Multifunctional Biomaterials for Volumetric Muscle Loss
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 262
Special Issue Editors
Interests: skeletal muscle; tissue engineering; biomaterials; extracellular matrix; regenerative medicine; angiogenesis; immunomodulation; volumetric muscle loss
Interests: skeletal muscle; cell and tissue engineering; biomaterials; extracellular matrix; innervation; rehabilitation; volumetric muscle loss
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Interests: tissue engineering; volumetric muscle loss; biopolymers; 3D tissue models; stem cells; tissue innervation; soft tissue regeneration
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Musculoskeletal trauma often disrupts intramuscular neural and vascular networks to denervate existing motor units and causes fibrosis and inflammation, hindering muscle mass, strength, and size recovery. While current scaffolds for muscle repair can enhance myogenesis and myofiber repair, they lack the ability to promote reinnervation alongside angiogenesis and often do not possess anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic properties. This call for papers seeks submissions on multifunctional scaffolds that can not only enhance muscle repair but also promote other processes critical for recovery, such as reinnervation, angiogenesis, and/or modulation of inflammation and fibrosis. We invite review articles and original research describing the design and application of such scaffolds for muscle recovery post-injury.
Dr. Koyal Garg
Dr. Michael J. Mcclure
Dr. Jonathan Grasman
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- muscle trauma
- soft tissue regeneration
- fibrosis
- inflammation
- neurovascular injury
- biomaterials
- biopolymers
- tissue engineering
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