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. 2021 Apr;103(4):245–249. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2020.7031

Table 2 .

Biomaterials used for tissue engineering8,9,21,2332

Biomaterials Properties Strategies Description
Collagenous microbeads Allow ex-vivo proliferation Injectable composite system Injection micro carrier beads act as minimally invasive implant, stimulating host adipose cells
Type 1 collagen scaffolds Allow in vivo replacement of damaged tissue Scaffold-guided tissue regeneration Preadipocytes cultured on bioabsorbable material implant in vivo causing cellular proliferation with scaffold resorption
Hyaluronic acid-based spongy scaffolds Stable cell carriers generate volume retaining tissue Scaffold-guided tissue regeneration
Omentum Highly vascularised tissue of omentum, allows in vivo proliferation Fragmented omentum combined with preadipocytes results in tissue high in triacylglycerol level.
Injectable poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) spheres Non-invasive soft tissue fillers Injectable composite system Formation of adipose tissue after 8 weeks in vivo.