Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A
Volume 108, Issue 3, Pages 394-411Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.36817
Keywords
biomaterials; bone and cartilage regeneration; growth factor; stem cell; tissue engineering
Funding
- Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea [HI18C0661]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2017R1A2B4008179, NRF-2017R1C1B5017159]
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Bone and cartilage tissue engineering is an integrative approach that is inspired by the phenomena associated with wound healing. In this respect, growth factors have emerged as important moieties for the control and regulation of this process. Growth factors act as mediators and control the important physiological functions of bone regeneration. Herein, we discuss the importance of growth factors in bone and cartilage tissue engineering, their loading and delivery strategies, release kinetics, and their integration with biomaterials and stem cells to heal bone fractures. We also highlighted the role of growth factors in the determination of the bone tissue microenvironment based on the reciprocal signaling with cells and biomaterial scaffolds on which future bone and cartilage tissue engineering technologies and medical devices will be based upon.
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