Electrospun scaffolds for tissue engineering of vascular grafts

A Hasan, A Memic, N Annabi, M Hossain, A Paul… - Acta biomaterialia, 2014 - Elsevier
There is a growing demand for off-the-shelf tissue engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs) for
the replacement or bypass of damaged arteries in various cardiovascular diseases …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) for therapeutic applications

J Zhang, EI Shishatskaya, TG Volova… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
As intracellular carbon and energy storage materials, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are a
diverse biopolyesters synthesized by many bacteria. PHA have been produced in large …

Electrospinning for regenerative medicine: a review of the main topics

DI Braghirolli, D Steffens, P Pranke - Drug discovery today, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Electrospun scaffolds physically mimic the native extracellular matrix.•Techniques
for physicochemical and biological characterization of scaffolds are discussed.•MSCs have …

Emerging bone tissue engineering via Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-based scaffolds

J Lim, M You, J Li, Z Li - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2017 - Elsevier
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are a class of biodegradable polymers derived from
microorganisms. On top of their biodegradability and biocompatibility, different PHA types …

Electrospinning thermoplastic polyurethane/graphene oxide scaffolds for small diameter vascular graft applications

X Jing, HY Mi, MR Salick, TM Cordie, XF Peng… - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Fabrication of small diameter vascular grafts plays an important role in vascular tissue
engineering. In this study, thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)/graphene oxide (GO) scaffolds …

Dual physically crosslinked double network hydrogels with high toughness and self-healing properties

X Li, Q Yang, Y Zhao, S Long, J Zheng - Soft Matter, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Toughness and self-healing properties are desirable characteristics in engineered
hydrogels used for many practical applications. However, it is still challenging to develop …

Fabrication, characterization and cellular compatibility of poly (hydroxy alkanoate) composite nanofibrous scaffolds for nerve tissue engineering

E Masaeli, M Morshed, MH Nasr-Esfahani, S Sadri… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Tissue engineering techniques using a combination of polymeric scaffolds and cells
represent a promising approach for nerve regeneration. We fabricated electrospun scaffolds …

Microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates as medical implant biomaterials

GQ Chen, J Zhang - Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), a diverse biopolyester synthesized by many bacteria as
intracellular carbon and energy storage materials, have been produced in large quantity for …

Growth associated polyhydroxybutyrate production by the novel Zobellellae tiwanensis strain DD5 from banana peels under submerged fermentation

S Maity, S Das, S Mohapatra, AD Tripathi… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In view of environmental pollution by fossil fuel-based plastics, it has become imperative to
find out an alternative biodegradable plastic for sustainability. In this context, polyhydroxy …

Engineering the vasculature with additive manufacturing

C Vyas, R Pereira, B Huang, F Liu, W Wang… - Current Opinion in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing encompasses a group of 3D printing technologies enabling the
generation of complex, biomimetic 3D structures for tissue engineering and regenerative …