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AuthorAqel, Sarah
AuthorAl-Thani, Najlaa
AuthorHaider, Mohammad Z.
AuthorAbdelhady, Samar
AuthorAl Thani, Asmaa A.
AuthorKobeissy, Firas H.
AuthorShaito, Abdullah A.
Available date2023-09-17T10:55:14Z
Publication Date2023-09-06
Publication NamePreprints
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0369.v1
CitationHow to cite: Aqel, S.; Al-Thani, N.; Haider, M.Z.; Abdelhady, S.; Al Thani, A.A.; Kobeissy, F.H.; Shaito, A.A. Biomaterials in Traumatic Brain Injury: Challenges and Perspectives. Preprints 2023, 2023090369. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0369.v1
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/47582
AbstractTraumatic brain injury (TBI) is among the leading causes of mortality and long-term impairment globally. TBI has a dynamic pathology encompassing a variety of metabolic and molecular events that occur in two phases, primary and secondary. An external forceful blow to the brain initiates the primary phase, which is followed by a secondary phase that involves the release of calcium ions (Ca2+) and the initiation of a cascade of inflammatory processes, including mitochondrial dysfunction, rise in oxidative stress, activation of glial cells, and damage to the blood-brain barrier (BBB), resulting in paracellular leakage. There is currently no FDA-approved drug for TBI, but existing approaches rely on delivering small and macromolecular treatments, which are severely constrained by the BBB, poor retention, off-target toxicity, and complex pathology of TBI. Therefore, there is a demand for innovative and alternative therapeutics with effective delivery tactics for diagnosis and treatment of TBI. Tissue engineering and use of biomaterials is one such alternative approach. With this approach, neuronal stem cell therapy is combined with synthetically generated tissue materials such as hydrogels, self-assembling peptides, and electrospun nanofibers, which may induce neurite outgrowth, differentiation of human neural stem cells, and nerve gap bridging in TBI. This review examines tissue engineering and the use of biomaterials as potential treatments for TBI, including their synthesis, mechanisms of action, and limitations. The review also discusses challenges facing tissue engineering and biomaterial technology including survival rate of transplanted stem cells and the development of biodegradable, biocompatible, and mechanically flexible biomaterials. A better understanding of the mechanisms and drawbacks of these novel therapeutic approaches will help guide the design of future TBI therapies.
SponsorThis research is funded by a grant from Morehouse School of Medicine to Firas Kobeissy and a grant from Qatar University to Abdullah A. Shaito.
Languageen
PublisherPreprints
SubjectTraumatic brain injury
TBI
Biomaterials
hydrogels
self-assembling peptides
electrospinning
TitleBiomaterials in Traumatic Brain Injury: Challenges and Perspectives
TypeArticle Review
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