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Table 6 Summary of dECM and additive nanobioinks used to fabricate various in vitro tissue types

From: Nanomaterials-incorporated hydrogels for 3D bioprinting technology

Base ECM

Nanocomponent

Function of the nanocomponent

Printed shape

Application

Refs.

Methacryloyl-modified SIS dECM (SISMA)

Fully exfoliated GO nanosheets

Electrostimulation of 3D bioprinted tissue constructs

Porous lattice structure

Constructing 3D bioprinted tissue (Not specified)

[265]

SIS dECM

Sr2+/Fe3+ co-doped nHAp

Osteogenic and angiogenic cues

Multilayered lattice scaffold

Bone tissue

[266]

Bone dECM

MWCNTs

Cardiac contractility enhancer

hPSC-CM-laden 3D scaffold

Cardiac tissue

[267]

Skin dECM

Electrospun PLGA nanofibrous sheet

 + 

Skin-derived dECM nanofiber scaffold

Wound-healing properties

Tissue regeneration cues

Bilayer (upper: epidermis layer; lower: dermis layer) membranous (BLM) nanofiber scaffold

Skin tissue

[268]

Limitations of dECM-based systems

Despite their compositional similarity to native tissues, the solubilization and thermal cross-linking processes in dECM hydrogel production impair the native fibrous protein structures and long-term structural stability, respectively