Cell biology of spinal cord injury and repair

TM O'Shea, JE Burda… - The Journal of clinical …, 2017 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Spinal cord injury (SCI) lesions present diverse challenges for repair strategies.
Anatomically complete injuries require restoration of neural connectivity across lesions …

The triad of nanotechnology, cell signalling, and scaffold implantation for the successful repair of damaged organs: An overview on soft-tissue engineering

P Abdollahiyan, F Oroojalian… - Journal of controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
As a milestone in therapeutic fields, tissue engineering has offered an alternative strategy to
address unmet clinical needs for the repair and replacement of human damaged organs …

Ependymal cell contribution to scar formation after spinal cord injury is minimal, local and dependent on direct ependymal injury

Y Ren, Y Ao, TM O'Shea, JE Burda, AM Bernstein… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Ependyma have been proposed as adult neural stem cells that provide the majority of newly
proliferated scar-forming astrocytes that protect tissue and function after spinal cord injury …

Recent trends in the fabrication of starch nanofibers: electrospinning and non-electrospinning routes and their applications in biotechnology

R Ashraf, HS Sofi, A Malik, MA Beigh, R Hamid… - Applied biochemistry …, 2019 - Springer
Electrospinning a versatile and the most preferred technique for the fabrication of nanofibers
has revolutionized by opening unlimited avenues in biomedical fields. Presently, the …

Spun biotextiles in tissue engineering and biomolecules delivery systems

CS Miranda, ARM Ribeiro, NC Homem, HP Felgueiras - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, tissue engineering is described as an interdisciplinary field that combines
engineering principles and life sciences to generate implantable devices to repair, restore …

Foreign body responses in mouse central nervous system mimic natural wound responses and alter biomaterial functions

TM OʼShea, AL Wollenberg, JH Kim, Y Ao… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Biomaterials hold promise for therapeutic applications in the central nervous system (CNS).
Little is known about molecular factors that determine CNS foreign body responses (FBRs) …

Method for the fabrication of elastomeric polyester scaffolds for tissue engineering and minimally invasive delivery

M Montgomery, L Davenport Huyer… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Using the methods described herein, we have demonstrated how scaffolds can be designed
for a number of applications including tissue engineering, biomedical devices and injectable …

[PDF][PDF] Alginate based composite scaffold for biomedical engineering applications

P Srisuk - 2021 - research-information.bris.ac.uk
Alginate is a natural polysaccharide polymer which is extracted from seaweed or bacteria. It
forms gel with unique ability which widely used for medical applications. Alginate is limited …

[PDF][PDF] Foreign body responses in central nervous system mimic natural wound responses and alter biomaterial functions

TM O'Sheaa, AL Wollenbergb, JH Kima, Y Aoa… - researchgate.net
Biomaterials hold promise for diverse therapeutic applications in the central nervous system
(CNS). Little is known about molecular factors that determine CNS foreign body responses …

In vitro disease and organ model

E Lesha, S Darouie, A Seyfoori… - Biomaterials for Organ …, 2020 - Elsevier
With the ever-increasing prevalence of life-threatening diseases such as cancer,
cardiovascular diseases, and neurological disorders, there is an unmet need to develop …