Electrospun nanofibers promote wound healing: Theories, techniques, and perspectives

C Gao, L Zhang, J Wang, M Jin, Q Tang… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
At present, the clinical strategies for treating chronic wounds are limited, especially when it
comes to pain relief and rapid wound healing. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop …

Current and novel polymeric biomaterials for neural tissue engineering

R Boni, A Ali, A Shavandi, AN Clarkson - Journal of biomedical science, 2018 - Springer
The nervous system is a crucial component of the body and damages to this system, either
by of injury or disease, can result in serious or potentially lethal consequences. Restoring …

Electrospinning of polymer nanofibers for tissue regeneration

T Jiang, EJ Carbone, KWH Lo, CT Laurencin - Progress in polymer …, 2015 - Elsevier
Repair and regeneration of human tissues and organs using biomaterials, cells, and/or
growth factors is a great challenge for tissue engineers and surgeons. The convergence of …

Biodegradable polymer membranes applied in guided bone/tissue regeneration: a review

J Wang, L Wang, Z Zhou, H Lai, P Xu, L Liao, J Wei - Polymers, 2016 - mdpi.com
Polymer membranes have been widely used in guided tissue regeneration (GTR) and
guided bone regeneration (GBR). In this review, various commercially available membranes …

Effects of humidity and solution viscosity on electrospun fiber morphology

RM Nezarati, MB Eifert… - Tissue Engineering Part …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Electrospinning is a popular technique to fabricate tissue engineering scaffolds due to the
exceptional tunability of fiber morphology that can be used to control scaffold mechanical …

Drug loaded homogeneous electrospun PCL/gelatin hybrid nanofiber structures for anti-infective tissue regeneration membranes

J Xue, M He, H Liu, Y Niu, A Crawford, PD Coates… - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Infection is the major reason for guided tissue regeneration/guided bone regeneration
(GTR/GBR) membrane failure in clinical application. In this work, we developed GTR/GBR …

Design, fabrication and characterization of PCL electrospun scaffolds—a review

A Cipitria, A Skelton, TR Dargaville… - Journal of Materials …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The expanding interest in electrospinning fibers for bioengineering includes a significant
use of polyesters, including poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL). This review summarizes literature …

The use of natural polymers in tissue engineering: a focus on electrospun extracellular matrix analogues

SA Sell, PS Wolfe, K Garg, JM McCool, IA Rodriguez… - Polymers, 2010 - mdpi.com
Natural polymers such as collagens, elastin, and fibrinogen make up much of the body's
native extracellular matrix (ECM). This ECM provides structure and mechanical integrity to …

Biomaterials for neural tissue engineering

LR Doblado, C Martínez-Ramos… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The therapy of neural nerve injuries that involve the disruption of axonal pathways or axonal
tracts has taken a new dimension with the development of tissue engineering techniques …

A controlled design of aligned and random nanofibers for 3D bi-functionalized nerve conduits fabricated via a novel electrospinning set-up

JI Kim, TI Hwang, LE Aguilar, CH Park, CS Kim - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Scaffolds made of aligned nanofibers are favorable for nerve regeneration due to their
superior nerve cell attachment and proliferation. However, it is challenging not only to …