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Published in final edited form as: Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2007 Apr 18;59(0):308–324. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2007.03.019

Table 1.

Summary of delivery systems for growth factors involved in dentin, pulp, periodontium, cranial sutures and temporomandibular joint regeneration

Tissue type	Growth factor	Delivery vehicle	References
Dentin and pulp	TGF-β1,2 and 3	Agarose beads	[57]
	BMP-7	Agarose beads	[58]
	BMP-2/BMP-4	Collagen sponge	[36]
	TGF-β1	Alginate gels	[60]
Periodontium	FGF-2	Gelatinous carrier	[105]
	FGF-2	Sandwich collagen Membrane	[180]
	IGF-1	Dextran-co-gelatin hydrogel microspheres	[108]
	BMP-12	Collagen sponge	[111]
	BMP-2	Slow dissolving collagen membranes	[116,117]
	PDGF-BB	βTCP	[53]
Cranial sutures	TGF-β3	Collagen gel	[181]
Cranial sutures	TGF-β3	PLGA microspheres	[182]
Temporomandibular joint	BMP-2	Collagen carrier	[135]
	BMP-2	PLA/PGA copolymer-gelatin sponge complex	[143]
	TGF-β3	Thermo-reversible hydrogel/hyaluronic acid	[146]
	TGF-β1	Oligo(poly(ethylene glycol) fumarate) (OPF)	[148]