TY - JOUR
T1 - Advanced material strategies for tissue engineering scaffolds
AU - Freed, Lisa E.
AU - Engelmayr, George C.
AU - Borenstein, Jeffrey T.
AU - Moutos, Franklin T.
AU - Guilak, Farshid
PY - 2009/9/4
Y1 - 2009/9/4
N2 - Tissue engineering seeks to restore the function of diseased or damaged tissues through the use of cells and biomaterial scaffolds. It is now apparent that the next generation of functional tissue replacements will require advanced material strategies to achieve many of the important requirements for long-term success. Here, we provide representative examples of engineered skeletal and myocardial tissue constructs in which scaffolds were explicitly designed to match native tissue mechanical properties as well as to promote cell alignment We discuss recent progress in microfluidic devices that can potentially serve as tissue engineering scaffolds, since mass transport via micro vascular-like structures will be essential in the development of tissue engineered constructs on the length scale of native tissues. Given the rapid evolution of the field of tissue engineering, it is important to consider the use of advanced materials in light of the emerging role of genetics, growth factors, bioreactors, and other technologies.
AB - Tissue engineering seeks to restore the function of diseased or damaged tissues through the use of cells and biomaterial scaffolds. It is now apparent that the next generation of functional tissue replacements will require advanced material strategies to achieve many of the important requirements for long-term success. Here, we provide representative examples of engineered skeletal and myocardial tissue constructs in which scaffolds were explicitly designed to match native tissue mechanical properties as well as to promote cell alignment We discuss recent progress in microfluidic devices that can potentially serve as tissue engineering scaffolds, since mass transport via micro vascular-like structures will be essential in the development of tissue engineered constructs on the length scale of native tissues. Given the rapid evolution of the field of tissue engineering, it is important to consider the use of advanced materials in light of the emerging role of genetics, growth factors, bioreactors, and other technologies.
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U2 - 10.1002/adma.200900303
DO - 10.1002/adma.200900303
M3 - Article
C2 - 20882506
AN - SCOPUS:70249127939
VL - 21
SP - 3410
EP - 3418
JO - Advanced Materials
JF - Advanced Materials
SN - 0935-9648
IS - 32-33
ER -