Host Response to Biomaterials

Dr. Badylak is Professor in the Departments of Surgery and BioEngineering at the University of Pittsburgh and Deputy Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The focus of Dr. Badylak's work has been the mechanisms by which extracellular matrix signals host tissues to promote and support functional tissue reconstruction.

Foreword Preface 1. Factors Which Affect the Host Response to Biomaterials 2. Perspectives on the inflammatory healing, and foreign body response to biomaterials and medical devices 3. The Biocompatibility of Implant Materials 4. Host Response to naturally der5. Molecular events at tissue-biomaterial interface 6. Macrophage Plasticity and Polarization: Relevance to Biomaterials 7. Role of dendritic cells in response to biomaterials 8. The acquired immune system response to biomaterials, including both naturally occurring and synthetic biomaterials 9. Fibrotic response to biomaterials and all associated sequence of fibrosis 10. Human Anti-Gal and Anti-Non-Gal Immune Response to Porcine Tissue Implants 11. Aging and the Host Response to Implanted Biomaterials 12. Host Response to Orthopedic Implants (Metals and Plastics) 13. Host Response to surgical mesh materials used for pelvic floor reconstruction 14. Methods Used to Evaluate the Host Responses to Medical Implants In Vivo