[Application of elastin in biomedical materials].
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.
Chang
Decai
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School of Material Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
Wang
Xiaoli
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Hou
Xin
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Yao
Kangde
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D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D004549:Elastin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D017768:Skin, Artificial; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D004549:Elastin