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Domesticating the foreign body response: recent advances and applications

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Veiseh, Omid, Vegas, Arturo J.·2019·Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

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The foreign body response is an immunological process that leads to the rejection of implanted devices and presents a fundamental challenge to their performance, durability, and therapeutic utility. Recent advances in materials development and device design are now providing strategies to overcome this immune-mediated reaction. Here, we briefly review our current mechanistic understanding of the foreign body response and highlight new anti-FBR technologies from this decade that have been applied successfully in biomedical applications relevant to implants, devices, and cell-based therapies. Further development of these important technologies promises to enable new therapies, diagnostics, and revolutionize the management of patient care for many intractable diseases.

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  • Following insertion of synthetic scaffolds into the human body, the immune system establishes the foreign body response (FBR), initiated by migration of neutrophils and macrophages and followed by production of inflammatory cytokines at the implantation site.

    “Following the insertion of synthetic scaffolds into the human body, the immune system establishes the foreign body response (FBR), initiated by the migration of neutrophils and macrophages and followed by the production of inflammatory cytokines at the implantation site [22].”

    From Immunogenicity of decellularized extracellular matrix scaffolds: a bottleneck in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (2023) · cites this paper as [22]

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  • Most synthetic grafts are covered with a dense fibrotic capsule and isolated from the human body.

    “Consequently, most synthetic grafts are covered with a dense fibrotic capsule and isolated from the human body.”

    From Immunogenicity of decellularized extracellular matrix scaffolds: a bottleneck in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (2023) · cites this paper as [22]

    The Review of the Foreign Body Response describes fibrotic capsules forming around implants, and the Surface Topography section reports encapsulation of uncoated tissue expanders in a non-human primate model. These passages support fibrotic encapsulation as a problem, but they do not establish that most synthetic grafts develop a dense capsule or are isolated from the human body. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Proteins from blood and serum are adsorbed on the scaffold surface, activating the coagulation pathway and leading to the formation of a temporary matrix.

    “Simultaneously, proteins from blood and serum are adsorbed on the scaffold surface, activating the coagulation pathway and leading to the formation of a temporary matrix [205].”

    From Resorbable Biomaterials Used for 3D Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering: A Review (2023) · cites this paper as [205]

    The Review of the Foreign Body Response section (page unavailable) describes early protein adsorption on implanted biomaterial surfaces, including adsorption of the plasma protein fibrinogen. It does not state that this adsorption activates the coagulation pathway or forms a temporary matrix; searches for those terms and “provisional matrix” found no supporting passage. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • Implantation of the scaffold causes iatrogenic injury resulting in the onset of the acute inflammatory reaction.

    “At first, implantation of the scaffold causes iatrogenic injury resulting in the onset of the acute inflammatory reaction.”

    From Resorbable Biomaterials Used for 3D Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering: A Review (2023) · cites this paper as [205]

    The Review of the Foreign Body Response section (page unavailable) describes inflammation beginning soon after implantation, with neutrophils appearing at the implant site within hours. It also links inflammation to signals released from damaged tissue, but does not specifically state that scaffold implantation causes iatrogenic injury that initiates the acute reaction. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Accumulated fibrinogen is the main initiator of the acute inflammatory phase.

    “This matrix is placed around and on the scaffold, and research confirmed that accumulated fibrinogen is the main initiator of the acute inflammatory phase.”

    From Resorbable Biomaterials Used for 3D Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering: A Review (2023) · cites this paper as [205]

    The Review of the Foreign Body Response section says fibrinogen is a prominent protein adsorbed to implants and has been shown to promote inflammation after surface deposition. It does not identify accumulated fibrinogen as the main initiator of the acute inflammatory phase; it also discusses other adsorbed proteins that may initiate immune processes. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Veiseh, O., & Vegas, A. J.
Affiliations
Boston University (US)
Corresponding author
Vegas, Arturo J.
Venue
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-04
Volume
144
Pages
148-161
ISSN
0169-409X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2971483210
Cited by
245
References
125
Citations by year
2026: 45 · 2025: 41 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 12
FWCI
3.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation United States of America
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
Keywords
foreign body reaction, implant rejection, biomaterials, implant design, cell therapy, biocompatibility, device durability
MeSH terms
Animals, Equipment and Supplies, Foreign-Body Reaction, Humans, Prostheses and Implants

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