Objective: To review the progress of cell sheet technology (CST) and its application in bone tissue engineering.
Methods: The literature concerning CST and its application was extensively reviewed and analyzed.
Results: CST using temperature-responsive culture dishes is applied to avoid the shortcomings of traditional tissue engineering. All cultured cells are harvested as intact sheets along with their deposited extracellular matrix. Avoiding the use of proteolytic enzymes, cell sheet composed of the cells and extracellular matrix derived from the cells, and remained the relative protein and biological activity factors. Consequently, cell sheet can provide a suitable microenvironment for the bone regeneration in vivo. With CST, cell sheet engineering is allowed for tissue regeneration by the creation of three-dimensional structures via the layering of individual cell sheets, be created by wrapping scaffold with cell sheets, or be created by folding the cell sheets, showing great potential in tissue engineered bone.
Conclusion: Constructing tissue engineered bone using CST and traditional method of bone tissue engineering will promote the development of the bone tissue engineering.