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Magnetic Nanomaterials for Advanced Regenerative Medicine: The Promise and Challenges
Author(s) -
Liu XiaoLi,
Chen Shizhu,
Zhang Huan,
Zhou Jin,
Fan HaiMing,
Liang XingJie
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201804922
Subject(s) - regeneration (biology) , regenerative medicine , nanomaterials , nanotechnology , tissue engineering , materials science , magnetic nanoparticles , biomedical engineering , microbiology and biotechnology , stem cell , biology , engineering , nanoparticle
Abstract The recent emergence of numerous nanotechnologies is expected to facilitate the development of regenerative medicine, which is a tissue regeneration technique based on the replacement/repair of diseased tissue or organs to restore the function of lost, damaged, and aging cells in the human body. In particular, the unique magnetic properties and specific dimensions of magnetic nanomaterials make them promising innovative components capable of significantly advancing the field of tissue regeneration. Their potential applications in tissue regeneration are the focus here, beginning with the fundamentals of magnetic nanomaterials. How nanomaterials—both those that are intrinsically magnetic and those that respond to an externally applied magnetic field—can enhance the efficiency of tissue regeneration is also described. Applications including magnetically controlled cargo delivery and release, real‐time visualization and tracking of transplanted cells, magnetic regulation of cell proliferation/differentiation, and magnetic activation of targeted ion channels and signal pathways involved in regeneration are highlighted, and comments on the perspectives and challenges in magnetic nanomaterial‐based tissue regeneration are given.