title: From repair to regeneration: biomaterials to reprogram the meniscus wound microenvironment.
abstract: When the field of tissue engineering first arose, scaffolds were conceived of as inert three-dimensional structures whose primary function was to support cellularity and tissue growth. Since then, advances in scaffold and biomaterial design have evolved to not only guide tissue formation, but also to interact dynamically with and manipulate the wound environment. At present, these efforts are being directed towards strategies that directly address limitations in endogenous wound repair, with the goal of reprogramming the local wound environment (and the cells within that locality) from a state that culminates in an inferior tissue repair into a state in which functional regeneration is achieved. This review will address this approach with a focus on recent advances in scaffold design towards the resolution of tears of the knee meniscus as a case example. The inherent limitations to endogenous repair will be discussed, as will specific examples of how biomaterials are being designed to overcome these limitations. Examples will include design of fibrous scaffolds that promote colonization by modulating local extracellular matrix density and delivering recruitment factors. Furthermore, we will discuss scaffolds that are themselves modulated by the wound environment to alter porosity and modulate therapeutic release through precise coordination of scaffold degradation. Finally, we will close with emerging concepts in local control of cell mechanics to improve interstitial cell migration and so advance repair. Overall, these examples will illustrate how emergent features within a biomaterial can be tuned to manipulate and harness the local tissue microenvironment in order to promote robust regeneration.
authors: McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 424 Stemmler Hall, 36th Street and Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA, lemauck@mail.med.upenn.edu.
authors: Robert L
authors: RL
authors: Mauck
authors: Jason A
authors: JA
authors: Burdick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D057487:Enzyme Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000502:physiology; D016062:Porosity; D012038:Regeneration; D000070600:Tibial Meniscus Injuries; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials
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