Targeting infiltrating immune cells to improve articular cartilage regeneration

F. Taraballi, G. Bauza, L. Francis, A. Zhang, M. Hopson, S. Shaikh, F. Cabrera, X. Wang, A. Shi, D. Hamilton, P. McCulloch, Ennio Tasciotti

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Abstract

Statement of Purpose: The treatment of pathologies, like osteoarthritis (OA) associated to the loss of cartilage due to traumatic injuries is still lacking an effective therapy. Articular cartilage has very limited intrinsic healing possibilities1. Consequently, traumatic and degenerative lesions of articular cartilage eventually progress to osteoarthritis, a leading source of disability worldwide. Full thickness chondral defects are the more frequent traumatic injuries resulting in OA. Currently focal lesions treatments have proposed different regenerative approaches that aim to restore the homeostasis of the damaged tissue. The challenge is high: we need to develop a tissue engineering solution capable of concurrently stimulating the hyaline cartilage formation while preventing inflammatory and fibrotic reactions that results in OA. We hypothesize that a biomaterial able to control the inflammatory environment (tuning the infiltrating macrophages toward an anti-inflammatory phenotype) of the cartilage will promote cartilage regrowth limiting post-traumatic osteoarthritis degeneration2 (Figure 1).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSociety for Biomaterials Annual Meeting and Exposition 2019
Subtitle of host publicationThe Pinnacle of Biomaterials Innovation and Excellence - Transactions of the 42nd Annual Meeting
PublisherSociety for Biomaterials
Pages710
Number of pages1
ISBN (Electronic)9781510883901
StatePublished - 2019
Event42nd Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting and Exposition 2019: The Pinnacle of Biomaterials Innovation and Excellence - Seattle, United States
Duration: Apr 3 2019Apr 6 2019

Publication series

NameTransactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials and the Annual International Biomaterials Symposium
Volume40
ISSN (Print)1526-7547

Other

Other42nd Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting and Exposition 2019: The Pinnacle of Biomaterials Innovation and Excellence
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySeattle
Period4/3/194/6/19

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Biophysics
  • Biotechnology
  • Biomaterials
  • Materials Chemistry

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