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Table 5 Bioprinting for generation of functional skeletal muscle construct

From: Nano-biomaterials and advanced fabrication techniques for engineering skeletal muscle tissue constructs in regenerative medicine

Printing methods

Materials

Cells

Animal model

Features

Refs.

Inkjet printing

Fib/BMP-2

hMPCs

–

Controlling cells fate of primary muscle derived stem cells toward osteogenic or myogenic cells by BMP-2 patterning

[118]

3D ITOP

Fib/gelatin/ HA/glycerol

hMPCs

Rat VML TA

Fabricating biomimetic implantable human skeletal muscle construct (mm3-cm3 size) made up of hundreds of long parallel myofiber bundles

[120]

 

Fib/gelatin/ HA/glycerol

hMPCs/hNSCs

Rat VML TA

Forming neuro-muscular junction and facilitating rapid innervations in rodent model

[121]

 

Fib/NF loaded microsphere

hMPCs

–

Accelerating peripheral nerve regeneration and innervation by release NF delivery

[122]

Extrusion

Au nanowires/collagen

C2C12

Rat VML temporalis muscle

Increasing C2C12 differentiation by aligned in Au nanowires

[130]

Collagen

hADSC/HUVEC

Rat VML temporalis muscle

Achieving in-situ direct bioprinting by combining bioprinting with bioreactor enabling

[145]

dECM

–

Canine VML biceps femoris

Acellular 3D bioprinted dECM patches for implantation of bulk patient-specific scaffold (12 × 8 × 2 cm) based on computed tomography imaging

[127]

Collagen

hMSCs

Rat VML TA

Fabricating collagen microfiber with 1,000 times higher tensile strengths than a normal collagen gel

[124]

SLA

Oxidized methacrylic alginate/PEGMA

Primary neurons/C2C12

–

Demonstrating spatial control of neurons and myoblasts for enhancing functionality of neurons

[125]

DLP

Poly (glycerol sebacate) acrylate

C2C12

Rat VML TA

Tuning of mechanical and geometrical cues through 3D printing process

[126]

Embedded printing

GelMA

hiPSC-MPCs/HUVEC

Mouse VML quadriceps

Forming endothelialized perfusable channels with increasing iPSC-MPC’s viability and functionality

[123]