Highly tunable elastomeric silk biomaterials

BP Partlow, CW Hanna… - Advanced functional …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Elastomeric, fully degradable, and biocompatible biomaterials are rare, with current options
presenting significant limitations in terms of ease of functionalization and tunable …

Enzymatically crosslinked silk-hyaluronic acid hydrogels

NR Raia, BP Partlow, M McGill, EP Kimmerling… - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, silk fibroin and hyaluronic acid (HA) were enzymatically crosslinked to form
biocompatible composite hydrogels with tunable mechanical properties similar to that of …

[HTML][HTML] Processing techniques and applications of silk hydrogels in bioengineering

M Floren, C Migliaresi, A Motta - Journal of functional biomaterials, 2016 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels are an attractive class of tunable material platforms that, combined with their
structural and functional likeness to biological environments, have a diversity of applications …

Physically crosslinked biocompatible silk‐fibroin‐based hydrogels with high mechanical performance

K Luo, Y Yang, Z Shao - Advanced Functional Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Developing hydrogel which combines superior mechanical performance and
biocompatibility attracts researchers' attention in recent years. Here, a novel biocompatible …

Silk proteins for biomedical applications: Bioengineering perspectives

B Kundu, NE Kurland, S Bano, C Patra… - Progress in polymer …, 2014 - Elsevier
Biomaterials of either natural or synthetic origin are used to fabricate implantable devices, as
carriers for bioactive molecules or as substrates to facilitate tissue regeneration. For the …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities of silk protein hydrogels in biomedical applications

J Liu, X Ge, L Liu, W Xu, R Shao - Materials Advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
In the context of this era of complementary interdisciplinary advances, the design and
preparation of hydrogel materials has been a hot avenue of research for a variety of …

Rapid photocrosslinking of silk hydrogels with high cell density and enhanced shape fidelity

X Cui, BG Soliman, CR Alcala‐Orozco… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Silk fibroin hydrogels crosslinked through di‐tyrosine bonds are clear, elastomeric
constructs with immense potential in regenerative medicine applications. In this study …

Silk-based biomaterials

GH Altman, F Diaz, C Jakuba, T Calabro, RL Horan… - Biomaterials, 2003 - Elsevier
Silk from the silkworm, Bombyx mori, has been used as biomedical suture material for
centuries. The unique mechanical properties of these fibers provided important clinical …

Silk fibroin/collagen protein hybrid cell-encapsulating hydrogels with tunable gelation and improved physical and biological properties

JO Buitrago, KD Patel, A El-Fiqi, JH Lee, B Kundu… - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Cell encapsulating hydrogels with tunable mechanical and biological properties are of
special importance for cell delivery and tissue engineering. Silk fibroin and collagen, two …

Design of multistimuli responsive hydrogels using integrated modeling and genetically engineered silk–elastin‐like proteins

W Huang, A Tarakanova, N Dinjaski… - Advanced functional …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Elastomeric, robust, and biocompatible hydrogels are rare, while the need for these types of
biomaterials in biomedical‐related uses remains high. Here, a new family of genetically …