
Tissue Engineering
- 3rd Edition - November 11, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Clemens van Blitterswijk, Jan De Boer
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 4 5 9 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 1 3 4 - 3
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Request a sales quoteTissue Engineering, Third Edition provides a completely revised release with sections focusing on Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering and Tissue Engineering of Selected Organs and Tissues. Key chapters are updated with the latest discoveries, including coverage of new areas (skeletal TE, ophthalmology TE, immunomodulatory biomaterials and immune systems engineering). The book is written in a scientific language that is easily understood by undergraduate and graduate students in basic biological sciences, bioengineering and basic medical sciences, and researchers interested in learning about this fast-growing field.
- Presents a clear structure of chapters that is aimed at those new to the field
- Includes new chapters on immune systems engineering, skeletal tissue engineering (skeletal muscle, tendon, and ligament) eye, cornea and ophthalmology tissue engineering
- Includes applied clinical cases studies that illustrate basic science applications
Students and practitioners/researchers in basic biological sciences, bioengineering, and basic medical sciences. Undergraduate and Master's programs in biomedical engineering
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. An introduction to tissue engineering; the topic and the book
- 1.1. Learning objectives
- 1.2. What inspired you to pick up this book?
- 1.3. What is tissue engineering about?
- 1.4. Tissue engineering's origin and progression over time
- 1.5. Tissue engineering's limitations and promises
- 1.6. The future of tissue engineering
- 1.7. Tissue engineering and you
- 1.8. How to use this book? A guide for students and teachers
- 1.9. How to use the chapters?
- Chapter 2. Stem cells
- 2.1. Learning objectives
- 2.2. Introduction
- 2.3. What defines a stem cell? Self-renewal, proliferation, and differentiation
- 2.4. Self-renewal
- 2.5. Stem cell proliferation
- 2.6. Stem cell differentiation
- 2.7. Stem cell quiescence and activation
- 2.8. Cell death is normal—apoptosis, autophagy, necrosis, and necroptosis
- 2.9. Characterization of stem cells—protein expression
- 2.10. Characterization of stem cells—RNA analysis by RT-PCR, microarray, and RNA-sequencing
- 2.11. Characterization of stem cells—cell differentiation
- 2.12. Stem cell signaling—the Wnt and β-catenin pathway
- 2.13. Hematopoietic stem cells
- 2.14. Mesenchymal stem cells
- 2.15. Skin stem cells
- 2.16. Lgr5+ stem cells of the intestine
- 2.17. Central nervous system stem cells
- 2.18. Induced pluripotent stem cells—iPS cells
- 2.19. Natural pluripotent and embryonic stem cells
- 2.20. Organoids, exosomes, and extracts from stem cells
- 2.21. Stem cell mechanobiology: stretch and strain
- 2.22. Future perspective
- 2.23. The dark side: cancer stem cells
- 2.24. Recommended literature
- 2.25. Assessment of your knowledge
- 2.26. Glossary
- Chapter 3. Tissue formation during embryogenesis
- 3.1. Learning objectives
- 3.2. Introduction
- 3.3. Cardiac development
- 3.4. Blood vessel development
- 3.5. Development of peripheral nerve tissue
- 3.6. Embryonic skin development
- 3.7. Bone development
- 3.8. Recommended literature
- 3.9. Assessment of your knowledge
- 3.10. Glossary
- Chapter 4. Cellular signaling
- 4.1. Learning objectives
- 4.2. Paradigm of cellular signaling
- 4.3. Signal initiation
- 4.4. Signal transduction
- 4.5. Gene activation
- 4.6. Variations on a theme
- 4.7. Future perspective
- 4.8. Recommended literature
- 4.9. Assessment of your knowledge
- 4.10. Glossary
- Chapter 5. Extracellular matrix as a bioscaffold for tissue engineering
- 5.1. Learning objectives
- 5.2. Introduction
- 5.3. Native extracellular matrix
- 5.4. ECM scaffold preparation
- 5.5. Constructive tissue remodeling
- 5.6. Clinical translation of ECM bioscaffolds
- 5.7. Commercially available scaffolds composed of ECM
- 5.8. Future perspective
- 5.9. Recommended literature
- 5.10. Assessment of your knowledge
- 5.11. Glossary
- Chapter 6. Synthetic biomaterials
- 6.1. Learning objectives
- 6.2. Introduction
- 6.3. Biomaterials and synthetic chemistry: a molecular view
- 6.4. The extracellular matrix: a chemical view
- 6.5. Rational design
- 6.6. Future developments
- 6.7. Case study: vascularization
- 6.8. Recommended literature
