Scaffolds Reinforced by Fibers or Tubes for Tissue Repair

摘要: Soft tissue is a dynamic and hierarchical organic structure, its natural extracellular matrix (ECM) not only provides microscopic mechanical environment but also regulates variety of cellular function exercise through the continuous interaction with cells, transmission expression chemical signals. ​Scaffolds in soft engineering as an artificial should have appropriate appearance functions to provide material support for cell proliferation survival. In nature, many tissues are usually mechanically reinforced by fibers form three-dimensional structure. Therefore, application reinforcing scaffolds has number potential advantages that can’t be ignored repair regeneration. past few years, novel or tubes controlled microstructures, properties degradation rates emerged been considered very effective means materials development regenerative medicine. Studies shown fiber tube reinforcements their unique play key role improving biomechanics, biocompatibility, bioactivity, integration synthetic this chapter, properties, structures applications fiber- tube- reviewed conjunction recent advances.