Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (29): 5387-5394.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.29.019

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A new vascular tissue engineering material: Electrospun small-diameter nanofibous scaffolds

Wu Tong1, Huang Chen1, 2, Mo Xiu-mei1   

  1. 1Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China; 2College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
  • Received:2012-09-11 Revised:2012-10-05 Online:2013-07-22 Published:2013-07-22
  • Contact: Mo Xiu-mei, Doctor, Doctoral supervisor, Professor, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China xmm@dhu.edu.cn
  • About author:Wu Tong★, Studying for master’s degree, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China 2110431@mail.dhu.edu.cn

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Due to the much higher requirement of biocompatibility and anticoagulant of small-diameter vascular grafts than those of large-diameter ones, in situ blood vessel regeneration occurs as a new research direction.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the recent research development of electrospun small-diameter scaffolds and to explore the application of in situ blood vessel regeneration and the development tendency.
METHODS: The first author retrieved China National Knowledge Infrastructure database, Wanfang data and ISI Web of Knowledge foreign database to retrieve literatures addressing the fabrication of electrospun small-diameter nanofibrous vascular grafts, surface modification and mimicking extracellular matrix, as well as the evaluation of biocompatibility and security after grafting.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Electrospun small-diameter nanofibrous vascular grafts have emerged as promising candidates in vascular tissue engineering. By using both natural and synthetic polymers, the scaffolds can achieve a good balance between mechanical property and biocompatibility. Meanwhile, the fabrication of multi-layered vascular scaffolds, functional surface modification and mimicking extracellular matrix structurally and functionally are now becoming attractive research directions. However, at current stage, electrospun vascular scaffolds used clinically are basically formed by synthetic materials, which have limited biocompatibility and anticoagulant activity. In this case, more efforts should be paid to find an optimal ratio between natural and synthetic materials for the improvement of biocompatibility and anticoagulant ability of small-diameter vascular grafts.

Key words: biomaterials, biomaterial review, vascular tissue engineering, electrospinning, small-diameter tubular scaffold, in situ regeneration, nanofibers, polymer, natural materials, synthetic materials

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