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Cell-laden hydrogels for osteochondral and cartilage tissue engineering
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Yang, Jingzhou Zhang, Yu Shrike Yue, Kan Khademhosseini, Ali |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Description | Journal: Acta Biomaterialia |
| Abstract | Despite tremendous advances in the field of regenerative medicine, it still remains challenging to repair the osteochondral interface and full-thickness articular cartilage defects. This inefficiency largely originates from the lack of appropriate tissue-engineered artificial matrices that can replace the damaged regions and promote tissue regeneration. Hydrogels are emerging as a promising class of biomaterials for both soft and hard tissue regeneration. Many critical properties of hydrogels, such as mechanical stiffness, elasticity, water content, bioactivity, and degradation, can be rationally designed and conveniently tuned by proper selection of the material and chemistry. Particularly, advances in the development of cell-laden hydrogels have opened up new possibilities for cell therapy. In this article, we describe the problems encountered in this field and review recent progress in designing cell-hydrogel hybrid constructs for promoting the reestablishment of osteochondral/cartilage tissues. Our focus centers on the effects of hydrogel type, cell type, and growth factor delivery on achieving efficient chondrogenesis and osteogenesis. We give our perspective on developing next-generation matrices with improved physical and biological properties for osteochondral/cartilage tissue engineering. We also highlight recent advances in biomanufacturing technologies (e.g. molding, bioprinting, and assembly) for fabrication of hydrogel-based osteochondral and cartilage constructs with complex compositions and microarchitectures to mimic their native counterparts. Despite tremendous advances in the field of regenerative medicine, it still remains challenging to repair the osteochondral interface and full-thickness articular cartilage defects. This inefficiency largely originates from the lack of appropriate tissue-engineered biomaterials that replace the damaged regions and promote tissue regeneration. Cell-laden hydrogel systems have emerged as a promising tissue-engineering platform to address this issue. In this article, we describe the fundamental problems encountered in this field and review recent progress in designing cell-hydrogel constructs for promoting the reestablishment of osteochondral/cartilage tissues. Our focus centers on the effects of hydrogel composition, cell type, and growth factor delivery on achieving efficient chondrogenesis and osteogenesis. We give our perspective on developing next-generation hydrogel/inorganic particle/stem cell hybrid composites with improved physical and biological properties for osteochondral/cartilage tissue engineering. We also highlight recent advances in biomanufacturing and bioengineering technologies (e.g. 3D bioprinting) for fabrication of hydrogel-based osteochondral and cartilage constructs. |
| Related Links | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5545789/pdf |
| ISSN | 17427061 |
| e-ISSN | 18787568 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.01.036 |
| Journal | Acta Biomaterialia |
| Volume Number | 57 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Publisher Date | 2017-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Acta Biomaterialia Cartilage Tissue Engineering Cell-laden Hydrogels Osteochondral Tissue Engineering |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Medicine Biochemistry Molecular Biology Biomaterials Biomedical Engineering Biotechnology |
