| Category |
|
Polymer |
Application |
| Natural |
Proteins |
Collagen |
collagen-scaffolds seeded with myoblasts used to repair skeletal muscle defects [156], and collagen hydrogel used in cartilage tissue engineering [157] |
| |
|
Fibronectin |
Fibronectin scaffolds used to enhance neural stem cell transplantation into the injured brain [158] |
| |
|
Fibrin glue |
Used in skin tissue engineering [159] and as scaffolds for neuronal differentiation of adult stem cells derived from adipose tissue and skin [160] |
| |
Polysaccharides |
Chitosan |
Used for dental pulp regeneration [161] and cartilage tissue engineering [162] |
| |
|
Alginate |
Hydrogel used as synthetic extracellular matrix materials [163] |
| |
|
Hyaluronic acid |
Used in bone regeneration [164] |
| Acellular tissue matrices |
Bladder submucosa |
Used in urological tissue engineering [165] |
| |
Small intestinal submucosa (SIS) |
Used in urological tissue engineering [166] |
| Synthetic polymers |
Polyglycolic acid (PGA) |
Used in vascular tissue engineering [167] and neo cartilage formation [168] |
| |
poly-lactic acid (PLA) |
Used in bone regeneration [169] |
| |
poly-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) |
Used in bone regeneration [170] |
