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Material strategies for creating artificial cell-instructive niches
- Source :
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Current Opinion in Biotechnology . Oct2012, Vol. 23 Issue 5, p820-825. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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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 &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09581669
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Current Opinion in Biotechnology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 82199054
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2012.05.007