软骨组织工程生物反应器的研究进展

体外软骨构建是软骨组织工程产业化发展及临床应用的重要手段。然而,采用现有的体外构建技术无法构建功能接近正常的软骨。生物反应器能够在一定程度上模拟体内环境,有望弥补现有体外构建技术的弊端。研究发现,流体剪切力、静态液压力和直接压缩力是体内软骨发育和成熟的重要力学因素,常用软骨生物反应器均据此设计而产生。由于不同类型生物反应器各具特点,研究和开发新型复合式生物反应器将成为未来的发展方向。对目前软骨组织工程生物反应器的研究现状做一综述。

Advances in bioreactors for cartilage tissue engineering

In vitro construction technology is a key approach to industrialization and clinic application of engineered cartilage. However, it is very difficult to acquire a functional engineered cartilage with the present technology. Bioreactors can simulate the cartilage microenvironment in vivo and are expected to make up the shortcoming of the present technology. Current bioreactors in use are designed according to fluid shear pressure, hydrostatic pressure and/or direct compression, all of which can promote the development and mature of cartilage in vivo. Due to the failure to achieve ideal results by a single-purpose bioreactor, it will become a development direction in future to design and produce a compound bioreactor. This article reviewed the advances in the bioreactor for cartilage tissue engineering.