scholarly journals Tissue Engineering Strategies for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yin Li ◽  
Zhenjiang Ma ◽  
Ya Ren ◽  
Dezhi Lu ◽  
Tao Li ◽  
...  

A peripheral nerve injury (PNI) has severe and profound effects on the life of a patient. The therapeutic approach remains one of the most challenging clinical problems. In recent years, many constructive nerve regeneration schemes are proposed at home and abroad. Nerve tissue engineering plays an important role. It develops an ideal nerve substitute called artificial nerve. Given the complexity of nerve regeneration, this review summarizes the pathophysiology and tissue-engineered repairing strategies of the PNI. Moreover, we discussed the scaffolds and seed cells for neural tissue engineering. Furthermore, we have emphasized the role of 3D printing in tissue engineering.

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 612-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorena R. Lizarraga-Valderrama ◽  
Rinat Nigmatullin ◽  
Caroline Taylor ◽  
John W. Haycock ◽  
Frederik Claeyssens ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Hongyu Liu ◽  
Yanan Zhao ◽  
Jun Tong ◽  
Xiaowen Shi ◽  
Yun Chen ◽  
...  

The development of peripheral nerve tissue engineering requires safe and reliable methodology to construct biodegradable conduits. Herein, a new type of chitosan-based nerve-guide hydrogel conduit (CNHC) with enhanced mechanical flexibility...


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Songyang Liu ◽  
Yijun Liu ◽  
Liping Zhou ◽  
Ci Li ◽  
Meng Zhang ◽  
...  

Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) remains an unresolved challenge in the medicine area. With the development of biomaterial science and tissue engineering, a variety of nerve conduits were widely applied in...


2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 190-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xing-Lei Guo ◽  
Hai-Xing Xu ◽  
Qun-Di He ◽  
Yun-Xuan Yu ◽  
Xiao-Fei Ming ◽  
...  

Defected peripheral nerve regeneration is still a challenge in clinical treatment. Conductive polymers show great potential in nerve tissue engineering because of their electrical property based on bioelectricity in vivo. In this study, conductive composite nerve conduit was synthesized with tetra-aniline and poly-dl-lactic acid. Their properties and the differentiation of rat pheochromocytoma 12 (PC12) cells in vitro stimulated with 200 mV for 1 h were investigated. Different amounts of tetra-aniline (0%, 5%, 10%, and 15%) were used to synthesize the conduits with different conductivities (0, 0.00625, 0.01, and 0.025 s/m, respectively), tensile strengths (2.45, 3.40, 4.45, and 5.50 MPa, respectively), and contact angles (80°, 78.5°, 62.5°, and 61.5°, respectively). The percentage of neurite-bearing cells and the median neurite length increased with an obvious raise of the content of tetra-aniline. In addition, the conduit with subcutaneous implantable experiments in vivo showed less inflammatory response. These promising results illustrated that this poly-dl-lactic acid/tetra-aniline conductive composite conduit had potential for nerve tissue engineering.


2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kayla Belanger ◽  
Tony M. Dinis ◽  
Sami Taourirt ◽  
Guillaume Vidal ◽  
David L. Kaplan ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
pp. 102482
Author(s):  
Tito Sumarwoto ◽  
Heri Suroto ◽  
Ferdiansyah Mahyudin ◽  
Dwikora Novembri Utomo ◽  
Romaniyanto ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 175-176 ◽  
pp. 220-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ai Jun Hu ◽  
Bao Qi Zuo ◽  
Feng Zhang ◽  
Qing Lan ◽  
Huan Xiang Zhang

Schwann cells (SCs) are primary structural and functional cells in peripheral nervous system and play a crucial role in peripheral nerve regeneration. Current challenge in peripheral nerve tissue engineering is to produce an implantable scaffold capable of bridging long nerve gaps and assist Scs in directing the growth of regenerating axons in nerve injury recovery. Electrospun silk fibroin nanofibers, fabricated for the cell culture in vitro, can provide such experiment support. Silk fibroin scaffolds (SFS) were fabricated with formic acid (FA), and the average fiber diameter was 305 ± 24 nm. The data from microscopic, immunohistochemical and scanning electron micrograph confirmed that the scaffold was beneficial to the adherence, proliferation and migration of SCs without exerting any significant cytotoxic effects on their phenotype. Thus, providing an experimental foundation accelerated the formation of bands of Bünger to enhance nerve regeneration. 305 nm SFS could be a candidate material for nerve tissue engineering.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangyun Yao ◽  
Zhiwen Yan ◽  
Xu Wang ◽  
Huiquan Jiang ◽  
Yun Qian ◽  
...  

Abstract Graphene and its derivatives are fascinating materials for their extraordinary electrochemical and mechanical properties. In recent decades, many researchers explored their applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) possesses remarkable structural and functional resemblance to graphene, although some residual oxygen-containing groups and defects exist in the structure. Such structure holds great potential since the remnant-oxygenated groups can further be functionalized or modified. Moreover, oxygen-containing groups can improve the dispersion of rGO in organic or aqueous media. Therefore, it is preferable to utilize rGO in the production of composite materials. The rGO composite scaffolds provide favorable extracellular microenvironment and affect the cellular behavior of cultured cells in the peripheral nerve regeneration. On the one hand, rGO impacts on Schwann cells and neurons which are major components of peripheral nerves. On the other hand, rGO-incorporated composite scaffolds promote the neurogenic differentiation of several stem cells, including embryonic stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, adipose-derived stem cells and neural stem cells. This review will briefly introduce the production and major properties of rGO, and its potential in modulating the cellular behaviors of specific stem cells. Finally, we present its emerging roles in the production of composite scaffolds for nerve tissue engineering.


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