Zhao J, Lu F, Dong Z. Strategies for Constructing Tissue-Engineered Fat for Soft Tissue Regeneration.
Tissue Eng Regen Med 2024;
21:395-408. [PMID:
38032533 PMCID:
PMC10987464 DOI:
10.1007/s13770-023-00607-z]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Repairing soft tissue defects caused by inflammation, tumors, and trauma remains a major challenge for surgeons. Adipose tissue engineering (ATE) provides a promising way to solve this problem.
METHODS
This review summarizes the current ATE strategies for soft tissue reconstruction, and introduces potential construction methods for ATE.
RESULTS
Scaffold-based and scaffold-free strategies are the two main approaches in ATE. Although several of these methods have been effective clinically, both scaffold-based and scaffold-free strategies have limitations. The third strategy is a synergistic tissue engineering strategy and combines the advantages of scaffold-based and scaffold-free strategies.
CONCLUSION
Personalized construction, stable survival of reconstructed tissues and functional recovery of organs are future goals of building tissue-engineered fat for ATE.
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