Topographic orientation of scaffolds for tissue regeneration: recent advances in biomaterial design and applications

J Chi, M Wang, J Chen, L Hu, Z Chen, LJ Backman… - Biomimetics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tissue engineering to develop alternatives for the maintenance, restoration, or
enhancement of injured tissues and organs is gaining more and more attention. In tissue …

Engineered nanotechnology: an effective therapeutic platform for the chronic cutaneous wound

S Mallick, M Nag, D Lahiri, S Pandit, T Sarkar, S Pati… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
The healing of chronic wound infections, especially cutaneous wounds, involves a complex
cascade of events demanding mutual interaction between immunity and other natural host …

Hydrogel nanospike patch as a flexible anti-pathogenic scaffold for regulating stem cell behavior

S Park, HH Park, K Sun, Y Gwon, M Seong, S Kim… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Vertically aligned nanomaterials, such as nanowires and nanoneedles, hold strong potential
as efficient platforms onto which living cells or tissues can be interfaced for use in advanced …

Fabrication of scratched nanogrooves for highly oriented cell alignment and application as a wound healing dressing

MJ Shin, SH Im, B Kim, J Choi, SE Lucia… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Using improper wound care materials may cause impaired wound healing, which can
involve scar formation and infection. Herein, we propose a facile method to fabricate a cell …

Shape‐Morphing Photoresponsive Hydrogels Reveal Dynamic Topographical Conditioning of Fibroblasts

M Bril, A Saberi, I Jorba, MC van Turnhout… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The extracellular environment defines a physical boundary condition with which cells
interact. However, to date, cell response to geometrical environmental cues is largely …

Aligned Carbon Nanotubes Reduce Hypertrophic Scar via Regulating Cell Behavior

W Weng, S He, H Song, X Li, L Cao, Y Hu, J Cui… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Hypertrophic scars, characterized by excessive cell proliferation, disordered cell growth, and
aberrant deposition of collagens, could cause significant clinical problems. Herein, aligned …

Topography-mediated fibroblast cell migration is influenced by direction, wavelength, and amplitude

L Ge, L Yang, R Bron, JK Burgess… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Biophysical stimuli including topography play a crucial role in the regulation of cell
morphology, adhesion, migration, and cytoskeleton organization and have been known to …

Rapid nanomolding of nanotopography on flexible substrates to control muscle cell growth with enhanced maturation

C Wu, CSM Chin, Q Huang, HY Chan, X Yu… - Microsystems & …, 2021 - nature.com
In vivo, multiple biophysical cues provided by highly ordered connective tissues of the
extracellular matrix regulate skeletal muscle cells to align in parallel with one another …

Epidermal growth factor–releasing radially aligned electrospun nanofibrous patches for the regeneration of chronic tympanic membrane perforations

H Seonwoo, B Shin, KJ Jang, M Lee… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic tympanic membrane (TM) perforations can cause otorrhea. To date, various types of
tissue engineering techniques have been applied for the regeneration of chronic TM …

Toward single cell tattoos: Biotransfer printing of lithographic gold nanopatterns on live cells

KS Kwok, Y Zuo, SJ Choi, GJ Pahapale, L Gu… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Lithographic nanopatterning techniques such as photolithography, electron-beam
lithography, and nanoimprint lithography (NIL) have revolutionized modern-day electronics …