Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2017, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (10): 1604-1610.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2017.10.021

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Tissue-engineered cartilage scaffold materials: present and future

Zhou Yong 1, 2, 3, Zhu Wei-min 2, 3, Peng Liang-quan 2, 3, Wang Da-ming3, Liu Wei3, Xu Xiao2, Wang Da-ping 1, 2, 3   

  1. 1 Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, Guangdong Province, China; 2 Department of Sports Medicine, the Second People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518035, Guangdong Province, China; 3 Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shenzhen 518035, Guangdong Province, China
  • Received:2016-11-23 Online:2017-04-08 Published:2017-05-08
  • Contact: Wang Da-ping, Chief physician, Doctoral supervisor, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, Guangdong Province, China; Department of Sports Medicine, the Second People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518035, Guangdong Province, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shenzhen 518035, Guangdong Province, China
  • About author:Zhou Yong, Studying for master’s degree, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, Guangdong Province, China; Department of Sports Medicine, the Second People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518035, Guangdong Province, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Shenzhen 518035, Guangdong Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Scientific Plan Project of Shenzhen City, No. JCYJ2015033010240109

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: As is known to all, cartilage tissue engineering has three elements, seed cells, scaffold materials, and cytokines. Scaffold materials play an important role in cartilage tissue engineering.
OBJECTIVE: To search and review the literatures about tissue-engineered cartilage scaffold materials in the last decade, and to discuss problems and the development direction of the scaffolds.
METHODS: A computer-based search of relevant articles published from 2006 to 2016 was conducted in PubMed and CNKI using the key words of “cartilage tissue engineering, natural scaffold materials, synthetic scaffold materials, composite scaffolds, nanometer materials" in English and Chinese, respectively.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Scaffold materials in cartilage tissue engineering have different sources and kinds. Natural materials, synthetic materials and nanometer materials have their own advantages and disadvantages. Any single material is difficult to meet the clinical requirements of the cartilage. Material compounds with different proportions can be used to prepare scaffolds with good mechanical properties, high porosity, good compatibility and degradation. But there are still some problems, such as excessive speed of scaffold degradation and excessive cell growth. The current research is in in vitro experimental stage mostly, and the application in clinic has not been enforced yet due to small size and lack of a long-term follow up.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:生物材料;骨生物材料; 口腔生物材料; 纳米材料; 缓释材料; 材料相容性;组织工程

Key words: Cartilage, Tissue Scaffolds, Tissue Engineering

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