Review Article

Recent Progress of Fabrication of Cell Scaffold by Electrospinning Technique for Articular Cartilage Tissue Engineering

Table 2

Summary of electrospinning-based techniques for fabricating gradient scaffolds.

AuthorsYearGradient parameter(s)TechniqueResultsApplication

Zander et al. [27]2012Protein concentration gradientAir-plasma-modified electrospinningCorresponding cell outgrowth rateTissue engineering

Zhang et al. [28]2012Composition and biomolecule gradientMicrofluidic assisted electrospinningGuided spatial cell differentiationTissue engineering

Ramalingam et al. [29]2013Composition gradientCoelectrospinningEnhanced osteogenic cells proliferation and adhesionInterfacial tissue engineering

Grey et al. [30]2013Fiber diameter gradientGradient electrospinningEnhanced mechanical propertiesTissue engineering

Angarano et al. [31]2013Fiber diameter gradientReactive electrospinningGradient biodegradation rateSoft tissue regeneration

Sundararaghavan et al. [32]2013Growth factor gradientGradient electrospinningDirected cell motility in gradient directionTissue engineering

He et al. [33]2014Structure and composition gradientModified coelectrospinningGradient cell metabolic activityTissue engineering

Liu et al. [34]2014Mineral gradientGraded mineral coatingGraded mesenchymal stem cells osteogenesisInterfacial tissue engineering

Mohan et al. [18]2015CS and BG gradientElectrospun fiber assembled hydrogelGlycosaminoglycan enriched and mineralized cartilage formationCartilage tissue engineering

Liu et al. [35]2016GS and deferoxamine3D bioprinting and electrospinningSpatiotemporal drug releaseOsteochondral tissue engineering