title: Bioencapsulation technologies in tissue engineering.
abstract: Bioencapsulation technologies have played an important role in the developing successes of tissue engineering. Besides offering immunoisolation, they also show promise for cell/tissue banking and the directed differentiation of stem cells, by providing a unique microenvironment. This review describes bioencapsulation technologies and summarizes their recent progress in research into tissue engineering. The review concludes with a brief outlook regarding future research directions in this field.
authors.affiliation: BioMolecular Engineering Program, Department of Physics and Chemistry, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - USA.|Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin - USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Majewski
authors.affiliation: BioMolecular Engineering Program, Department of Physics and Chemistry, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - USA.
authors.forename: Wujie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian, Liaoning Province - PR China.
authors.forename: Xiaojun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford - UK.
authors.forename: Zhanfeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan - USA.|Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Providence Hospital and Medical Centers, Southfield, Michigan - USA.
authors.forename: Weiping
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan - USA.|Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Providence Hospital and Medical Centers, Southfield, Michigan - USA.
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Markel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002214:Capsules; D006801:Humans; D014015:Tissue Banks; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D002214:Capsules