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Gayatri Patel1, Nasim Annabi2, Louis-S Bouchard3,4,5

  • 1Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA.

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Aligned electrospun nanofibers offer significant advantages for tissue engineering by mimicking native tissue architecture. This review explores their design, function, and application in regenerating various tissues, highlighting challenges for clinical translation.

Area of Science:

  • Biomaterials Science
  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Tissue Engineering

Background:

  • Tissue engineering utilizes scaffolds mimicking the extracellular matrix (ECM) for tissue repair.
  • Aligned electrospun nanofibers are promising due to their ability to guide cell behavior and replicate native tissue anisotropy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review aligned nanofibers from a design-to-function perspective.
  • To analyze the influence of fiber alignment on bone, neuronal, cardiac, and muscle tissue regeneration.
  • To critically assess the clinical translation of electrospun nanofiber platforms.

Main Methods:

  • Discussion of electrospinning principles and material selection.
  • Analysis of strategies for controlling fiber alignment.
  • Review of preclinical studies integrating bioactive cues with aligned scaffolds.

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Main Results:

  • Fiber alignment influences cell adhesion, migration, cytoskeletal organization, and differentiation.
  • Aligned nanofibers show potential in regenerating bone, neuronal, cardiac, and muscle tissues.
  • Bioactive cues enhance the performance of aligned nanofiber scaffolds.

Conclusions:

  • Aligned nanofibers present a viable strategy for tissue regeneration, but clinical translation faces hurdles.
  • Scale-up, reproducibility, pore architecture, and in vivo validation are key barriers.
  • Emerging directions include the development of 3D aligned scaffolds.