Modern trends for peripheral nerve repair and regeneration: beyond the hollow nerve guidance conduit

CR Carvalho, JM Oliveira, RL Reis - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Peripheral nerve repair and regeneration remains among the greatest challenges in tissue
engineering and regenerative medicine. Even though peripheral nerve injuries (PNIs) are …

The porous structure of peripheral nerve guidance conduits: features, fabrication, and implications for peripheral nerve regeneration

T Wan, YL Wang, FS Zhang, XM Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Porous structure is an important three-dimensional morphological feature of the peripheral
nerve guidance conduit (NGC), which permits the infiltration of cells, nutrients, and …

Novel biomaterial strategies for controlled growth factor delivery for biomedical applications

Z Wang, Z Wang, WW Lu, W Zhen, D Yang… - NPG Asia …, 2017 - nature.com
Growth factors (GFs) are soluble proteins secreted by cells that have the ability to regulate a
variety of cellular processes and tissue regeneration. However, their translation into clinical …

Functionalized carbon nanotube and graphene oxide embedded electrically conductive hydrogel synergistically stimulates nerve cell differentiation

X Liu, AL Miller, S Park, BE Waletzki… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Nerve regeneration after injury is a critical medical issue. In previous work, we have
developed an oligo (poly (ethylene glycol) fumarate)(OPF) hydrogel incorporated with …

Decellularized nerve matrix hydrogel scaffolds with longitudinally oriented and size-tunable microchannels for peripheral nerve regeneration

Z Rao, T Lin, S Qiu, J Zhou, S Liu, S Chen… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The scaffolding biomaterials and their internal structures are crucial in constructing growth-
permissive microenvironment for tissue regeneration. A functional bioscaffold not only …

Multifunctional biomaterials: combining material modification strategies for engineering of cell-contacting surfaces

AS Mertgen, VT Trossmann, AG Guex… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In the human body, cells in a tissue are exposed to signals derived from their specific
extracellular matrix (ECM), such as architectural structure, mechanical properties, and …

3D gradient and linearly aligned magnetic microcapsules in nerve guidance conduits with remotely spatiotemporally controlled release to enhance peripheral nerve …

WC Huang, CC Lin, TW Chiu… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Although numerous strategies have been implemented to develop nerve guidance conduits
(NGCs) to treat peripheral nerve injury (PNI), functionalization of an NGC to make it remotely …

Fabrication of 3D scaffolds displaying biochemical gradients along longitudinally oriented microchannels for neural tissue engineering

L Huang, J Gao, H Wang, B **a, Y Yang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biochemical and physical guidance cues are both pivotal for axonal guidance and nerve
regeneration. However, fabrication of a platform that can integrate biochemical gradients …

Enhanced nerve cell proliferation and differentiation on electrically conductive scaffolds embedded with graphene and carbon nanotubes

Y Sun, X Liu, MN George, S Park… - … Research Part A, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Conduits that promote nerve regeneration are currently of great medical concern,
particularly when gaps exist between nerve endings. To address this issue, our laboratory …

Design and applications of protein delivery systems in nanomedicine and tissue engineering

J Bizeau, D Mertz - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Proteins are biological macromolecules involved in a wide range of biological functions,
which makes them very appealing as therapeutics agents. Indeed, compared to small …