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
The extracellular matrix of fascia-like tissues is a resilient network of collagenous fibers that
withstand the forces of daily life. When overstretched, the matrix may tear, with serious …

In vivo and in vitro mechanical loading of mouse Achilles tendons and tenocytes—a pilot study

V Fleischhacker, F Klatte-Schulz, S Minkwitz… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mechanical force is a key factor for the maintenance, adaptation, and function of tendons.
Investigating the impact of mechanical loading in tenocytes and tendons might provide …

A microfabricated platform with hydrogel arrays for 3D mechanical stimulation of cells

H Liu, J Usprech, Y Sun, CA Simmons - Acta biomaterialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Cellular microenvironments present cells with multiple stimuli, including not only soluble
biochemical and insoluble matrix cues but also mechanical factors. Biomaterial array …

The osteogenic and tenogenic differentiation potential of C3H10T1/2 (mesenchymal stem cell model) cultured on PCL/PLA electrospun scaffolds in the absence of …

T Baudequin, L Gaut, M Mueller, A Huepkes… - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
The differentiation potential of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) has been extensively tested
on electrospun scaffolds. However, this potential is often assessed with lineage-specific …