Recent advances in polysaccharide-based self-healing hydrogels for biomedical applications

Y Yang, L Xu, J Wang, Q Meng, S Zhong, Y Gao… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are a class of polymer materials with three-dimensional networks structure, which
can absorb a large number of water and biological fluids. Natural polysaccharides are ideal …

Engineered living hydrogels

X Liu, ME Inda, Y Lai, TK Lu, X Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Living biological systems, ranging from single cells to whole organisms, can sense, process
information, and actuate in response to changing environmental conditions. Inspired by …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial biopolymers: from pathogenesis to advanced materials

MF Moradali, BHA Rehm - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Bacteria are prime cell factories that can efficiently convert carbon and nitrogen sources into
a large diversity of intracellular and extracellular biopolymers, such as polysaccharides …

Catalase-integrated hyaluronic acid as nanocarriers for enhanced photodynamic therapy in solid tumor

SZF Phua, G Yang, WQ Lim, A Verma, H Chen… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) as a treatment method has many advantages such as minimal
invasiveness, repeatable dosage, and low systemic toxicity. Issues with conventional PDT …

[HTML][HTML] Development and application of hyaluronic acid in tumor targeting drug delivery

Z Luo, Y Dai, H Gao - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2019 - Elsevier
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a natural polysaccharide that has gained much attention due to its
biocompatibility, enzyme degradation capacity and active tumor targeting capacity. Its …

Hyaluronic acid-based dissolving microneedle patch loaded with methotrexate for improved treatment of psoriasis

H Du, P Liu, J Zhu, J Lan, Y Li, L Zhang… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Methotrexate (MTX) is one of the first-line treatments for moderate to severe psoriasis, while
the side effects caused by injection and oral administration of MTX greatly restrict its clinical …

Self-targeting visualizable hyaluronate nanogel for synchronized intracellular release of doxorubicin and cisplatin in combating multidrug-resistant breast cancer

W Ma, Q Chen, W Xu, M Yu, Y Yang, B Zou, YS Zhang… - Nano Research, 2021 - Springer
Multidrug-resistance (MDR) featuring complicated and poorly defined mechanisms is a
major obstacle to the success of cancer chemotherapy in the clinic. Compound …

Tailoring hyaluronic acid hydrogels for biomedical applications

Z Luo, Y Wang, J Li, J Wang, Y Yu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is an attractive anionic polysaccharide polymer with inherent
pharmacological properties and versatile chemical groups for modification. Due to their …

A hyaluronic acid/platelet-rich plasma hydrogel containing MnO2 nanozymes efficiently alleviates osteoarthritis in vivo

T Zhou, J Ran, P Xu, L Shen, Y He, J Ye, L Wu… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
The osteoarthritis (OA) symptoms cannot be fully remedied by using only a single functional
component because of its complex pathogenesis. Herein, a MnO 2 nanozyme-encapsulated …

Bimetallic hyaluronate-modified Au@ Pt nanoparticles for noninvasive photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy of skin cancer

HH Han, SJ Kim, J Kim, W Park, C Kim… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Although spherical gold (Au) nanoparticles have remarkable photothermal conversion
efficiency and photostability, their weak absorption in the near-infrared (NIR) region and …