1. Material strategies for creating artificial cell-instructive niches.
- Author
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Edalat F, Sheu I, Manoucheri S, and Khademhosseini A
- Subjects
- Animals, Biocompatible Materials metabolism, Cellular Microenvironment, Cytokines metabolism, Humans, Microfluidics, Tissue Engineering, Tissue Scaffolds chemistry, Artificial Cells cytology, Artificial Cells metabolism, Biocompatible Materials chemistry
- Abstract
There has been a tremendous growth in the use of biomaterials serving as cellular scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. Recently, advanced material strategies have been developed to incorporate structural, mechanical, and biochemical signals that can interact with the cell and the in vivo environment in a biologically specific manner. In this article, strategies such as the use of composite materials and material processing methods to better mimic the extracellular matrix, integration of mechanical and topographical properties of materials in scaffold design, and incorporation of biochemical cues such as cytokines in tethered, soluble, or time-released forms are presented. Finally, replication of the dynamic forces and biochemical gradients of the in vivo cellular environment through the use of microfluidics is highlighted., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2012
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