- 6.9. Assessment of your knowledge
- 6.10. Glossary
- Chapter 7. Degradation of biomaterials
- 7.1. Learning objectives
- 7.2. Introduction
- 7.3. Bioceramics and glasses
- 7.4. Biodegradable polymers
- 7.5. Biodegradable metals
- 7.6. Future perspective
- 7.7. Recommended literature
- 7.8. Assessment of your knowledge
- 7.9. Glossary
- Chapter 8. Cell–material interactions
- 8.1. Learning objectives
- 8.2. Introduction
- 8.3. Surface chemistry
- 8.4. Material mechanics (stiffness)
- 8.5. Topography
- 8.6. Future perspective
- 8.7. Recommended literature
- 8.8. Assessment of your knowledge
- 8.9. Glossary
- Chapter 9. Biomaterials discovery: experimental and computational approaches
- 9.1. Learning objectives
- 9.2. Introduction
- 9.3. The challenges of biomaterials discovery
- 9.4. Approaches to materials discovery
- 9.5. Experimental high throughput materials discovery
- 9.6. Computational materials discovery
- 9.7. Future perspective
- 9.8. Recommended literature
- 9.9. Assessment of your knowledge
- 9.10. Glossary
- Chapter 10. Microfabrication technology in tissue engineering
- 10.1. Learning objectives
- 10.2. Introduction
- 10.3. Microfabrication techniques in tissue engineering
- 10.4. Future perspective
- 10.5. Recommended literature
- 10.6. Assessment of your knowledge
- 10.7. Glossary
- Chapter 11. Scaffold design and fabrication
- 11.1. Learning objectives
- 11.2. Introduction
- 11.3. Scaffold design
- 11.4. Classical scaffold fabrication techniques
- 11.5. Electrospinning
- 11.6. Additive manufacturing
- 11.7. Hybrid fabrication
- 11.8. Clinical translation of scaffold guided tissue engineering
- 11.9. Future perspective
- 11.10. Recommended literature
- 11.11. Assessment of your knowledge
- 11.12. Glossary
- Chapter 12. Controlled release strategies in tissue engineering
- 12.1. Learning objectives
- 12.2. Introduction
- 12.3. Physical mixtures of bioactive factors within matrices
- 12.4. Bioactive factors entrapped within gel matrices
- 12.5. Bioactive factors entrapped within hydrophobic scaffolds or microparticles
- 12.6. Bioactive factors bound to affinity sites within matrices
- 12.7. Bioactive factors covalently bound to matrices
- 12.8. Matrices used for immunomodulation
- 12.9. Recommended literature
- 12.10. Assessment of your knowledge
- 12.11. Glossary
- Chapter 13. Bioreactors: enabling technologies for research and manufacturing
- 13.1. Learning objectives
- 13.2. Introduction
- 13.3. Basic requirements
- 13.4. Mimicking physiological culture conditions
- 13.5. Bioreactors for cell expansion and cell-based products
- 13.6. Bioreactors for tissue engineering
- 13.7. Future perspective
- 13.8. Recommended literature
- 13.9. Assessment of your knowledge
- 13.10. Glossary
- Chapter 14. Strategies to promote vascularization, survival, and functionality of engineered tissues
- 14.1. Learning objectives
- 14.2. Introduction
- 14.3. Strategies to improve vascular ingrowth into TE constructs
- 14.4. Strategies to improve vascular ingrowth into TE constructs—biological features
- 14.5. Strategies to promote neo-vascularization
- 14.6. In vivo models
- 14.7. Translation into clinics
- 14.8. Recommended literature
- 14.9. Assessment of your knowledge
- 14.10. Glossary
- Chapter 15. Skin tissue engineering and keratinocyte stem cell therapy
- 15.1. Learning objectives
- 15.2. Introduction
- 15.3. Structure and function of the epidermis
- 15.4. Structure and function of the dermis
- 15.5. Epidermal and hair follicle stem cells of the skin
- 15.6. In vitro keratinocyte culture
- 15.7. Cultured three-dimensional skin models
- 15.8. Immunogenicity with allogeneic and biosynthetic materials
- 15.9. Development of in vivo somatic keratinocyte stem cell grafting
- 15.10. Poor keratinocyte “take”
- 15.11. Skin tissue engineering
- 15.12. The use of adult stem cells in tissue-engineered skin
- 15.13. Future perspective
- 15.14. Recommended literature
- 15.15. Assessment of your knowledge
- 15.16. Glossary
- Chapter 16. Cartilage and bone regeneration
- 16.1. Learning objectives
- 16.2. Introduction: cartilage
- 16.3. Cellular structures and matrix composition of hyaline cartilage
- 16.4. Collagen
- 16.5. Proteoglycans
- 16.6. The chondrocyte
- 16.7. Stem cells in cartilage and proliferation of chondrocytes
- 16.8. Pathophysiology of cartilage lesion development
- 16.9. Artificial induction of cartilage repair
- 16.10. Rationale for cell implantation
- 16.11. Cartilage specimens for implantation
- 16.12. Cell seeding density
- 16.13. What type of chondrogenic cells is ideal for cartilage engineering?
