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Strategies for Annulus Fibrosus Regeneration: From Biological Therapies to Tissue Engineering
Intervertebral disc (IVD) is an avascular tissue which contributes to the weight bearing, motion, and flexibility of spine. However, IVD is susceptible to damage and even failure due to injury, pathology, and aging. Annulus fibrosus (AF), the structural and functional integrity of which is criticall...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6048238/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30042942 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2018.00090 |
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author | Chu, Genglei Shi, Chen Wang, Huan Zhang, Weidong Yang, Huilin Li, Bin |
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description | Intervertebral disc (IVD) is an avascular tissue which contributes to the weight bearing, motion, and flexibility of spine. However, IVD is susceptible to damage and even failure due to injury, pathology, and aging. Annulus fibrosus (AF), the structural and functional integrity of which is critically essential to confine nucleus pulpous (NP) and maintain physiological intradiscal pressure under mechanical loading, plays a critical role in the biomechanical properties of IVD. AF degeneration commonly results in substantial deterioration of IVD. During this process, the biomechanical properties of AF and the balance between anabolism and catabolism in IVD are progressively disrupted, leading to chronic back pain, and even disability of individuals. Therefore, repairing and regenerating AF are effective treatments to degeneration-associated pains. However, they remain highly challenging due to the complexity of natural AF tissue in the aspects of cell phenotype, biochemical composition, microstructure, and mechanical properties. Tissue engineering (TE), by combining biological science and materials engineering, shed lights on AF regeneration. In this article, we review recent advances in the pro-anabolic approaches in the form of cell delivery, bioactive factors delivery, gene therapy, and TE strategies for achieving AF regeneration. |
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spelling | pubmed-60482382018-07-24 Strategies for Annulus Fibrosus Regeneration: From Biological Therapies to Tissue Engineering Chu, Genglei Shi, Chen Wang, Huan Zhang, Weidong Yang, Huilin Li, Bin Front Bioeng Biotechnol Bioengineering and Biotechnology Intervertebral disc (IVD) is an avascular tissue which contributes to the weight bearing, motion, and flexibility of spine. However, IVD is susceptible to damage and even failure due to injury, pathology, and aging. Annulus fibrosus (AF), the structural and functional integrity of which is critically essential to confine nucleus pulpous (NP) and maintain physiological intradiscal pressure under mechanical loading, plays a critical role in the biomechanical properties of IVD. AF degeneration commonly results in substantial deterioration of IVD. During this process, the biomechanical properties of AF and the balance between anabolism and catabolism in IVD are progressively disrupted, leading to chronic back pain, and even disability of individuals. Therefore, repairing and regenerating AF are effective treatments to degeneration-associated pains. However, they remain highly challenging due to the complexity of natural AF tissue in the aspects of cell phenotype, biochemical composition, microstructure, and mechanical properties. Tissue engineering (TE), by combining biological science and materials engineering, shed lights on AF regeneration. In this article, we review recent advances in the pro-anabolic approaches in the form of cell delivery, bioactive factors delivery, gene therapy, and TE strategies for achieving AF regeneration. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6048238/ /pubmed/30042942 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2018.00090 Text en Copyright © 2018 Chu, Shi, Wang, Zhang, Yang and Li. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Bioengineering and Biotechnology Chu, Genglei Shi, Chen Wang, Huan Zhang, Weidong Yang, Huilin Li, Bin Strategies for Annulus Fibrosus Regeneration: From Biological Therapies to Tissue Engineering |
title | Strategies for Annulus Fibrosus Regeneration: From Biological Therapies to Tissue Engineering |
title_full | Strategies for Annulus Fibrosus Regeneration: From Biological Therapies to Tissue Engineering |
title_fullStr | Strategies for Annulus Fibrosus Regeneration: From Biological Therapies to Tissue Engineering |
title_full_unstemmed | Strategies for Annulus Fibrosus Regeneration: From Biological Therapies to Tissue Engineering |
title_short | Strategies for Annulus Fibrosus Regeneration: From Biological Therapies to Tissue Engineering |
title_sort | strategies for annulus fibrosus regeneration: from biological therapies to tissue engineering |
topic | Bioengineering and Biotechnology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6048238/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30042942 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2018.00090 |
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