Application of bacterial cellulose in tissue engineering
Huang Jian-wen
Xu Yue-min
Abstract：BACKGROUND:Because of unique physiochemical and mechanical properties and good biocompatibility and degradability, bacterial cellulose, a nanofiber, has a potential as an ideal tissue-engineered material.
<br> OBJECTIVE:To retrospectively analyze the application of bacterial cellulose in tissue engineering.
<br> METHODS:The first author researched PubMed and CNKI databases (2004/2013) to retrieve articles about application of bacterial cellulose in tissue engineering. The keywords were“bacterial cellulose;tissue engineering”in English and Chinese, respectively. Total y 48 relevant articles were analyzed.
<br> RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Bacterial cellulose has unique properties, such as, high crystal inity, high mechanical strength, high water holding capacity, biodegradation, biocompatibility and three-dimensional nano network. In addition, bacterial cellulose can maintain biological activity of bioactive factors as a carrier. At last, modified bacterial cellulose can improve its mechanical and biological properties, and promote the repair and reconstruction of the tissue and organ. Currently, bacterial cellulose has been used in tissue and organ reconstruction. Bacterial cellulose as a carrier for bioactive molecules is difficult to degrade and has disadvantages of single function, which can be modified to improve its function and degradation.
Keywords：biocompatible materialscellulosenanofibersstents
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 420-425 )