Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (34): 5506-5510.doi: 10.12307/2021.247

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Application of polycaprolactone-based biopolymer scaffolds in tissue engineering

Wang Pei   

  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Hengshui University, Hengshui 053000, Hebei Province, China
  • Received:2020-10-19 Revised:2020-10-22 Accepted:2020-11-13 Online:2021-12-08 Published:2021-07-27
  • About author:Wang Pei, Master, Lecturer, Department of Applied Chemistry, Hengshui University, Hengshui 053000, Hebei Province, China

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Polycaprolactone is a kind of excellent biomedical materials, which exhibits desirable biocompatibility and biodegradability.
OBJECTIVE: To review different methods for preparing of polycaprolactone-based scaffolds for tissue engineering. 
METHODS: “Tissue engineering, scaffold, PCL” as English and Chinese search terms were searched in American Chemical Society and CNKI for articles on the preparation technology of polycaprolactone scaffolds and their applications in tissue engineering.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Polycaprolactone is a kind of desirable materials for tissue engineering scaffolds. Scaffold with different structures can be prepared by technical means such as particulate leaching, gas foaming, freeze-drying, electrospinning, and bioprinting. Polycaprolactone-based scaffolds can be used to repair or replace skin tissue, bone tissue, heart tissue and nerve tissue, playing an important role in reducing patients’ suffering and prolonging life. However, the biological properties of this type of scaffolds, such as cell adhesion, cell proliferation, and metabolic transmission, still need to be improved. Therefore, the material structure and function of tissue engineering scaffolds have become an important research direction in the future.

Key words: material, polycaprolactone, scaffolds, preparative method, tissue engineering, review

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