Article Collection: Bone, cartilage, tendon and oral regeneration

Bioactive Materials (Impact Factor: 23.6) is an international, peer-reviewed research publication covering all aspects of bioactive materials.

The journal welcomes the submission of research papers, reviews and rapid communications that are concerned with the science and engineering of next-generation biomaterials that come into contact with cells, tissues or organs across all living species. 

This collection features articles on “Bone, cartilage, tendon and oral regeneration” published in Bioactive Materials. All articles are free to read and download.

Boosting cartilage repair with silk fibroin-DNA hydrogel-based cartilage organoid precursor

Shen, Congyi; Wang, Jian; Li, Guangfeng; Hao, Shuyue; Wu, Yan; Song, Peiran; Han, Yafei; Li, Mengmeng; Wang, Guangchao; Xu, Ke; Zhang, Hao; Ren, Xiaoxiang; Jing, Yingying; Yang, Ru; Geng, Zhen; Su, Jiacan

Biomaterial scaffolds in maxillofacial bone tissue engineering: A review of recent advances

Huang, Xiangya; Lou, Yaxin; Duan, Yihong; Liu, He; Tian, Jun; Shen, Ya; Wei, Xi

Piezoelectric hydrogel for treatment of periodontitis through bioenergetic activation

Liu, Xin; Wan, Xiangyi; Sui, Baiyan; Hu, Quanhong; Liu, Zhirong; Ding, Tingting; Zhao, Jiao; Chen, Yuxiao; Wang, Zhong Lin; Li, Linlin

Strategies of functionalized GelMA-based bioinks for bone regeneration: Recent advances and future perspectives

Zhu, Yaru; Yu, Xingge; Liu, Hao; Li, Junjun; Gholipourmalekabadi, Mazaher; Lin, Kaili; Yuan, Changyong; Wang, Penglai

A five-in-one novel MOF-modified injectable hydrogel with thermo-sensitive and adhesive properties for promoting alveolar bone repair in periodontitis: Antibacterial, hemostasis, immune reprogramming, pro-osteo-/angiogenesis and recruitment

Yang, Shiyuan; Zhu, Yan; Ji, Chunxiao; Zhu, Huimin; Lao, An; Zhao, Ran; Hu, Yue; Zhou, Yuning; Zhou, Jia; Lin, Kaili; Xu, Yuanjin

Ultrasound-triggered biomimetic ultrashort peptide nanofiber hydrogels promote bone regeneration by modulating macrophage and the osteogenic immune microenvironment

Zhang, Fan; Lv, Mingchen; Wang, Siyuan; Li, Mengyao; Wang, Yu; Hu, Congjiao; Hu, Wei; Wang, Xuekui; Wang, Xiaogang; Liu, Zhiduo; Fan, Zhen; Du, Jianzhong; Sun, Yao

Controlled-release hydrogel loaded with magnesium-based nanoflowers synergize immunomodulation and cartilage regeneration in tendon-bone healing

Li, Jintao; Ke, Haolin; Lei, Xiangcheng; Zhang, Jiexin; Wen, Zhicheng; Xiao, Zhisheng; Chen, Huabin; Yao, Juncheng; Wang, Xuan; Wei, Zhengnong; Zhang, Hongrui; Pan, Weilun; Shao, Yan; Zhao, Yitao; Xie, Denghui; Zeng, Chun

Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated M1 macrophage-dependent nanomedicine remodels inflammatory microenvironment for osteoarthritis recession

Xue, Chunchun; Tian, Jia; Cui, Zepeng; Liu, Yang; Sun, Dawei; Xiong, Mengting; Yi, Nanxing; Wang, Kaiqiang; Li, Xiaofeng; Xu, Hao; Wang, Yongjun; Zhang, Weian; Liang, Qianqian

Advancements in hydrogel design for articular cartilage regeneration: A comprehensive review

Hashemi-Afzal, Fariba; Fallahi, Hooman; Bagheri, Fatemeh; Collins, Maurice N.; Eslaminejad, Mohamadreza Baghaban; Seitz, Hermann

Reprogramming macrophages via immune cell mobilized hydrogel microspheres for osteoarthritis treatments

Xiao, Pengcheng; Han, Xiaoyu; Huang, Yanran; Yang, Jianye; Chen, Li; Cai, Zhengwei; Hu, Ning; Cui, Wenguo; Huang, Wei