- 16.14. Allogeneic versus autologous cells
- 16.15. Articular chondrocytes versus other cells
- 16.16. Embryonic stem cells andinduced pluripotent stem cells
- 16.17. Xenograft cells
- 16.18. Direct isolation of tissue
- 16.19. Scaffolds in cartilage tissue engineering
- 16.20. Bioreactors in cartilage tissue engineering
- 16.21. Growth factors that stimulate chondrogenesis
- 16.22. Future developments in cartilage biology
- 16.23. Introduction: bone—basic bone biology: structure, function, and cells
- 16.24. Intramembranous and endochondral bone formation
- 16.25. Fracture repair
- 16.26. Critical size defect
- 16.27. Skeletal stem cells
- 16.28. Expansion and differentiation
- 16.29. Growth factors for bone repair
- 16.30. Scaffold biocompatibility
- 16.31. The function of the vasculature in skeletal regeneration
- 16.32. Animal models in bone tissue engineering
- 16.33. Clinical experience in bone tissue engineering
- 16.34. Future perspectives for bone regeneration
- 16.35. Assessment of your knowledge
- 16.36. Glossary
- Chapter 17. Tissue engineering of the nervous system
- 17.1. Learning objectives
- 17.2. Introduction
- 17.3. Peripheral nerve
- 17.4. CNS: spinal cord
- 17.5. CNS: brain
- 17.6. CNS: optic nerve
- 17.7. CNS: retina
- 17.8. Future perspective
- 17.9. Recommended literature
- 17.10. Assessment of your knowledge
- 17.11. Glossary
- Chapter 18. Principles of cardiovascular tissue engineering
- 18.1. Learning objectives
- 18.2. Introduction
- 18.3. Heart structure, disease, and regeneration
- 18.4. Cell sources for cardiovascular tissue engineering and regeneration
- 18.5. Biomaterials—polymers, scaffolds, and basic design criteria
- 18.6. Biomaterials as vehicles for stem cells or bioactive molecule delivery after MI
- 18.7. Bioengineering of cardiac patches, in vitro
- 18.8. Vascularization of cardiac patches
- 18.9. Three-dimensional bioprinting of vascularized tissues and components of heart
- 18.10. Challenges for clinical application
- 18.11. Future perspective
- 18.12. Recommended literature
- 18.13. Assessment of your knowledge
- 18.14. Glossary
- Chapter 19. Tissue engineering of organ systems
- 19.1. Learning objectives
- 19.2. Introduction
- 19.3. Urogenital tissue engineering
- 19.4. Reproductive organs
- 19.5. Liver tissue engineering
- 19.6. Gastrointestinal tissue engineering
- 19.7. Pancreas tissue engineering
- 19.8. Lung tissue engineering
- 19.9. Future perspective
- 19.10. Recommend literature
- 19.11. Assessment of your knowledge
- 19.12. Glossary
- Chapter 20. Product and process design: scalable and sustainable tissue-engineered product manufacturing
- 20.1. Learning objectives
- 20.2. Introduction
- 20.3. Regulatory aspects of TEP manufacturing
- 20.4. The TEP manufacturing process
- 20.5. Manufacturing process development: quality by design
- 20.6. Smart manufacturing driven by digital twins
- 20.7. Future perspective
- 20.8. Recommended literature
- 20.9. Assessment of your knowledge
- 20.10. Glossary
- Chapter 21. Clinical translation
- 21.1. Learning objectives
- 21.2. Introduction
- 21.3. Clinical translation of tissue-engineered products
- 21.4. Typical challenges for tissue engineering encountered in the clinical phase
- 21.5. Implementation of a clinical trial
- 21.6. Special points to consider
- 21.7. Future perspective
- 21.8. Recommended literature
- 21.9. Assessment of your knowledge
- 21.10. Glossary
- Index
- Edition: 3
- Published: November 11, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 798
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128244593
- eBook ISBN: 9780323851343
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Clemens van Blitterswijk
Clemens van Blitterswijk graduated as cell biologist from Leiden University in 1982, defending his PhD thesis in 1985 at the same university. Today his research focuses on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, forming a unique basis of multidisciplinary research between materials and life sciences. Van Blitterswijk has authored and co-authored more than 380 peer reviewed papers (H index 90, Scopus); is one of the most frequently cited Dutch scientists in TE; the applicant and co-applicant of over 100 patents; has guided 50 PhD candidates through their thesis as supervisor or co-supervisor and currently has 30 PhD candidates under his supervision. Dr. van Blitterswijk received a number of prestigious international awards including the George Winter award of the European society for Biomaterials, the Career Achievement Award of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society and is a member of the KNAW (The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences).
Affiliations and expertise
KNAW (The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), The NetherlandsJD
Jan De Boer
Jan de Boer is an experienced University Professor and Chief Scientific Officer with a demonstrated history of working in academia and biotech. As a research professional he is skilled in Stem Cells, Biomaterial Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. Jan is interested in the molecular complexity of cells and how molecular circuits are involved in cell and tissue function. With a background in mouse and Drosophila genetics, he entered the field of biomedical engineering in 2002 and has since focused on understanding and implementing molecular biology in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. His research is characterized by a holistic approach to both discovery and application, aiming at combining high throughput technologies, computational modeling and experimental cell biology, to streamline the wealth of biological knowledge to real clinical applications.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The NetherlandsRead Tissue Engineering on ScienceDirect