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| Title |
Biodegradable PEG-Based Amphiphilic Block Copolymers for Tissue Engineering Applications
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| Published in |
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, June 2015
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| DOI | 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.5b00122 |
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| Authors |
Artem B. Kutikov, Jie Song |
| Abstract |
Biodegradable tissue engineering scaffolds have great potential for delivering cells/therapeutics and supporting tissue formation. Polyesters, the most extensively investigated biodegradable synthetic polymers, are not ideally suited for diverse tissue engineering applications due to limitations associated with their hydrophobicity. This review discusses the design and applications of amphiphilic block copolymer scaffolds integrating hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) blocks with hydrophobic polyesters. Specifically, we highlight how the addition of PEG results in striking changes to the physical properties (swelling, degradation, mechanical, handling) and biological performance (protein & cell adhesion) of the degradable synthetic scaffolds in vitro. We then perform a critical review of how these in vitro characteristics translate to the performance of biodegradable amphiphilic block copolymer-based scaffolds in the repair of a variety of tissues in vivo including bone, cartilage, skin, and spinal cord/nerve. We conclude the review with recommendations for future optimizations in amphiphilic block copolymer design and the need for better-controlled in vivo studies to reveal the true benefits of the amphiphilic synthetic tissue scaffolds. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 175 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 47 | 27% |
| Student > Master | 27 | 15% |
| Researcher | 22 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 17 | 10% |
| Unknown | 41 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 48 | 27% |
| Materials Science | 20 | 11% |
| Engineering | 16 | 9% |
| Chemical Engineering | 14 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 5% |
| Other | 28 | 16% |
| Unknown | 42 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 September 2022.
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