Shock wave treatment accelerates impaired wound healing in diverse clinical situations.
However, the mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of shock waves have not yet been …

The generation of functional biomimetic skeletal muscle constructs is still one of the fundamental
challenges in skeletal muscle tissue engineering. With the notion that structure strongly …

Biomaterials based on decellularized tissues are increasingly attracting attention as
functional alternatives to other natural or synthetic materials. However, a source of non-cadaver …

Classical approaches to engineer skeletal muscle tissue based on current regenerative and
surgical procedures still do not meet the desired outcome for patient applications. Besides …

Background aims Adipose-derived progenitor/stem cells (ASCs) are discussed as a promising
candidate for various tissue engineering approaches. However, its applicability for the …

Rapid, nongenomic actions of glucocorticoids (GCs) have been well documented, but
information about putative membrane receptors that mediate them is scarce. We used …

Background Cell-based therapies with autologous adipose tissue–derived cells have shown
great potential in several clinical studies in the last decades. The majority of these studies …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common causes of disability and represents a major
socio-economic burden. Despite intensive research, the molecular mechanisms responsible …

Various tissue engineering (TE) approaches are based on silk fibroin (SF) as scaffold material
because of its superior mechanical and biological properties compared to other materials. …

Over the past decade, silk fibroin (SF) has been emergently used in peripheral nerve tissue
engineering. Current approaches aiming at producing SF-based nerve guidance conduits (…