Research on the Application of Nanoparticles in Tissue Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Tissue engineering is contentiously aiming for attaining a critical role in health and medicine, and the emergence of nanotechnology in the field is one of the most important developments in recent decades. Since tissue engineering is considered a complex process, the application of nanoparticles in tissue engineering would enable their use in a wide spectrum of fields. Nanoparticles for effective tissue engineering have allowed researchers to achieve desired mechanical properties of implants, antibacterial properties, improvement of a specific phenomenon such as angiogenesis at the site of damage, differentiation of incorporated stem cells to the preferred fate, growth factor and drug delivery, application of a specific pattern for cell growth and even the tracking of certain factors during tissue regeneration. There may be stumbling blocks using nanoparticles such as toxicity, the risk of cancer, and how nanoparticles are eliminated or metabolized in tissue that should also be pointed.

We are pleased to invite you to submit your outcomes relevant to the use of nanoparticles in tissue engineering.

This Special Issue aims to collect original research and review articles related (but not limited) to the different synthesis methods of applicable nanoparticles in tissue engineering, types of conjugation of drugs and growth factors involved in regenerative medicine; effects of nanoparticles in important pathways of tissue engineering such as angiogenesis, differentiation and osteogenesis; as well as the application of different nanoparticles in wound healing. Alongside that, some nanoparticles are used in antibacterial and anti-infection implants, which is a topic also also welcome for this issue.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Mohsen Akbarian
Guest Editor

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• wound healing
• angiogenesis
• osteogenesis
• growth factor conjugation in nanoparticles
• nanoparticle-mediated cell differentiation
• antibacterial nanoparticles
• antifungal nanoparticles
• carcinogenic risk of nanoparticles
• nanoparticles in 3D scaffolds
• drug release from nanoparticles