聚磷酸酯医用材料

聚磷酸酯是一种生物相容性好、结构较易进行修饰和功能化的生物降解高分子，可以应用于药物缓释材料、组织工程材料、动物体内显影剂等医用领域。本文论述了近年来的聚磷酸酯医用材料的研究进展，尤其是作为药物缓释材料的合成与应用情况。随着合成研究的深入，聚磷酸酯在医用材料方面的应用将更加引人注目。     

聚磷酸钙骨支架材料的可控降解性和细胞毒性研究

采用重力二次烧结法制备了聚磷酸钙(CPP)骨支架材料,并对材料的体外可控降解性和细胞毒性进行了研究。实验结果表明,CPP呈线性链状结构,具有无定形态、γ-CPP和β-CPP 3种结构。晶相对CPP的降解速率影响明显,无定形CPP降解最快,10 d完全降解;β-CPP降解最慢,30 d约失重11％。同时,材料的降解速率随烧料粒径的增大而加快。细胞在材料表面粘附铺展且增殖良好。制备的CPP骨支架材料具有优良的可控降解性和生物相容性,可用于修复骨组织缺损和作为支架材料用于组织工程。     

高分子的表面化学组成与生物相容性

生物相容性是高分子材料在临床上用作医用装置的基本要求，改变高分子材料的表面化学组成是提高其生物相容性的重要途径。综述了构建表面化学组成改性高分子材料生物相容性的最新研究进展，并对改善高分子材料生物相容性的研究方法提出了一些看法。     

等离子体技术在医用材料表面改性中的应用

本文从血液相容性、组织相容性、低分子物的渗出、药物缓释等方面出发,对等离子体处理、等离子体聚合、等离子体接枝聚合在医用材料表面改性中的应用作了综合介绍。     

生物医用材料表面仿细胞膜结构改性

细胞膜因其固有的生物相容性,可以作为体内植入材料及器件表面生物相容化改性的范例。大量研究结果表明,用细胞外层膜的亲水官能团－磷酰胆碱基团修饰材料表面,可显著提高材料的生物相容性,具有广阔的应用前景。本文综述了用含磷酰胆碱基团小分子及聚合物进行仿细胞膜结构改性的各种方法及其代表性工作;讨论了不同方法得到的仿细胞膜结构表面的性能;总结了几种有影响的生物相容性机理;对仿细胞膜结构表面改性研究及应用的前景做了展望。     

高分子生物材料分子工程研究进展（上）

分子工程研究是生物材料发展的根本途径和必由之路。本文论述了近４０多年来高分子材料分子工程的研究主要进展，其中包括材料的抗凝血性、的组织相容性、材料表面的生物功能化和生物智能化、体内稳定高分子、体内可吸收高分子以及药物的控制释放。     

组织工程三维多孔支架的制备方法和技术进展

组织工程的关键技术之一在于将具有良好生物相容性和生物降解吸收性能的生物材料制备成具有特定形状和相连孔结构的三维多孔细胞支架（细胞外基质替代物）。本文着眼于多孔支架制备方法分别与多孔支架孔结构和外形的内在联系，从致孔和外形成型两个层次对组织工程多孔支架的制备方法和技术新近的研究进展进行了综述。     

明胶在聚氨酯表面的固定化及其对内皮细胞生长的促进作用

理想的组织工程支架材料应具备有效促进细胞生长的能力和良好的组织相容性 .然而现有的聚合物生物材料大多呈现疏水性 ,不能有效支持细胞的生长 [1,2 ] .细胞外基质和血清中含有对细胞粘附、生长和繁殖有显著促进作用的多种活性因子 ,如纤维粘连蛋白 ( Fn)、层粘连蛋白 ( L aminin)、胶原( Collagen)、多聚赖氨酸和冷析蛋白 ( CIG)等 [3～ 5] ,把这些因子固定到材料表面 ,可为细胞的粘附生长提供理想的条件 .本文通过碳二酰亚胺脱水缩合技术 ,将明胶 ( Gelatin)共价键合到聚甲基丙烯酸接枝改性的聚氨酯 ( PU- g- PMAA)薄膜表面 ,并初…     

角蛋白生物医学应用研究进展

角蛋白是一种结构稳定，生物相容性良好的可再生资源，由于其良好的生物相容性、自然丰度和独特的分子结构而被广泛应用于生物医学领域。本文首先介绍了角蛋白的结构特点和提取方法，重点阐述人发角蛋白材料在药物缓释、伤口修复、组织工程等领域的应用。最后，对角蛋白生物材料的未来发展趋势进行了展望。     

