Hyaluronic acid: a versatile biomaterial in tissue engineering

Abstract

The design and application of hyaluronic acid (HA)-based scaffolds to control cell response and construct ideal tissue engineering products have been of great interest in the past few decades. This review provides an overview of the biological properties of HA to better understand how to engineer a cell-scaffold composite that is qualified in tissue engineering; important tissue engineering applications of HA including cartilage tissue engineering; and lastly, the problems of the current research on HA. All the data described above were collected and analyzed from PubMed, EMBASE and Medline.

Keywords

Hyaluronic acid / biomaterials / tissue engineering and regenerative medicine / stem cells

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