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Zhang K, Wang S, Zhou C, Cheng L, Gao X, Xie X, Sun J, Wang H, Weir MD, Reynolds MA, Zhang N, Bai Y, Xu HHK. Advanced smart biomaterials and constructs for hard tissue engineering and regeneration. Bone Res 2018; 6:31. [PMID: 30374416 PMCID: PMC6196224 DOI: 10.1038/s41413-018-0032-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Revised: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Hard tissue repair and regeneration cost hundreds of billions of dollars annually worldwide, and the need has substantially increased as the population has aged. Hard tissues include bone and tooth structures that contain calcium phosphate minerals. Smart biomaterial-based tissue engineering and regenerative medicine methods have the exciting potential to meet this urgent need. Smart biomaterials and constructs refer to biomaterials and constructs that possess instructive/inductive or triggering/stimulating effects on cells and tissues by engineering the material's responsiveness to internal or external stimuli or have intelligently tailored properties and functions that can promote tissue repair and regeneration. The smart material-based approaches include smart scaffolds and stem cell constructs for bone tissue engineering; smart drug delivery systems to enhance bone regeneration; smart dental resins that respond to pH to protect tooth structures; smart pH-sensitive dental materials to selectively inhibit acid-producing bacteria; smart polymers to modulate biofilm species away from a pathogenic composition and shift towards a healthy composition; and smart materials to suppress biofilms and avoid drug resistance. These smart biomaterials can not only deliver and guide stem cells to improve tissue regeneration and deliver drugs and bioactive agents with spatially and temporarily controlled releases but can also modulate/suppress biofilms and combat infections in wound sites. The new generation of smart biomaterials provides exciting potential and is a promising opportunity to substantially enhance hard tissue engineering and regenerative medicine efficacy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ke Zhang
- Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Department of Advanced Oral Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Advanced Oral Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD USA
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Deptartment of Cariology and Endodonics West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Deptartment of Cariology and Endodonics West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Advanced Oral Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD USA
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Deptartment of Cariology and Endodonics West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Advanced Oral Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD USA
- Department of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Department of Advanced Oral Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Volpe Research Center, American Dental Association Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD USA
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- Department of Advanced Oral Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD USA
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Deptartment of Cariology and Endodonics West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Advanced Oral Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Advanced Oral Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Department of Advanced Oral Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Orthodontics, School of Stomatology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Advanced Oral Sciences and Therapeutics, University of Maryland Dental School, Baltimore, MD USA
- Center for Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
- Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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Li X, Su X. Multifunctional smart hydrogels: potential in tissue engineering and cancer therapy. J Mater Chem B 2018; 6:4714-4730. [PMID: 32254299 DOI: 10.1039/c8tb01078a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
In recent years, clinical applications have been proposed for various hydrogel products. Hydrogels can be derived from animal tissues, plant extracts and/or adipose tissue extracellular matrices; each type of hydrogel presents significantly different functional properties and may be used for many different applications, including medical therapies, environmental pollution treatments, and industrial materials. Due to complicated preparation techniques and the complexities associated with the selection of suitable materials, the applications of many host-guest supramolecular polymeric hydrogels are limited. Thus, improvements in the design and construction of smart materials are highly desirable in order to increase the lifetimes of functional materials. Here, we summarize different functional hydrogels and their varied preparation methods and source materials. The multifunctional properties of hydrogels, particularly their unique ability to adapt to certain environmental stimuli, are chiefly based on the incorporation of smart materials. Smart materials may be temperature sensitive, pH sensitive, pH/temperature dual sensitive, photoresponsive or salt responsive and may be used for hydrogel wound repair, hydrogel bone repair, hydrogel drug delivery, cancer therapy, and so on. This review focuses on the recent development of smart hydrogels for tissue engineering applications and describes some of the latest advances in using smart materials to create hydrogels for cancer therapy.
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- Xian Li
- Clinical Medical Research Center of the Affiliated Hospital, Inner Mongolia Medical University, 1 Tong Dao Street, Hohhot 010050, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, P. R. China.
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