Hydrogel scaffolds for tissue engineering: the importance of polymer choice

CD Spicer - Polymer Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogel scaffolds that can repair or regrow damaged biological tissue have great potential
for the treatment of injury and disease. These biomaterials are widely used in the tissue …

Fundamentals and applications of photo-cross-linking in bioprinting

KS Lim, JH Galarraga, X Cui, GCJ Lindberg… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This review provides a detailed overview of the rapidly advancing field of biofabrication,
particularly with regards to the use of photo-cross-linking (ie, light-based) techniques. The …

Biomaterials as local niches for immunomodulation

K Adu-Berchie, DJ Mooney - Accounts of chemical research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus A major function of the immune system is to detect threat from foreign invaders,
tissue damage, or cancer and to mount a counter response that resolves the threat, restores …

[HTML][HTML] Main-chain water-soluble polyphosphoesters: Multi-functional polymers as degradable PEG-alternatives for biomedical applications

C Pelosi, MR Tinè, FR Wurm - European polymer journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Polyphosphoesters (PPEs) are a class of (bio) degradable polymers with high chemical
versatility and functionality. In particular, water-soluble PPEs with the phosphoester group in …

[HTML][HTML] Poly (methyl ethylene phosphate) hydrogels: Degradable and cell-repellent alternatives to PEG-hydrogels

HT Tee, R Zipp, K Koynov, W Tremel… - European Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
A degradable and water-soluble polyphosphoester (PPE), namely poly (methyl ethylene
phosphate)-dimethacrylate (PMEP-DMA), was synthesized and crosslinked by UV …

Phosphorylated chitosan hydrogels inducing osteogenic differentiation of osteoblasts via JNK and p38 signaling pathways

L Liu, Y Miao, X Shi, H Gao, Y Wang - ACS Biomaterials Science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Phosphorous-containing biopolymers have been applied to expedite the regeneration of
damaged bone tissue by stimulating the function of phosphorous groups in natural bones …

Enhancement of osteoblast cells osteogenic differentiation and bone regeneration by hydroxyapatite/phosphoester modified poly (amino acid)

Y Xiong, J Huang, L Fu, H Ren, S Li, W Xia… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Hydroxyapatite/poly (amino acid)(HA/PAA) has been used to treat a variety of long
bone and vertebral bony defects, and a further biocompatibility improvement is a key for …

In Vivo Characterization of Poly(ethylene glycol) Hydrogels with Thio-β Esters

S Cereceres, Z Lan, L Bryan, M Whitely… - Annals of biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
Resorbable hydrogels have numerous potential applications in tissue engineering and drug
delivery due to their highly tunable properties and soft tissue-like mechanical properties. The …

Controlling drug absorption, release, and erosion of photopatterned protein engineered hydrogels

Y Wang, E Delgado-Fukushima, RX Fu… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A protein-engineered triblock copolymer hydrogel composed of two self-assembling
domains (SADs) has been fabricated by a photoactivatable diazirine group followed by …

Influence of N‐vinyl‐2‐pyrrolidone and methacrylic acid on thermal curing process of 2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate hydrogel

JH Lee, JS Youm, HT Ju, JC Kim - Journal of Applied Polymer …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated the effects of N‐vinyl‐2‐pyrrolidone (NVP) and methacrylic acid (MA)
comonomers on the curing characteristics and properties of poly (2‐hydroxyethyl …