title: Biopolymer/Calcium phosphate scaffolds for bone tissue engineering.
abstract: With nearly 30 years of progress, tissue engineering has shown promise in developing solutions for tissue repair and regeneration. Scaffolds, together with cells and growth factors, are key components of this development. Recently, an increasing number of studies have reported on the design and fabrication of scaffolding materials. In particular, inspired by the nature of bone, polymer/ceramic composite scaffolds have been studied extensively. The purpose of this paper is to review the recent progress of the naturally derived biopolymers and the methods applied to generate biomimetic biopolymer/calcium phosphate composites as well as their biomedical applications in bone tissue engineering.
authors: State Key Lab of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, 27 Shandanan Road, Jinan, 250100, China.
authors: Jianhua
authors: J
authors: Li
authors: Bryan A
authors: BA
authors: Baker
authors: Xiaoning
authors: X
authors: Mou
authors: Na
authors: N
authors: Ren
authors: Jichuan
authors: J
authors: Qiu
authors: Robert I
authors: RI
authors: Boughton
authors: Hong
authors: H
authors: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001704:Biopolymers; D001861:Bone Regeneration; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D006801:Humans; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D002130:Calcium Phosphates; C020243:calcium phosphate
keywords: biopolymers; calcium phosphate; scaffold; tissue engineering