title: [Application of elastin in biomedical materials].
abstract: Elastin is a natural biomedical material of great potential. Being endowed with the special crosslinking and hydrophobic structure, elastin retains many good properties such as good elasticity, ductibility, biocompatibility, biodegradability and so on. Nowadays, elastin as a material, which is gradually attracting people' s attention in the biomedical materials field, has been used as tissue engineering scaffolds, derma substitutes and other biomedical materials. In this context, a systematic review on the characteristics of elastin as a biomedical material and on the actuality of its application is presented. Future developments of elastin in the field of biomedical applications are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Material Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
authors.forename: Decai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Xiaoli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Kangde
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D004549:Elastin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D017768:Skin, Artificial; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D004549:Elastin