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ArticleMaterials today (Kidlington, England)2018

Three-dimensional Printing of Multilayered Tissue Engineering Scaffolds.

Sean M Bittner, Jason L Guo, Anthony Melchiorri, Antonios G Mikos

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Article in Materials today (Kidlington, England), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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68 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sean M BittnerDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX.
Jason L GuoDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX.
Anthony MelchiorriDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX.
Antonios G MikosDepartment of Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, TX.

Funding

Training and Dissemination CoreP41EB023833 · NIBIB · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI FISHER, JOHN P, MIKOS, ANTONIOS G. · 2017 to 2021
$6.2M
In Situ Hardening Cell-Laden Constructs for Osteochondral Tissue EngineeringR01AR068073 · NIAMS · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI MIKOS, ANTONIOS G. · 2015 to 2019
$1.7M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR068073NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB023833
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The field of tissue engineering has produced new therapies for the repair of damaged tissues and organs, utilizing biomimetic scaffolds that mirror the mechanical and biological properties of host tissue. The emergence of three-dimensional printing (3DP) technologies has enabled the fabrication of highly complex scaffolds which offer a more accurate replication of native tissue properties and architecture than previously possible. Of strong interest to tissue engineers is the construction of multilayered scaffolds that target distinct regions of complex tissues. Musculoskeletal and dental tissues in particular, such as the osteochondral unit and periodontal complex, are composed of multiple interfacing tissue types, and thus benefit from the usage of multilayered scaffold fabrication. Traditional 3DP technologies such as extrusion printing and selective laser sintering have been used for the construction of scaffolds with gradient architectures and mixed material compositions. Additionally, emerging bioprinting strategies have been used for the direct printing and spatial patterning of cells and chemical factors, capturing the complex organization found in the body. To better replicate the varied and gradated properties of larger tissues, researchers have created scaffolds composed of multiple materials spanning natural polymers, synthetic polymers, and ceramics. By utilizing high precision 3DP techniques and judicious material selection, scaffolds can thus be designed to address the regeneration of previously challenging musculoskeletal, dental, and other heterogeneous target tissues. These multilayered 3DP strategies show great promise in the future of tissue engineering.

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PMID30450010
PMCPMC6233733

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