Chitosan and its derivatives for tissue engineering applications
| Autor: | Chong-Su Cho, Hyun Seuk Moon, Bom Chol Kim, In Yong Kim, Seog Jin Seo, In Young Park, Mi Kyong Yoo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Chitosan
Scaffold Tissue Engineering Tissue Scaffolds Biocompatibility Chemistry business.industry technology industry and agriculture Biomaterial Bioengineering Nanotechnology Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Regenerative medicine Biotechnology chemistry.chemical_compound Tissue engineering Chitin Animals Humans Artificial Organs business Therapeutic strategy |
| Zdroj: | Biotechnology Advances. 26:1-21 |
| ISSN: | 0734-9750 |
| Popis: | Tissue engineering is an important therapeutic strategy for present and future medicine. Recently, functional biomaterial researches have been directed towards the development of improved scaffolds for regenerative medicine. Chitosan is a natural polymer from renewable resources, obtained from shell of shellfish, and the wastes of the seafood industry. It has novel properties such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, antibacterial, and wound-healing activity. Furthermore, recent studies suggested that chitosan and its derivatives are promising candidates as a supporting material for tissue engineering applications owing to their porous structure, gel forming properties, ease of chemical modification, high affinity to in vivo macromolecules, and so on. In this review, we focus on the various types of chitosan derivatives and their use in various tissue engineering applications namely, skin, bone, cartilage, liver, nerve and blood vessel. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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