高分子合金分离膜材料及结构研究进展

膜材料液相共混制备高分子合金分离膜不但可以调节膜材料与被分离物的亲和性，也在一定程度上改变了膜的结构。本文介绍高分子材料浓相共混对膜材料的亲水性、耐污染性及其它理化性能的影响和对膜结构的调节作用，同时指出高分子材料间的相容性是影响合金膜结构的重要因素。     

表面光接枝原理,方法及应用前景

介绍了表面光接枝的原理,方法和应用前景,表面光接枝主要是用芳酮引发有机材料产生表面自由基,从而引发单体聚合生成表面接枝链。实施方法有气相法,液相法和连续液相法。表面光接枝应用领域广泛,可用于聚合材料的表面改性以及表面功能化。     

Resorbable polymer electrospun nanofibers: History,shapes and application for tissue engineering

Resorbable polymer electrospun nanofiber-based materials/devices have high surface-to-volume ratio and often have a porous structure with excellent pore interconnectivity,which are suitable for growth and development of different types of cells.Due to the huge advantages of both resorbable polymers and electrospun nano fibers,re sorbable polymer electrospun nanofibers(RPENs)have been widely applied in the field of tissue engineering.In this paper,we will mainly introduce RPENs for tissue engineering.Firstly,the electrospinning technique and electrospun nanofiber architectures are briefly introduced.Secondly,the application of RPENs in the field of tissue engineering is mainly reviewed.Finally,the advantages and disadvantages of RPENs for tissue engineering are discussed.This review will provide a comprehensive guide to apply resorbable polymer electrospun nanofibers for tissue engineering.     

Fabrication of random and aligned electrospun nanofibers containing graphene oxide for skeletal muscle cells scaffold

Graphene oxide (GO)‐based materials have been explored in biomedical applications as active engineered materials for diagnosis and therapy. Although a large number of studies have been carried out in the last years, aspects involving the orientation and elongation of cells on GO immobilized on polymeric nanofibers are still scarce. We investigated the interactions between skeletal muscle cells and GO immobilized on random and aligned electrospun nanofibers of poly(caprolactone) (PCL), a biocompatible and biodegradable polymer. Oxygen plasma was employed to modify the nanofiber polymer surface to enhance the interactions between the PCL fibers and GO. Scanning electron microscopy and confocal microscopy revealed the morphology and orientation of skeletal muscle cells (C2C12 cells) on random and aligned GO/PCL nanofibers. The approach employed here is useful to investigate the interaction of skeletal muscle cells with biocompatible polymer nanofibers modified with GO intended for cell scaffolds and tissue engineering.     

Designing Gelatin Based Blood Compatible Materials with Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Macromolecular Chains

Polymer matrices based on poly 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (PHEMA) have emerged as promising materials for developing applications in biomedical and tissue engineering fields. The major criteria of a material to be used as a support matrix in tissue engineering application rests on its biocompatible, hydrophilic, and mechanically strong nature. Although a great deal of research efforts have been put into designing such materials, achieving these properties together for such a material still remains a challenge. Thus, by a judicious combination of natural and synthetic polymers, such as gelatin and copolymers of PHEMA and PAN, respectively, it has been attempted to synthesize a polymer material by redox polymerization method. The prepared polymer matrix was characterized by FTIR, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) techniques. The prepared polymeric biomaterials were assessed for their water sorption potential under varying experimental conditions such as chemical composition, pH, and temperature of the swelling bath. The diffusion mechanism of transport of water molecules arising due to solvent–polymer interaction was analyzed to predict the behavior of continuously relaxing macromolecular chains. The in vitro blood compatibility of the prepared polymeric materials was determined by methods such as blood clot formation, platelet adhesion, percent hemolysis assay, and protein–adsorption on the surface of the prepared biomaterials.     

Successful Development of Biocompatible Polymers Designed by Natures Original Inspiration

Novel polymer biomaterials, which can be used in contact with blood, are prepared with strong inspiration from the surface structure of cell membranes. That is, the polymers with a phospholipid polar group in the side chain, 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) polymers were synthesized. The MPC polymers can inhibit surface-induced clot formation effectively, when they are in contact with blood even in the absence of an anticoagulant. This phenomenon was due to the reduction of plasma protein and suppression of denaturation of adsorbed proteins, that is the MPC polymers interact with blood components very mildly. As the molecular structure of the MPC polymer was easily designed by changing the monomer units and their composition, it could be applied to surface modification of artificial organs and biomedical devices for improving blood and tissue compatibility. Thus, the MPC polymers are useful polymer biomaterials for manufacturing high performance artificial organs and biomedical devices to provide safe medical treatments.     

