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Collagen nanoparticles in drug delivery systems and tissue engineering

  • Ashni Arun
  • , Pratyusha Malrautu
  • , Anindita Laha*
  • , Hongrong Luo
  • , Seeram Ramakrishna
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    The versatile natural polymer, collagen, has gained vast attention in biomedicine. Due to its biocompatibility, biodegradability, weak antigenicity, biomimetics and well-known safety profile, it is widely used as a drug, protein and gene carrier, and as a scaffold matrix in tissue engineering. Nanoparticles develop favorable chemical and physical properties such as increased drug half-life, improved hydrophobic drug solubility and controlled and targeted drug release. Their reduced toxicity, controllable characteristics of scaffolds and stimuli-responsive behavior make them suitable in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. Collagen associates and absorbs nanoparticles leading to significant impacts on their biological functioning in any biofluid. This review will discuss collagen nanoparticle preparation methods and their applications and developments in drug delivery systems and tissue engineering.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number11369
    JournalApplied Sciences (Switzerland)
    Volume11
    Issue number23
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 01-12-2021

    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

    • General Materials Science
    • Instrumentation
    • General Engineering
    • Process Chemistry and Technology
    • Computer Science Applications
    • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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