Overcoming negatively charged tissue barriers: Drug delivery using cationic peptides and proteins

A Vedadghavami, C Zhang, AG Bajpayee - Nano today, 2020 - Elsevier
Negatively charged tissues are ubiquitous in the human body and are associated with a
number of common diseases yet remain an outstanding challenge for targeted drug delivery …

Materials for the spine: anatomy, problems, and solutions

BA Frost, S Camarero-Espinosa, EJ Foster - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Disc degeneration affects 12% to 35% of a given population, based on genetics, age,
gender, and other environmental factors, and usually occurs in the lumbar spine due to …

Progress in electrospun composite nanofibers: composition, performance and applications for tissue engineering

X Gao, S Han, R Zhang, G Liu, J Wu - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The discovery of novel methods to fabricate optimal scaffolds that mimic both mechanical
and functional properties of the extracellular matrix (ECM) has always been the “holy grail” …

Fucoidan-loaded nanofibrous scaffolds promote annulus fibrosus repair by ameliorating the inflammatory and oxidative microenvironments in degenerative …

Q Yu, F Han, Z Yuan, Z Zhu, C Liu, Z Tu, Q Guo… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering holds potential in the treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD).
However, implantation of tissue engineered constructs may cause foreign body reaction and …

Lessons learned from intervertebral disc pathophysiology to guide rational design of sequential delivery systems for therapeutic biological factors

L Frapin, J Clouet, V Delplace, M Fusellier… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration has been associated with low back pain, which is a
major musculoskeletal disorder and socio-economic problem that affects as many as 600 …

Strategies for annulus fibrosus regeneration: from biological therapies to tissue engineering

G Chu, C Shi, H Wang, W Zhang, H Yang… - … in bioengineering and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Intervertebral disc (IVD) is an avascular tissue which contributes to the weight bearing,
motion, and flexibility of spine. However, IVD is susceptible to damage and even failure due …

The effect of the fibre orientation of electrospun scaffolds on the matrix production of rabbit annulus fibrosus-derived stem cells

C Liu, C Zhu, J Li, P Zhou, M Chen, H Yang, B Li - Bone research, 2015 - nature.com
Annulus fibrosus (AF) tissue engineering has recently received increasing attention as a
treatment for intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration; however, such engineering remains …

[HTML][HTML] Proper animal experimental designs for preclinical research of biomaterials for intervertebral disc regeneration

Y Peng, X Qing, H Shu, S Tian, W Yang… - Biomaterials …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Low back pain is a vital musculoskeletal disease that impairs life quality, leads to disability
and imposes heavy economic burden on the society, while it is greatly attributed to …

Delivery systems for the treatment of degenerated intervertebral discs

SBG Blanquer, DW Grijpma, AA Poot - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
The intervertebral disc (IVD) is the most avascular and acellular tissue in the body and
therefore prone to degeneration. During IVD degeneration, the balance between anabolic …

The role of microenvironment in stem cell-based regeneration of intervertebral disc

G Chu, W Zhang, F Han, K Li, C Liu, Q Wei… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Regenerative medicine for intervertebral disc (IVD) disease, by utilizing chondrocytes, IVD
cells, and stem cells, has progressed to clinical trials in the treatment of back pain, and has …