Tissue engineering for tendon repair

AUTOR(ES)

Bagnaninchi, Pierre‐Olivier

FONTE

BMJ Group

RESUMO

Tissue engineering aims to induce tissue self‐regeneration in vivo or to produce a functional tissue replacement in vitro to be then implanted in the body. To produce a viable and functional tendon, a uniaxially orientated collagen type I matrix has to be generated. Biochemical and physical factors can potentially alter both the production and the organisation of this matrix, and their combination in a dose‐ and time‐dependent manner is probably the key to in vitro engineered tendons. This review discusses the role of these different factors affecting tenocyte growth in a three‐dimensional environment in vivo and in vitro, and underlines the future challenge of tendon tissue engineering.

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