[HTML][HTML] Tendon tissue engineering: Cells, growth factors, scaffolds and production techniques

S Ruiz-Alonso, M Lafuente-Merchan, J Ciriza… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tendon injuries are a global health problem that affects millions of people annually. The
properties of tendons make their natural rehabilitation a very complex and long-lasting …

Materials science and design principles of growth factor delivery systems in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

R Subbiah, RE Guldberg - Advanced healthcare materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Growth factors (GFs) are signaling molecules that direct cell development by providing
biochemical cues for stem cell proliferation, migration, and differentiation. GFs play a key …

A Tppp3+Pdgfra+ tendon stem cell population contributes to regeneration and reveals a shared role for PDGF signalling in regeneration and fibrosis

T Harvey, S Flamenco, CM Fan - Nature cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Tendon injuries cause prolonged disability and never recover completely. Current
mechanistic understanding of tendon regeneration is limited. Here, we use single-cell …

Biomaterials in tendon and skeletal muscle tissue engineering: current trends and challenges

M Beldjilali-Labro, A Garcia Garcia, F Farhat, F Bedoui… - Materials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering is a promising approach to repair tendon and muscle when natural
healing fails. Biohybrid constructs obtained after cells' seeding and culture in dedicated …

Motivating role of type H vessels in bone regeneration

J Zhang, J Pan, W Jing - Cell proliferation, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Coupling between angiogenesis and osteogenesis has an important role in both normal
bone injury repair and successful application of tissue‐engineered bone for bone defect …

The role of vascular endothelial growth factor in tendon healing

X Liu, B Zhu, Y Li, X Liu, S Guo, C Wang, S Li… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Angiogenesis is crucial to facilitate tendon healing, such as delivering oxygen and nutrients,
removing waste products, and controlling immune responses. Vascular endothelial growth …

In vitro and in vivo effects of IGF-1 delivery strategies on tendon healing: a review

I Miescher, J Rieber, M Calcagni… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tendon injuries suffer from a slow healing, often ending up in fibrovascular scar formation,
leading to inferior mechanical properties and even re-rupture upon resumption of daily work …

Advanced technology-driven therapeutic interventions for prevention of tendon adhesion: Design, intrinsic and extrinsic factor considerations

Q Zhang, Y Yang, L Yildirimer, T Xu, X Zhao - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Tendon adhesion formation describes the development of fibrotic tissue between the tendon
and its surrounding tissues, which commonly occurs as a reaction to injury or surgery. Its …

Bioengineered endometrial hydrogels with growth factors promote tissue regeneration and restore fertility in murine models

S Lopez-Martinez, A Rodriguez-Eguren… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Extracellular matrix (ECM) hydrogels obtained from decellularized tissues are promising
biocompatible materials for tissue regeneration. These biomaterials may provide important …

Elastic and surgeon friendly electrospun tubes delivering PDGF-BB positively impact tendon rupture healing in a rabbit Achilles tendon model

O Evrova, GM Bürgisser, C Ebnöther, A Adathala… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
A major problem after tendon laceration is the low mechanical strength of the repaired
tissue. One viable strategy for improving the functional and biomechanical properties of …