Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2023, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (21): 3391-3397.doi: 10.12307/2023.420

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Effects of scaffolds on angiogenic microenvironment and its mechanism

Zhang Yi, Ren Sicong, Huangfu Huimin, Xu Jing, Yang Zhen, Zhou Yanmin   

  1. Department of Oral Implantology, Hospital of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, Jilin Province, China
  • Received:2022-06-08 Accepted:2022-07-21 Online:2023-07-28 Published:2022-11-24
  • Contact: Zhou Yanmin, Professor, Chief physician, Doctoral supervisor, Department of Oral Implantology, Hospital of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, Jilin Province, China
  • About author:Zhang Yi, Master candidate, Department of Oral Implantology, Hospital of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, Jilin Province, China

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Angiogenesis is the key to tissue repair and regeneration, but vascularization is also a problem of tissue engineering. It is an effective way to solve the problem of angiogenesis by designing biomimetic scaffold materials and regulating the microenvironment of angiogenesis. 
OBJECTIVE: To review the effects and mechanisms of scaffolds on the angiogenic microenvironment, providing ideas for the design of biomaterials in regenerative medicine.
METHODS: PubMed and CNKI were searched using the Chinese keywords of “angiogenesis, scaffolds” and English keywords of “angiogenesis, scaffolds, tissue engineering, microenvironment”. The search time limit was extended for some classical literature. The abstracts and contents of the retrieved literature were analyzed, and 62 eligible articles were obtained as per inclusion and exclusion criteria.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) A complete vascular network is a key to the success of tissue engineering. To generate a complete vascularized network, the vascular niche must be simulated and reproduced. Vascular niches include the biophysical and biochemical microenvironments surrounding blood vessels. (2) The design of the scaffold is necessary to optimize the angiogenesis signaling pathway to support the attachment, proliferation, differentiation, or migration of vascular cells in tissues. (3) Adjusting the biophysical and biochemical characteristics of the scaffold, such as hardness, surface morphology, pore structure, functional biomolecules and angiogenesis factor of load, and so on, can improve the body’s growth potential, driven by endogenous cell proliferation and migration, implemented as vascular microenvironment simulation and reproduction, improving the angiogenesis. (4) Therefore, the precise regulation of the vascular microenvironment by biophysical and biochemical cues of engineered biomaterials has great prospects in the construction of tissue engineering functional vascular networks. 

Key words: angiogenesis, tissue engineering, scaffolds, microenvironment, biophysics, biochemistry, regenerative medicine

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