Biomaterials for intervertebral disc regeneration and repair

RD Bowles, LA Setton - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
The intervertebral disc contributes to motion, weight bearing, and flexibility of the spine, but
is susceptible to damage and morphological changes that contribute to pathology with age …

Meniscus, articular cartilage and nucleus pulposus: a comparative review of cartilage-like tissues in anatomy, development and function

S Chen, P Fu, H Wu, M Pei - Cell and tissue research, 2017 - Springer
The degradation of cartilage in the human body is impacted by aging, disease, genetic
predisposition and continued insults resulting from daily activity. The burden of cartilage …

Innovative design of minimal invasive biodegradable poly (glycerol-dodecanoate) nucleus pulposus scaffold with function regeneration

L Wang, K **, N Li, P Xu, H Yuan, H Ramaraju… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Minimally invasive biodegradable implants with regeneration have been a frontier trend in
clinic. Degeneration of nucleus pulposus (NP) is irreversible in most of spine diseases, and …

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 …

Waste to high-value products: The performance and potential of carboxymethylcellulose hydrogels via the circular economy

P Kaur, HB Bohidar, DR Nisbet, FM Pfeffer, A Rifai… - Cellulose, 2023 - Springer
Hydrogels are a class of materials that have found many applications across society.
Petrochemicals are a dominant, but unsustainable feedstock of crosslinked polymer …

Degeneration and regeneration of the intervertebral disc: lessons from development

LJ Smith, NL Nerurkar, KS Choi… - Disease models & …, 2011 - journals.biologists.com
Degeneration of the intervertebral discs, a process characterized by a cascade of cellular,
biochemical, structural and functional changes, is strongly implicated as a cause of low back …

Role of biomechanics in intervertebral disc degeneration and regenerative therapies: what needs repairing in the disc and what are promising biomaterials for its …

JC Iatridis, SB Nicoll, AJ Michalek, BA Walter… - The spine journal, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Degeneration and injuries of the intervertebral disc (IVD) result
in large alterations in biomechanical behaviors. Repair strategies using biomaterials can be …

Engineering complex anisotropic scaffolds beyond simply uniaxial alignment for tissue engineering

J **ng, N Liu, N Xu, W Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Anisotropic microarchitectures arising from an aligned organization of threadlike
extracellular matrix (ECM) components or cells are ubiquitous in the human body, such as …

Characterization and properties of carboxymethyl cellulose hydrogels crosslinked by polyethylene glycol

H Kono - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2014 - Elsevier
Novel hydrogels were prepared from carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) sodium salt by
crosslinking with polyethylene glycol diglycidyl ether (PEGDE). The detailed structures of the …

Recent advancements in polyurethane-based tissue engineering

S Singh, K Kumar Paswan, A Kumar… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In tissue engineering, polyurethane-based implants have gained significant traction
because of their high compatibility and inertness. The implants therefore show fewer side …