TY - JOUR
T1 - 3D Electrospun Synthetic Extracellular Matrix for Tissue Regeneration
AU - Su, Yingchun
AU - Toftdal, Mette Steen
AU - Friec, Alice Le
AU - Dong, MD
AU - Han, Xiaojun
AU - Chen, Menglin
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - Electrospinning is considered the most versatile micro-/nanofiber fabrication technology. The electrospun fibers hold high surface area, desired mechanical properties, controlled topography, as well as the ease of biochemical functionalization. The 3D electrospun fibrous structures closely mimic the hierarchical architecture and fibrous features of the extracellular matrices (ECM), which greatly contribute to biomaterials design to stimulate tissue regeneration. Herein, the recent advances in electrospinning technology for 3D production of ECM-mimicking biomaterial scaffolds are systematically summarized and the applications in neural, cardiac, bone, skin, and vascularized tissue regeneration are thoroughly discussed. Challenges and future scopes related to each field of tissue regeneration are discussed after each subsection. A few examples of liver, kidney, esophageal tissue engineering are also discussed. Finally, the key challenge in the cost-effective upscale of the electrospinning technique to mature and prevalent industrial applications is outlined. Herein, a systematic, thorough summary of the recent evolutions in electrospinning and its emerging applications for a broad range of tissue regenerations is provided.
AB - Electrospinning is considered the most versatile micro-/nanofiber fabrication technology. The electrospun fibers hold high surface area, desired mechanical properties, controlled topography, as well as the ease of biochemical functionalization. The 3D electrospun fibrous structures closely mimic the hierarchical architecture and fibrous features of the extracellular matrices (ECM), which greatly contribute to biomaterials design to stimulate tissue regeneration. Herein, the recent advances in electrospinning technology for 3D production of ECM-mimicking biomaterial scaffolds are systematically summarized and the applications in neural, cardiac, bone, skin, and vascularized tissue regeneration are thoroughly discussed. Challenges and future scopes related to each field of tissue regeneration are discussed after each subsection. A few examples of liver, kidney, esophageal tissue engineering are also discussed. Finally, the key challenge in the cost-effective upscale of the electrospinning technique to mature and prevalent industrial applications is outlined. Herein, a systematic, thorough summary of the recent evolutions in electrospinning and its emerging applications for a broad range of tissue regenerations is provided.
KW - 3D electrospun structures
KW - native extracellular matrices
KW - tissue engineering
KW - tissue regeneration
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85151694122&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/smsc.202100003
DO - 10.1002/smsc.202100003
M3 - Review
SN - 2688-4046
VL - 1
JO - Small Science
JF - Small Science
IS - 7
M1 - 2100003
ER -