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Engineering of Immune Microenvironment for Enhanced Tissue Remodeling

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Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Aims and scope

Abstract

The capability to restore the structure and function of tissues damaged by fatal diseases and trauma is essential for living organisms. Various tissue engineering approaches have been applied in lesions to enhance tissue regeneration after injuries and diseases in living organisms. However, unforeseen immune reactions by the treatments interfere with successful healing and reduce the therapeutic efficacy of the strategies. The immune system is known to play essential roles in the regulation of the microenvironment and recruitment of cells that directly or indirectly participate in tissue remodeling in defects. Accordingly, regenerative immune engineering has emerged as a novel approach toward efficiently inducing regeneration using engineering techniques that modulate the immune system. It is aimed at providing a favorable immune microenvironment based on the controlled balance between pro-inflammation and anti-inflammation. In this review, we introduce recent developments in immune engineering therapeutics based on various cell types and biomaterials. These developments could potentially overcome the therapeutic limitations of tissue remodeling.

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. NRF-2021R1A4A1028713). Figure 1 was created based on the figures in BioRender.com.

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Ko, G.R., Lee, J.S. Engineering of Immune Microenvironment for Enhanced Tissue Remodeling. Tissue Eng Regen Med 19, 221–236 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13770-021-00419-z

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