Membranes for Tissue Engineering
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Membrane Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2022) | Viewed by 36240
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2. Department of Ceramic Materials, Chair of Advanced Ceramic Materials, Institute for Materials Science and Technologies, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Interests: dental barrier membranes; collagen; cross-linking; magnesium membranes; degradation; bone tissue regeneration
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Interests: powder and materials technology; support and catalyst processing; cellular / porous ceramics and membranes; ceramics from preceramic poymers; biocompatible coating; VOx-Catalysts; energy materials; ceramic matrix composites; high temperature material testing
Interests: magnesium; surfaces; coating technologies; biomaterials
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2. Department for Cell and Tissue Engineering, Scientific Research Center for Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia
Interests: stem cells; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine; adipose tissue; macrophages; in vitro cell models; wound healing, examination of biological activity in cell models in vitro and animal models in vivo; molecular and human genetics
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Interests: collagen; biomaterials; coating; antibacterial surfaces; tissue engineering
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, guided bone regeneration (GBR) procedures have been commonly introduced for regeneration bone defects due to pathologic lesions or to augment alveolar bone for dental implant treatment. It has been revealed that the role of barrier membranes is crucial for proper bone repair during the GBR procedure. The optimal barrier membrane should prevent in-growth of soft tissue to the bone defect and maintain the defect space during bone tissue regeneration. To achieve maximum bone regeneration, the GBR membrane should have several characteristics, including (1) biocompatibility; (2) proper stiffness for space maintenance; (3) the ability to prevent epithelial cell migration; (4) appropriate resorption time after proper bone regeneration; (5) the ability to allow for transmembraneous vascularization or nutrition; and (6) the ability to support the bone regeneration process. In this context, the choice of the ideal membrane is dependent on the clinical indication. This means that different indications necessitate the use of various membrane types, for example, resorbable und non-resorbable barrier membranes.
Additionally, the indications for GBR membranes have increased over the last few years. GBR membranes have also been used for indications such as mandibular molar extraction or periodontal flap surgery. A broad variety of studies has been conducted in recent decades for the development of an ideal GBR membrane from various natural and synthetic sources. Clinically, collagen membrane and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) membrane have been widely used for the GBR procedure. Numerous clinical studies with these membranes have demonstrated their clinical usefulness. However, these membranes still have limitations in terms of the ideal characteristics of the GBR membrane. Thus, there is a special need for new membrane developments and knowledge enhancement.
In this Special Issue, we want to focus on recent achievements in the field and invite you to submit reviews and original research papers further advancing our knowledge of the function of different membrane types and new membrane developments by ex vivo, in vitro, and/or in vivo investigations.
Dr. Mike Barbeck
Dr. Oliver Gorke
Dr. Ole Jung
Prof. Dr. Stevo Najman
Dr. Xin Xiong
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- New material/membrane developments
- (Non-)resorbable barrier membranes
- Collagen membranes
- Resorption mechanisms of collagen membranes
- Immune responses to GBR membranes
- Transmembraneous vascularization/nutrition
- Membrane integration/degradation
- Cytocompatibility
- Biocompatibility
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