Synthesis and characterization of photocrosslinkable albumin-based hydrogels for biomedical applications

D Lantigua, MA Nguyen, X Wu, S Suvarnapathaki… - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein-based biomaterials are widely used to generate three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds for
tissue regeneration as well as compact delivery systems for drugs, genes, and peptides …

Albumin‐based hydrogels for regenerative engineering and cell transplantation

J Ong, J Zhao, AW Justin… - Biotechnology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Albumin, the most abundant plasma protein in mammals, is a versatile and easily obtainable
biomaterial. It is pH and temperature responsive, dissolvable in high concentrations and …

Facile fabrication of transparent and opaque albumin methacryloyl gels with highly improved mechanical properties and controlled pore structures

M Xu, N Mehwish, BH Lee - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
For porous protein scaffolds to be employed in tissue-engineered structures, the
development of cost-effective, macroporous, and mechanically improved protein-based …

Emerging albumin hydrogels as personalized biomaterials

F Kong, N Mehwish, BH Lee - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Developing biomaterials-based tissue engineering scaffolds with personalized features and
intrinsic biocompatibility is appealing and urgent. Through utilizing various strategies …

Disulfide-crosslinked albumin hydrogels

Y Sun, Y Huang - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
With its clinically-demonstrated safety profile and huge potential for functionalization,
albumin should be an ideal biomaterial. In this study, we obtained disulfide-crosslinked …

Biocompatible dual network bovine serum albumin-loaded hydrogel-accelerates wound healing

D Liu, S Zhao, Y Jiang, C Gao, Y Wu, Y Liu - European Polymer Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogels with good biocompatibility and the ability to maintain a moist environment at the
wound site, as well as good drug-carrying capacity and slow-release properties, can be …

A generalizable strategy for crosslinkable albumin-based hydrogels and application as potential anti-tumor nanoplatform

WW Lv, K Yang, J Yu, Y Wu, M Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Albumin-based hydrogels have emerged as promising nanoparticle systems for the effective
delivery of hydrophobic anticancer drugs. Anti-cancer drugs often cause some adverse …

Polymer-conjugated albumin and fibrinogen composite hydrogels as cell scaffolds designed for affinity-based drug delivery

L Oss-Ronen, D Seliktar - Acta biomaterialia, 2011 - Elsevier
Serum albumin was conjugated to poly-(ethylene glycol)(PEG) and cross-linked to form
mono-PEGylated albumin hydrogels. These hydrogels were used as a basis for drug …

Functionalisation of a heat-derived and bio-inert albumin hydrogel with extracellular matrix by air plasma treatment

J Ong, J Zhao, GK Levy, J Macdonald, AW Justin… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Albumin-based hydrogels are increasingly attractive in tissue engineering because they
provide a xeno-free, biocompatible and potentially patient-specific platform for tissue …

Characterization of protein release from photocrosslinkable hyaluronic acid-polyethylene glycol hydrogel tissue engineering scaffolds

JB Leach, CE Schmidt - Biomaterials, 2005 - Elsevier
The goal of this work was to utilize the naturally derived bioactive polymer hyaluronic acid
(HA) to create a combination tissue engineering scaffold and protein delivery device. HA is a …