The Role of Extracellular Matrix in Bioengineering
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Synthetic Biology and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 308
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Extracellular matrices (ECMs) include a family of proteins that fill the interstitial space in human tissue or form basement membranes. ECMs have nonfibrous components, such as glycosaminoglycans, hyaluronan, chondroitin sulfate, dermatan sulfate, heparan sulfate and keratan sulfate. There are also fibrous proteins, such as collagens and elastin, and multidomain proteins, including glycoprotein, fibronectin and laminin. ECMs play critical roles in human tissue development, normal function, disease pathology progress and in vitro tissue culture models. This collection focuses on the novel functions and pathological roles of ECM proteins, as well as biomimetic molecules with which to substitute an ECM mixture or a single type of ECM protein. The applications cover all tissue types in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine and bioengineering.
Dr. Yan Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- extracellular matrix
- bioengineering
- regenerative medicine
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