Injectable hydrogels for cartilage and bone tissue engineering
State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering · Southeast University · +3 more institutions
Abstract
Tissue engineering has become a promising strategy for repairing damaged cartilage and bone tissue. Among the scaffolds for tissue-engineering applications, injectable hydrogels have demonstrated great potential for use as three-dimensional cell culture scaffolds in cartilage and bone tissue engineering, owing to their high water content, similarity to the natural extracellular matrix (ECM), porous framework for cell transplantation and proliferation, minimal invasive properties, and ability to match irregular defects. In this review, we describe the selection of appropriate biomaterials and fabrication methods to prepare novel injectable hydrogels for cartilage and bone tissue engineering. In addition, the…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 55.36
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 299
Authors
9- MLMei LiuCorresponding
State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, Southeast University
- XZXin Zeng
Nanjing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital
- CMChao Ma
State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, Southeast University
- HYHuan Yi
State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, Southeast University
- ZAZeeshan Ali
Shenzhen Polytechnic University, Southeast University
Topics & keywords
- Self-healing hydrogels
- Cartilage
- Tissue engineering
- Extracellular matrix
- Biomedical engineering
- Materials science
- Chemistry
- Anatomy
- Clean water and sanitation