Alginate composites for bone tissue engineering: A review

J Venkatesan, I Bhatnagar, P Manivasagan… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Bone is a complex and hierarchical tissue consisting of nano hydroxyapatite and collagen
as major portion. Several attempts have been made to prepare the artificial bone so as to …

Biopolymer-based functional composites for medical applications

SB Park, E Lih, KS Park, YK Joung, DK Han - Progress in Polymer Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the last decade, numerous biopolymers have received more attention in medical
applications involving novel biomaterials because of their biocompatibility, biodegradability …

Immune responses to implants–a review of the implications for the design of immunomodulatory biomaterials

S Franz, S Rammelt, D Scharnweber, JC Simon - Biomaterials, 2011 - Elsevier
A key for long-term survival and function of biomaterials is that they do not elicit a detrimental
immune response. As biomaterials can have profound impacts on the host immune …

Injectable alginate hydrogels for cell delivery in tissue engineering

SJ Bidarra, CC Barrias, PL Granja - Acta biomaterialia, 2014 - Elsevier
Alginate hydrogels are extremely versatile and adaptable biomaterials, with great potential
for use in biomedical applications. Their extracellular matrix-like features have been key …

Immunomodulatory functions of mesenchymal stem cells in tissue engineering

H Li, S Shen, H Fu, Z Wang, X Li, X Sui… - Stem cells …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The inflammatory response to chronic injury affects tissue regeneration and has become an
important factor influencing the prognosis of patients. In previous stem cell treatments, it was …

Specificity of 3D MSC spheroids microenvironment: impact on MSC behavior and properties

A Jauković, D Abadjieva, D Trivanović… - Stem cell reviews and …, 2020 - Springer
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) have been considered the promising candidates for the
regenerative and personalized medicine due to their self-renewal potential, multilineage …

Bone regeneration potential of stem cells derived from periodontal ligament or gingival tissue sources encapsulated in RGD-modified alginate scaffold

A Moshaverinia, C Chen, X Xu, K Akiyama… - … Engineering Part A, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) provide an advantageous alternative therapeutic option for
bone regeneration in comparison to current treatment modalities. However, delivering MSCs …

Increased paracrine immunomodulatory potential of mesenchymal stromal cells in three-dimensional culture

B Follin, M Juhl, S Cohen, AE Pedersen… - … Engineering Part B …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) have been investigated extensively through the
past years, proving to have great clinical therapeutic potential. In vitro cultivation of MSCs in …

Immobilization of human mesenchymal stem cells within RGD-grafted alginate microspheres and assessment of their angiogenic potential

SJ Bidarra, CC Barrias, MA Barbosa, R Soares… - …, 2010 - ACS Publications
In this work, human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC) immobilized in RGD-coupled alginate
microspheres, with a binary composition of high and low molecular weight alginate, were …

Rheological characterization of an injectable alginate gel system

BE Larsen, J Bjørnstad, EO Pettersen, HH Tønnesen… - BMC …, 2015 - Springer
Background This work investigates a general method for producing alginate gel matrices
using an internal mode of gelation that depends solely on soluble alginate and …