Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2017, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (14): 2259-2265.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2017.14.021

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Scaffolds, cells and cytokines: vascularization strategies for tissue engineering

Li Hai-yan, Zou Liu, Shen Li-xian, Zhou Bin, Zhang Ping, Guo Yu   

  1. Institute of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of South China, Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, Hengyang 421001, Hunan Province, China
  • Received:2016-12-19 Online:2017-05-18 Published:2017-06-10
  • Contact: Guo Yu, Master, Professor, Institute of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of South China, Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, Hengyang 421001, Hunan Province, China
  • About author:Li Hai-yan, Studying for master’s degree, Institute of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of South China, Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for Molecular Target New Drug Study, Hengyang 421001, Hunan Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Tissue-engineered skin, bone, cartilage, blood vessel, and muscle flap have achieved remarkable development in tissue repair and regeneration; meanwhile, the difficulty in tissue-engineered vascularization has attracted much attention.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize studies concerning the mechanism of angiogenesis (vasculogenesis and revascularization), vascularization strategies (seed cells, scaffolds, growth factors) and models of vascularization in tissue engineering (in vivo and in vitro), and to provide theoretical foundation for basic research of vascularization in tissue engineering.
METHODS: A computer-based research was performed for relevant literatures in PubMed, Springerlink, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, CNKI, CqVip and WanFang databases published between January 20002 and April 2016 using the keywords of “issue engineering, vascularization, scaffolds, cell growth factor, vasculogenesis, angiogenesis” in English and Chinese, respectively. Fifty-five eligible articles were included according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: In vitro microvascular construction is commonly used. The angioid scaffold is prepared, and then cells are seeded onto the scaffold, which will proliferate, migrate and form microvessels induced by growth factors. The cell-scaffold composites that have good vascularization in vitro have been introduced via transplantation in in vivo experiments. However, there are some problems, such as the inevitable inflammatory reaction that makes a direct effect on the composite function and survival, and vascularization is still a difficulty in tissue regeneration and repair in the tissue engineering research.

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: Neovascularization, Physiologic, Stents, Cytokines, Tissue Engineering

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