TY - JOUR
T1 - Citrate-Based Biomaterials and Their Applications in Regenerative Engineering
AU - Tran, Richard T.
AU - Yang, Jian
AU - Ameer, Guillermo A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/7/1
Y1 - 2015/7/1
N2 - Advances in biomaterials science and engineering are crucial to translating regenerative engineering, an emerging field that aims to recreate complex tissues, into clinical practice. In this regard, citrate-based biomaterials have become an important tool owing to their versatile material and biological characteristics including unique antioxidant, antimicrobial, adhesive, and fluorescent properties. This review discusses fundamental design considerations, strategies to incorporate unique functionality, and examples of how citrate-based biomaterials can be an enabling technology for regenerative engineering.
AB - Advances in biomaterials science and engineering are crucial to translating regenerative engineering, an emerging field that aims to recreate complex tissues, into clinical practice. In this regard, citrate-based biomaterials have become an important tool owing to their versatile material and biological characteristics including unique antioxidant, antimicrobial, adhesive, and fluorescent properties. This review discusses fundamental design considerations, strategies to incorporate unique functionality, and examples of how citrate-based biomaterials can be an enabling technology for regenerative engineering.
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070214-020815
DO - 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070214-020815
M3 - Article
C2 - 27004046
AN - SCOPUS:84956686992
SN - 1531-7331
VL - 45
SP - 277
EP - 310
JO - Annual Review of Materials Research
JF - Annual Review of Materials Research
ER -