Engineering Immunomodulatory Biomaterials To Tune the Inflammatory Response

Ajaykumar Vishwakarma; Nupura S Bhise; Marta B Evangelista; Jeroen Rouwkema; Mehmet R Dokmeci; Amir M Ghaemmaghami; Nihal Engin Vrana; Ali Khademhosseini

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.03.009

Engineering Immunomodulatory Biomaterials To Tune the Inflammatory Response

Trends Biotechnol. 2016 Jun;34(6):470-482. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.03.009. Epub 2016 Apr 29.

Authors

Ajaykumar Vishwakarma¹, Nupura S Bhise¹, Marta B Evangelista², Jeroen Rouwkema³, Mehmet R Dokmeci¹, Amir M Ghaemmaghami⁴, Nihal Engin Vrana⁵, Ali Khademhosseini⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02115, USA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02319, USA.
² Protip Medical, 8 Place de l'Hopital, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
³ Department of Medicine, Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02115, USA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02319, USA; Department of Biomechanical Engineering, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
⁴ Division of Immunology, Queen's Medical Centre, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
⁵ Protip Medical, 8 Place de l'Hopital, 67000 Strasbourg, France; INSERM UMR 1121, 11 rue Humann, 67085 Strasbourg, France.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02115, USA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02319, USA; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02155, USA; College of Animal Bioscience and Technology, Department of Bioindustrial Technologies, Konkuk University, Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea; Department of Physics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21569, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: alik@bwh.harvard.edu.

PMID: 27138899
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.03.009

Abstract

Current state-of-the-art biomedical implants and tissue engineering methods promise technologies to improve or even restore the function of diseased organs. However, one of the biggest challenges to clinical success is the lack of functional integration. A series of cellular and molecular events following biomaterial implantation poses an important bottleneck for developing breakthrough solutions. With inflammation increasingly recognized as a crucial component influencing regeneration, immunomodulation or immuno-engineering has emerged as a potential solution to overcome this key challenge in regenerative medicine. We postulate possibilities to utilize biomaterial physicochemical modifications to modulate the host inflammatory response and develop strategies for effective biomaterial integration. Biomaterial-based immunomodulation strategies can significantly ameliorate the outcomes of medical implants and tissue engineering therapies.

Keywords: biomaterials; hydrogel; immune response; immunomodulation; macrophages.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Biocompatible Materials / adverse effects*
Biocompatible Materials / chemistry*
Foreign-Body Reaction / etiology
Foreign-Body Reaction / immunology*
Foreign-Body Reaction / prevention & control*
Humans
Immunity, Innate / drug effects
Immunity, Innate / immunology*
Immunomodulation / drug effects
Immunomodulation / immunology*
Materials Testing
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / etiology
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / immunology*
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / prevention & control

Substances

Biocompatible Materials