Application of elastin in biomedical materials.
- Author:
Decai CHANG
1
;
Xiaoli WANG
;
Xin HOU
;
Kangde YAO
Author Information
1. School of Material Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Biocompatible Materials;
Elastin;
chemistry;
physiology;
Humans;
Skin, Artificial;
Tissue Scaffolds
- From:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2008;25(6):1454-1457
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Elastin is a natural biomedical material of great potential. Being endowed with the special crosslinking and hydrophobic structure, elastin retains many good properties such as good elasticity, ductibility, biocompatibility, biodegradability and so on. Nowadays, elastin as a material, which is gradually attracting people' s attention in the biomedical materials field, has been used as tissue engineering scaffolds, derma substitutes and other biomedical materials. In this context, a systematic review on the characteristics of elastin as a biomedical material and on the actuality of its application is presented. Future developments of elastin in the field of biomedical applications are also discussed.
