Small-diameter vascular tissue engineering

DG Seifu, A Purnama, K Mequanint… - Nature Reviews …, 2013‏ - nature.com
Vascular occlusion remains the leading cause of death in Western countries, despite
advances made in balloon angioplasty and conventional surgical intervention. Vascular …

Stem cell-biomaterial interactions for regenerative medicine

S Martino, F D'Angelo, I Armentano, JM Kenny… - Biotechnology …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
The synergism of stem cell biology and biomaterial technology promises to have a profound
impact on stem-cell-based clinical applications for tissue regeneration. Biomaterials …

Protein/polysaccharide‐based scaffolds mimicking native extracellular matrix for cardiac tissue engineering applications

E Rosellini, YS Zhang, B Migliori… - … Research Part A, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Tissue engineering has emerged as a viable approach to treat disease or repair damage in
tissues and organs. One of the key elements for the success of tissue engineering is the use …

Biomimetic materials and scaffolds for myocardial tissue regeneration

A Silvestri, M Boffito, S Sartori… - Macromolecular …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
One of the main challenges in tissue engineering/regenerative medicine (TERM) is the
repair of damaged heart tissue, avoiding or minimizing ventricular remodeling which leads …

[HTML][HTML] Polymeric biomaterials for the treatment of cardiac post-infarction injuries

S Trombino, F Curcio, R Cassano, M Curcio, G Cirillo… - Pharmaceutics, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Cardiac regeneration aims to reconstruct the heart contractile mass, preventing the organ
from a progressive functional deterioration, by delivering pro-regenerative cells, drugs, or …

Decellularized ovine arteries as small-diameter vascular grafts

L Mancuso, A Gualerzi, F Boschetti, F Loy… - Biomedical …, 2014‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Atherosclerosis and its complications still represent the leading cause of death in the
developed countries. While autologous blood vessels may be regarded as the best solution …

Assessment of scaffold porosity: the new route of micro-CT

S Bertoldi, S Farè, MC Tanzi - Journal of Applied …, 2011‏ - journals.sagepub.com
A complete morphologic characterization of porous scaffolds for tissue engineering
application is fundamental, as the architectural parameters, in particular porosity, strongly …

[HTML][HTML] Modular strategies to build cell-free and cell-laden scaffolds towards bioengineered tissues and organs

A Salerno, G Cesarelli, P Pedram, PA Netti - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Engineering three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds for functional tissue and organ regeneration is
a major challenge of the tissue engineering (TE) community. Great progress has been made …

Scaffold-in-scaffold potential to induce growth and differentiation of cardiac progenitor cells

M Ciocci, F Mochi, F Carotenuto… - Stem Cells and …, 2017‏ - liebertpub.com
The design of reliable biocompatible and biodegradable scaffolds remains one of the most
important challenges for tissue engineering. In fact, properly designed scaffolds must display …

A perspective on bioactive cell microencapsulation

A Acarregui, A Murua, JL Pedraz, G Orive… - BioDrugs, 2012‏ - Springer
Bioactive cell encapsulation has emerged as a promising tool for the treatment of patients
with various disorders including diabetes mellitus, central nervous system diseases, and …