Activated ester containing polymers: opportunities and challenges for the design of functional macromolecules

A Das, P Theato - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Rapidly growing demand of functional polymers in various interdisciplinary areas of
research has accentuated the need for modern synthetic tools to develop advanced …

Advances in injectable hydrogel strategies for heart failure treatment

S He, Z Zhang, R Luo, Q Jiang, L Yang… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Heart failure (HF) affects 60 million people worldwide and has developed into a global
public health problem surpassing cancer and urgently needs to be solved. According to the …

Biotherapeutic-loaded injectable hydrogels as a synergistic strategy to support myocardial repair after myocardial infarction

Z Zheng, Y Tan, Y Li, Y Liu, G Yi, CY Yu… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Myocardial infarction (MI) has been considered as the leading cause of cardiovascular-
related deaths worldwide. Although traditional therapeutic agents including various …

Thermogels: In situ gelling biomaterial

SS Liow, Q Dou, D Kai, AA Karim, K Zhang… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2016 - ACS Publications
In situ gel delivery systems are preferred over conventional systems due to sustained and
prolonged release action of therapeutic payload onto the targeted site. Thermogel, a form of …

Antifibrotic therapies to control cardiac fibrosis

Z Fan, J Guan - Biomaterials research, 2016 - spj.science.org
Cardiac fibrosis occurs naturally after myocardial infarction. While the initially formed fibrotic
tissue prevents the infarcted heart tissue from rupture, the progression of cardiac fibrosis …

An injectable oxygen release system to augment cell survival and promote cardiac repair following myocardial infarction

Z Fan, Z Xu, H Niu, N Gao, Y Guan, C Li, Y Dang… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Oxygen deficiency after myocardial infarction (MI) leads to massive cardiac cell death.
Protection of cardiac cells and promotion of cardiac repair are key therapeutic goals. These …

Injectable thermogel for 3D culture of stem cells

M Patel, HJ Lee, S Park, Y Kim, B Jeong - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermogel is an aqueous polymer solution that undergoes sol-to-gel transition as the
temperature increases. Cells, growth factors, and signaling molecules can be incorporated …

Ultrasonic-driven electrical signal-iron ion synergistic stimulation based on piezotronics induced neural differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells on FeOOH/PVDF …

R Zhang, S Han, L Liang, Y Chen, B Sun, N Liang… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Neural stem cells (NSCs) are thought to be the best seed cells for neurodegenerative
diseases therapy due to their potential to differentiate into either neurons or glial cells …

Biodegradable thermogelling polymers: working towards clinical applications

QQ Dou, SS Liow, E Ye… - Advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
As society ages, aging medical problems such as organ damage or failure among senior
citizens increases, raising the demand for organ repair technologies. Synthetic materials …

Spatiotemporal delivery of basic fibroblast growth factor to directly and simultaneously attenuate cardiac fibrosis and promote cardiac tissue vascularization following …

Z Fan, Z Xu, H Niu, Y Sui, H Li, J Ma, J Guan - Journal of Controlled …, 2019 - Elsevier
Following myocardial infarction (MI), the destruction of vasculature in the infarcted heart
muscle and progression of cardiac fibrosis lead to cardiac function deterioration …