Tissue engineering biomimetics

Concepts of Biomimicry Biomimicry and Tissue Engineering Biomimetic... 

Figure 13.15. Design strategy of tissue-engineered biomimetic nanocomposite bone graft.

A. K. Dillow and A. M. Lowman (eds.), Biomimetic Materials Design, Biointerfacial Strategies, Tissue Engineering, and Targeted Drug Delivery, Marcel Dekker, New York, 2002. 

Future studies will focus on understanding the contribution of different hierarchical levels to the overall performance of the tissue. This in turn will allow the optimum design of biomimetics and future biomaterials, and will provide essential information for tissue engineering. 

Tang Z, Wang Y, Podsiadlo P et al (2006) Biomedical applications of layer-by-layer assembly from biomimetics to tissue engineering. Adv Mater 18 3203-3224... 

Firth, A., Aggeli, A., Burke, J.L., Yang, X.B., and Kirkham, J. "Biomimetic self-assembling peptides as injectable scaffolds for hard tissue engineering". Nanomedicine 1(2), 189-199... 

Li X et al (2008) Coating electrospun poly(epsilon-caprolactone) fibers with gelatin and calcium phosphate and their use as biomimetic scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Langmuir 24(24) 14145-14150... 

Biomimetic nanocrystalline apatite coatings were deposited on titanium substrates by matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE), a technique with potential application in tissue engineering (Visan et al., 2014 Caricato etal., 2014). The targets were prepared from nano-sized, poorly crystalline apatite powders, analogous in composition to mineral bone. For the deposition of thin films, a KrF excimer laser source was used (A = 248 nm,rFWHM < 25 ns). Analyses of the deposited films showed that the structural and chemical nature of the nanocrystalline precursor apatite was preserved. Hence, MAPLE may be a suitable technique for the congruent transfer of a delicate material such as nanohydroxyapatite. 

Liu, Y.L., Wu, G and de Groot, K. (2010) Biomimetic coatings for bone tissue engineering of critical-sized defects. / R. Soc. Interface, 7, S631-S647. 

Wang, X.J., Li, Y.C., Hodgson, P.D., and Wen, C. (2010b) Biomimetic modification of porous TiNbZr alloy scaffold for bone tissue engineering. Tissue Eng. Part A, 18 (1), 310-316. 

Sculpturing the Architecture of Mineralized Tissues Tissue Engineering of Bone from Soluble Signals to Smart Biomimetic Matrices... 

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