Biomaterial scaffold stiffness influences the foreign body reaction, tissue stiffness, angiogenesis and neuroregeneration in spinal cord injury
Yifeng Zheng, Maximilian Nützl, Thomas Schackel, Jing Chen, Norbert Weidner, Rainer H. Mueller, Radhika Puttagunta
Abstract
, paving the way for the optimal development of efficacious biomaterial scaffolds for tissue engineering in the central nervous system.
Topics & Concepts
NeuroregenerationBiomaterialAngiogenesisScaffoldSpinal cord injuryStiffnessSpinal cordBiomedical engineeringMaterials scienceMedicineComposite materialCentral nervous systemInternal medicinePsychiatrySpinal Cord Injury ResearchNerve injury and regenerationMesenchymal stem cell research