Extracellular matrix stiffness as an energy metabolism regulator drives osteogenic differentiation in mesenchymal stem cells

Na, Jing; Yang, Zhijie; Shi, Qiusheng; Li, Chiyu; Liu, Yu; Song, Yaxin; Li, Xinyang; Zheng, Lisha; Fan, Yubo

Periosteum-bone inspired hierarchical scaffold with endogenous piezoelectricity for neuro-vascularized bone regeneration

Zhao, Yao; Cai, Yunfan; Wang, Wenkai; Bai, Yongkang; Liu, Mingyi; Wang, Yan; Niu, Wen; Luo, Zhixiao; Xia, Lingyun; Zhu, Juanfang; Zhao, Fei; Tay, Franklin R.; Niu, Lina

Full-thickness osteochondral defect repair using a biodegradable bilayered scaffold of porous zinc and chondroitin sulfate hydrogel

Yang, Fan; Li, Yageng; Wang, Lei; Che, Haodong; Zhang, Xin; Jahr, Holger; Wang, Luning; Jiang, Dong; Huang, Hongjie; Wang, Jianquan

3D-printed tri-element-doped hydroxyapatite/ polycaprolactone composite scaffolds with antibacterial potential for osteosarcoma therapy and bone regeneration

Huang, Hao; Qiang, Lei; Fan, Minjie; Liu, Yihao; Yang, Anchun; Chang, Dongbiao; Li, Jinsheng; Sun, Tong; Wang, Yiwei; Guo, Ruoyi; Zhuang, Hanjie; Li, Xiangyu; Guo, Tailin; Wang, Jinwu; Tan, Huan; Zheng, Pengfei; Weng, Jie

Cartilage-inspired self-assembly glycopeptide hydrogels for cartilage regeneration via ROS scavenging

Zhao, Zhijian; Xia, Xiaowei; Liu, Junlin; Hou, Mingzhuang; Liu, Yang; Zhou, Zhangzhe; Xu, Yong; He, Fan; Yang, Huilin; Zhang, Yijian; Ruan, Changshun; Zhu, Xuesong

ECM-mimicking composite hydrogel for accelerated vascularized bone regeneration

Li, Guanglong; Gao, Fei; Yang, Donglei; Lin, Lu; Yu, Weijun; Tang, Jiaqi; Yang, Ruhan; Jin, Min; Gu, Yuting; Wang, Pengfei; Lu, Eryi

NIR-enhanced Pt single atom/g-C3N4 nanozymes as SOD/CAT mimics to rescue ATP energy crisis by regulating oxidative phosphorylation pathway for delaying osteoarthritis progression

Xiang, Jianhui; Yang, Xin; Tan, Manli; Guo, Jianfeng; Ye, Yuting; Deng, Jiejia; Huang, Zhangrui; Wang, Hanjie; Su, Wei; Cheng, Jianwen; Zheng, Li; Liu, Sijia; Zhong, Jingping; Zhao, Jinmin

Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a superior cell source for bone tissue engineering

Gou, Yannian; Huang, Yanran; Luo, Wenping; Li, Yanan; Zhao, Piao; Zhong, Jiamin; Dong, Xiangyu; Guo, Meichun; Li, Aohua; Hao, Ailing; Zhao, Guozhi; Wang, Yonghui; Zhu, Yi; Zhang, Hui; Shi, Yunhan; Wagstaff, William; Luu, Hue H.; Shi, Lewis L.; Reid, Russell R.; He, Tong-Chuan; Fan, Jiaming

3D-printed manganese dioxide incorporated scaffold promotes osteogenic-angiogenic coupling for refractory bone defect by remodeling osteo-regenerative microenvironment

Yang, Yipei; Yao, Zhenyu; Sun, Yuanyi; Nie, Yangyi; Zhang, Yuanchi; Li, Ziyue; Luo, Zhiheng; Zhang, Wenjing; Wang, Xiao; Du, Yuhan; Zhang, Wei; Qin, Ling; Sang, Hongxun; Lai, Yuxiao

Heterogeneous DNA hydrogel loaded with Apt02 modified tetrahedral framework nucleic acid accelerated critical-size bone defect repair

Han, Yafei; Wu, Yan; Wang, Fuxiao; Li, Guangfeng; Wang, Jian; Wu, Xiang; Deng, Anfu; Ren, Xiaoxiang; Wang, Xiuhui; Gao, Jie; Shi, Zhongmin; Bai, Long; Su, Jiacan