TABLE 3.

Advantages/disadvantages of conductive polymers used for skeletal muscle regeneration.

Conductive polymer	Advantages	Disadvantages	Citations
Polyaniline (PANi)	Better differentiation of tissue when added to copolymers Improved differentiation More and longer myotubes in PANi-containing scaffolds	Slightly cytotoxic No effect on cell adhesion and proliferation Brittle	Green et al. (2008), Kim et al. (2009a), Liu et al. (2010), Guo and Ma (2018)
Polypyrrole	Supports cell proliferation and differentiation Increases conductivity of scaffold without decreasing metabolic activity of cells	Low strength Brittle	Green et al. (2008), Guo and Ma (2018), Basurto et al. (2021), Bilge et al. (2021)
Polythiophene	Easily modifiable Soluble in organic solvents	Addition of polythiophene reduces Young’s modulus Low elasticity Brittle	Green et al. (2008), Jaymand et al. (2016), Guo and Ma (2018), Massoumi et al. (2021)