Engineering Biomaterials to Guide Heart Cells for Matured Cardiac Tissue
- Authors
- Jang, Yongjun; Park, Yongdoo; Kim, Jongseong
- Issue Date
- 10월-2020
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- extracellular matrix (ECM); biomaterials; cardiac tissue engineering; tissue regeneration; cardiomyocytes; cardiac spheroids; 2D pattern; 3D printing; surface coating; cardiac scaffolds; maturation
- Citation
- COATINGS, v.10, no.10
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- COATINGS
- Volume
- 10
- Number
- 10
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/52582
- DOI
- 10.3390/coatings10100925
- ISSN
- 2079-6412
- Abstract
- The extracellular matrix (ECM) is needed to maintain the structural integrity of tissues and to mediate cellular dynamics. Its main components are fibrous proteins and glycosaminoglycans, which provide a suitable environment for biological functions. Thus, biomaterials with ECM-like properties have been extensively developed by modulating their key components and properties. In the field of cardiac tissue engineering, the use of biomaterials offers several advantages in that biophysical and biochemical cues can be designed to mediate cardiac cells, which is critical for maturation and regeneration. This suggests that understanding biomaterials and their use in vivo and in vitro is beneficial in terms of advancing cardiac engineering. The current review provides an overview of both natural and synthetic biomaterials and their use in cardiac engineering. In addition, we focus on different strategies to recapitulate the cardiac tissue in 2D and 3D approaches, which is an important step for the maturation of cardiac tissues toward regeneration of the adult heart.
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