Electrospinning and electrospun nanofibers: Methods, materials, and applications

J Xue, T Wu, Y Dai, Y Xia - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Electrospinning is a versatile and viable technique for generating ultrathin fibers.
Remarkable progress has been made with regard to the development of electrospinning …

Biodegradable polymers as the pivotal player in the design of tissue engineering scaffolds

F Zhang, MW King - Advanced healthcare materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biodegradable polymers play a pivotal role in in situ tissue engineering. Utilizing various
technologies, researchers have been able to fabricate 3D tissue engineering scaffolds using …

Current strategies for the manufacture of small size tissue engineering vascular grafts

M Carrabba, P Madeddu - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Occlusive arterial disease, including coronary heart disease (CHD) and peripheral arterial
disease (PAD), is the main cause of death, with an annual mortality incidence predicted to …

Bioprinting small diameter blood vessel constructs with an endothelial and smooth muscle cell bilayer in a single step

L Xu, M Varkey, A Jorgensen, J Ju, Q Jin, JH Park… - …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Bioengineered artificial blood vessels have been a major area of interest over the last
decade. Of particular interest are small diameter vessels, as surgical options are currently …

Artificial small-diameter blood vessels: Materials, fabrication, surface modification, mechanical properties, and bioactive functionalities

D Wang, Y Xu, Q Li, LS Turng - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Cardiovascular diseases, especially ones involving narrowed or blocked blood vessels with
diameters smaller than 6 millimeters, are the leading cause of death globally. Vascular grafts …

A bioink blend for rotary 3D bioprinting tissue engineered small-diameter vascular constructs

S Freeman, R Ramos, PA Chando, L Zhou, K Reeser… - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D bioprinted vascular constructs have gained increased interest due to their
significant potential for creating customizable alternatives to autologous vessel grafts. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Nanofiber electrospinning combined with rotary bioprinting for fabricating small-diameter vessels with endothelium and smooth muscle

Q Jin, Y Fu, G Zhang, L Xu, G Jin, L Tang, J Ju… - Composites Part B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering is a growing research area of great interest because it can produce
bionic grafts to replace autologous tissue. Although many molding strategies have been …

Review of polymeric biomimetic small-diameter vascular grafts to tackle intimal hyperplasia

R Zizhou, X Wang, S Houshyar - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
Small-diameter artificial vascular grafts (SDAVG) are used to bypass blood flow in arterial
occlusive diseases such as coronary heart or peripheral arterial disease. However, SDAVGs …

Surface engineering of cardiovascular devices for improved hemocompatibility and rapid endothelialization

J Zhao, Y Feng - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular devices have been widely applied in the clinical treatment of cardiovascular
diseases. However, poor hemocompatibility and slow endothelialization on their surface still …

Small Caliber Compliant Vascular Grafts Based on Elastin-Like Recombinamers for in situ Tissue Engineering

A Fernández-Colino, F Wolf, S Rütten… - … in bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Vascular disease is a leading cause of death worldwide, but surgical options are restricted
by the limited availability of autologous vessels, and the suboptimal performance of …