Bone substitutes: a review of their characteristics, clinical use, and perspectives for large bone defects management

G Fernandez de Grado, L Keller… - Journal of tissue …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Bone replacement might have been practiced for centuries with various materials of natural
origin, but had rarely met success until the late 19th century. Nowadays, many different bone …

Bone tissue engineering via growth factor delivery: from scaffolds to complex matrices

TM De Witte, LE Fratila-Apachitei… - Regenerative …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
In recent years, bone tissue engineering has emerged as a promising solution to the
limitations of current gold standard treatment options for bone related-disorders such as …

Applications of chitin and chitosan nanofibers in bone regenerative engineering

F Tao, Y Cheng, X Shi, H Zheng, Y Du, W **ang… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Promoting bone regeneration and repairing defects are urgent and critical challenges in
orthopedic clinical practice. Research on bone substitute biomaterials is essential for …

Application of chitosan in bone and dental engineering

A Aguilar, N Zein, E Harmouch, B Hafdi, F Bornert… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chitosan is a deacetylated polysaccharide from chitin, the natural biopolymer primarily
found in shells of marine crustaceans and fungi cell walls. Upon deacetylation, the …

Electrospinning of chitosan-based solutions for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

SB Qasim, MS Zafar, S Najeeb, Z Khurshid… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Electrospinning has been used for decades to generate nano-fibres via an electrically
charged jet of polymer solution. This process is established on a spinning technique, using …

Electrospinning of polymer nanofibers for tissue regeneration

T Jiang, EJ Carbone, KWH Lo, CT Laurencin - Progress in polymer …, 2015 - Elsevier
Repair and regeneration of human tissues and organs using biomaterials, cells, and/or
growth factors is a great challenge for tissue engineers and surgeons. The convergence of …

Recent advances in multiaxial electrospinning for drug delivery

A Khalf, SV Madihally - European Journal of Pharmaceutics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Electrospun fibers have seen an insurgence in biomedical applications due to their unique
characteristics. Coaxial and triaxial electrospinning techniques have added new impetus via …

Electrospun biodegradable nanofibers scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

R Khajavi, M Abbasipour… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Many polymeric materials have been developed and introduced for bone regeneration.
Especially, their nanofibrous forms are mostly applied for artificial extracellular matrices …

Prospects of chitosan-based scaffolds for growth factor release in tissue engineering

PR Sivashankari, M Prabaharan - International journal of biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering is concerned about the rejuvenation and restoration of diseased and
damages tissues/organs using man-made scaffolds that mimic the native environment of the …

Organic nanomaterials and their applications in the treatment of oral diseases

MJR Virlan, D Miricescu, R Radulescu, CM Sabliov… - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
There is a growing interest in the development of organic nanomaterials for biomedical
applications. An increasing number of studies focus on the uses of nanomaterials with …