羊毛角蛋白作为生物医用材料的研究进展

Research Progress in Wool Keratin as Biomedical Materials

羊毛是一种天然角蛋白纤维,人们很早就开始用化学方法降解羊毛以研究其蛋白质组成和结构,并尝试研究它的各种再生应用。随着生物技术,特别是组织工程的发展,人们开始关注羊毛角蛋白在生物及医用上的研究,并取得一定研究结果。由此对经典的羊毛角蛋白结构、提取方法、相应生物材料及其应用的研究与进展进行了总结回顾,并对发展前景作了评述。

Wool is one of natural keratin fibers. For many years, people have studied the composition and structure of wool keratin by means of chemical dissolving methods and pursued its regeneration and application in various fields. With the development of biotechnics, especially the tissue engineering, the biological application of wool keratin attracts more and more researcher＇s attention. This review summarizes the researches and progress in the classical structure, the preparation technique, the biological materials and the application of wool keratin, and estimates the prospect of wool keratin as biomedical materials.