Biomaterials for Engineering Immune Responses

Abstract

The last few decades have seen rapid progress in the fields
of drug delivery systems, implantable scaffolds, and tissue engineering.
Broadly referred to as biomaterials, these inter-related areas of research
have many diverse applications. One such application is in the area of
immunology, where biomaterials may be used as tools to modify specific
immune responses. Here, individual components of the immune system
are described, followed by a discussion of the recent advances in biomaterial-
based strategies for the modulation of immune responses.