[HTML][HTML] Articular cartilage and osteochondral tissue engineering techniques: Recent advances and challenges

W Wei, H Dai - Bioactive materials, 2021 - Elsevier
In spite of the considerable achievements in the field of regenerative medicine in the past
several decades, osteochondral defect regeneration remains a challenging issue among …

Tailoring gelation mechanisms for advanced hydrogel applications

V Nele, JP Wojciechowski… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels are one of the most commonly explored classes of biomaterials. Their chemical
and structural versatility has enabled their use across a wide range of applications, including …

Injectable immunomodulation-based porous chitosan microspheres/HPCH hydrogel composites as a controlled drug delivery system for osteochondral regeneration

X Ji, H Shao, X Li, MW Ullah, G Luo, Z Xu, L Ma, X He… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
The inappropriate regenerated fibrous cartilage and subchondral bone of the injured
chondral defect ultimately cause degeneration of the regenerated cartilage, which …

Digital light processing based bioprinting with composable gradients

M Wang, W Li, LS Mille, T Ching, Z Luo… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recapitulation of complex tissues signifies a remarkable challenge and, to date, only a few
approaches have emerged that can efficiently reconstruct necessary gradients in 3D …

[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 …

Multileveled Hierarchical Hydrogel with Continuous Biophysical and Biochemical Gradients for Enhanced Repair of Full‐Thickness Osteochondral Defect

L Zhang, W Dai, C Gao, W Wei, R Huang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The repair of hierarchical osteochondral defect requires sophisticated gradient
reestablishment; however, few strategies for continuous gradient casting consider the …

Advances in the fabrication of biomaterials for gradient tissue engineering

C Li, L Ouyang, JPK Armstrong, MM Stevens - Trends in biotechnology, 2021 - cell.com
Natural tissues and organs exhibit an array of spatial gradients, from the polarized neural
tube during embryonic development to the osteochondral interface present at articulating …

Smart sensing hydrogel actuators conferred by MXene gradient arrangement

J Zeng, X **g, L Lin, G Wang, Y Zhang… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Smart sensing and excellent actuation abilities of natural organisms have driven scientists to
develop bionic soft-bodied robots. However, most conventional robots suffer from poor …

Designing of gradient scaffolds and their applications in tissue regeneration

A Pattnaik, AS Sanket, S Pradhan, R Sahoo, S Das… - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
Gradient scaffolds are isotropic/anisotropic three-dimensional structures with gradual
transitions in geometry, density, porosity, stiffness, etc., that mimic the biological extracellular …

Gradient bimetallic ion–based hydrogels for tissue microstructure reconstruction of tendon-to-bone insertion

R Yang, G Li, C Zhuang, P Yu, T Ye, Y Zhang… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Although gradients play an essential role in guiding the function of tissues, achieving
synchronous regeneration of gradient tissue injuries remains a challenge. Here, a gradient …