PLGA-based biodegradable microspheres in drug delivery: recent advances in research and application

Y Su, B Zhang, R Sun, W Liu, Q Zhu, X Zhang… - Drug …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Biodegradable microspheres have been widely used in the field of medicine due to their
ability to deliver drug molecules of various properties through multiple pathways and their …

Dexamethasone: insights into pharmacological aspects, therapeutic mechanisms, and delivery systems

VS Madamsetty, R Mohammadinejad… - ACS biomaterials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Dexamethasone (DEX) has been widely used to treat a variety of diseases, including
autoimmune diseases, allergies, ocular disorders, cancer, and, more recently, COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated gradient tissue-engineered osteochondral scaffolds: Challenges, current efforts and future perspectives

X Niu, N Li, Z Du, X Li - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The osteochondral defect repair has been most extensively studied due to the rising
demand for new therapies to diseases such as osteoarthritis. Tissue engineering has been …

[HTML][HTML] Recent development in multizonal scaffolds for osteochondral regeneration

L Yu, S Cavelier, B Hannon, M Wei - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Osteochondral (OC) repair is an extremely challenging topic due to the complex biphasic
structure and poor intrinsic regenerative capability of natural osteochondral tissue. In …

Hydrogel composite scaffolds achieve recruitment and chondrogenesis in cartilage tissue engineering applications

B Huang, P Li, M Chen, L Peng, X Luo, G Tian… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background The regeneration and repair of articular cartilage remains a major challenge for
clinicians and scientists due to the poor intrinsic healing of this tissue. Since cartilage …

Chitosan hydrogel as tissue engineering scaffolds for vascular regeneration applications

Q Wang, X Wang, Y Feng - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chitosan hydrogels have a wide range of applications in tissue engineering scaffolds,
mainly due to the advantages of their chemical and physical properties. This review focuses …

Biomaterials-mediated targeted therapeutics of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury

Q Luo, W Sun, Z Li, J Sun, Y **ao, J Zhang, C Zhu… - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
Reperfusion therapy is widely used to treat acute myocardial infarction. However, its efficacy
is limited by myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (MIRI), which occurs paradoxically due …

Post-traumatic osteoarthritis: A review of pathogenic mechanisms and novel targets for mitigation

JE Dilley, MA Bello, N Roman, T McKinley, U Sankar - Bone reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) develops secondary to a joint injury and accounts for
12% of all osteoarthritis. These injuries, often of the lower extremity joints, occur due to …

Microcarriers in application for cartilage tissue engineering: recent progress and challenges

SL Ding, X Liu, XY Zhao, KT Wang, W **ong, ZL Gao… - Bioactive Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Successful regeneration of cartilage tissue at a clinical scale has been a tremendous
challenge in the past decades. Microcarriers (MCs), usually used for cell and drug delivery …

The microspheres/hydrogels scaffolds based on the proteins, nucleic acids, or polysaccharides composite as carriers for tissue repair: A review

X Li, X Wu - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2023 - Elsevier
There are many studies on specific macromolecules and their contributions to tissue repair.
Macromolecules have supporting and protective effects in organisms and can help regrow …