含悬挂羧基手臂聚乳酸材料的合成与血小板粘附性研究

制备了乳酸-β-苹果酸共聚物,并在此基础上进一步修饰合成了含悬挂羟基(PLMAHE)以及悬挂羧基(PCA-PLA)的聚乳酸共聚物,利用原子力显微镜及环境扫描电镜,观察了聚合物膜的表面形貌以及粘附在聚合物膜上的血小板数量与形态.结果表明含悬挂羟基材料表面粘附血小板时发生聚集并有伪足生成,含悬挂羧基材料表面血小板粘附数量较少且形态正常,有望成为优良的抗凝血材料.     

Options to Improve the Mechanical Properties of Protein-Based Materials

While bio-based but chemically synthesized polymers such as polylactic acid require industrial conditions for biodegradation, protein-based materials are home compostable and show high potential for disposable products that are not collected. However, so far, such materials lack in their mechanical properties to reach the requirements for, e.g., packaging applications. Relevant measures for such a modification of protein-based materials are plasticization and cross-linking; the former increasing the elasticity and the latter the tensile strength of the polymer matrix. The assessment shows that compared to other polymers, the major bottleneck of proteins is their complex structure, which can, if developed accordingly, be used to design materials with desired functional properties. Chemicals can act as cross-linkers but require controlled reaction conditions. Physical methods such as heat curing and radiation show higher effectiveness but are not easy to control and can even damage the polymer backbone. Concerning plasticization, effectiveness and compatibility follow opposite trends due to weak interactions between the plasticizer and the protein. Internal plasticization by covalent bonding surpasses these limitations but requires further research specific for each protein. In addition, synergistic approaches, where different plasticization/cross-linking methods are combined, have shown high potential and emphasize the complexity in the design of the polymer matrix.     

Progress in Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering: A Review on Therapeutic Cells and Macromolecular Scaffolds

Repair and regeneration of articular cartilage lesions have always been a major challenge in the medical field due to its peculiar structure (e.g., sparsely distributed chondrocytes, no blood supply, no nerves). Articular cartilage tissue engineering is considered as one promising strategy to achieve reconstruction of cartilage. With this perspective, the articular cartilage tissue engineering has been widely studied. Here, the recent progress of articular cartilage tissue engineering is reviewed. The ad hoc therapeutic cells and growth factors for cartilage regeneration are summarized and discussed. Various types of bio/macromolecular scaffolds together with their pros and cons are also reviewed and elaborated.     

Integrated zwitterionic conjugated poly(carboxybetaine thiophene) as a new biomaterial platform

An integrated zwitterionic conjugated polymer-based biomaterial platform was designed and studied to address some of the key challenges of conjugated polymers in biomedical applications. This biomaterial platform consists of conjugated polymer backbones and multifunctional zwitterionic side chains. Zwitterionic materials gain electrical conductivity and interesting optical properties through conjugated polymer backbones, and non-biocompatible conjugated polymers obtain excellent antifouling properties, enhanced electrical conductivity, functional groups of bioconjugation and response to environmental stimuli via multifunctional zwitterionic side chains. This platform can potentially be adapted to a wide range of applications (e.g. bioelectronics, tissue engineering and biofuel cell), which require high performance conducting materials with excellent antifouling/biocompatibility at biointerfaces.     

Formation of microporous poly(hydroxybutyric acid) membranes for culture of osteoblast and fibroblast

Microporous membranes of a biodegradable polymer, poly(hydroxybutyric acid) (PHB), were prepared by a phase‐inversion process and their cell compatibility was evaluated in vitro. A ternary system, ethanol/chloroform/PHB, was employed to prepare the membranes, wherein ethanol and chloroform were served as the nonsolvent and solvent for PHB, respectively. In the phase‐inversion process, the polymer dissolution temperature was varied from 80 to 120°C to yield membranes with specific morphologies, such as globular particles, porous channels, etc. Moreover, cell viability was examined on the formed membranes. Two cell lines, osteoblast hFOB1.19 and fibroblast L929, were cultured in vitro. It was found that these two types of cells exhibited different responses on different membranes: the hFOB1.19 cells showed significant increase in cell proliferation with increase in surface roughness, whereas the L929 cells demonstrated an opposite trend, preferring to attach and grow on a flat surface. PHB membranes with different morphologies exhibit different cell compatibilities, which may be useful means for the architectural design of materials for tissue engineering. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.