Functional hydrogels for treatment of chronic wounds

I Firlar, M Altunbek, C McCarthy, M Ramalingam… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chronic wounds severely affect 1–2% of the population in developed countries. It has been
reported that nearly 6.5 million people in the United States suffer from at least one chronic …

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 …

Application of hyaluronic acid in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and nanomedicine: A review

K Saravanakumar, SJ Park, SS Santosh… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hyaluronic acid (HA) plays a vital role in cellular processes and its contribution to physical
and immunological barriers is considered to be an important property for the formulation of …

pH‐Universal Catechol‐Amine Chemistry for Versatile Hyaluronic Acid Bioadhesives

S An, EJ Jeon, SY Han, J Jeon, MJ Lee, S Kim, M Shin… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Catechol, a major mussel‐inspired underwater adhesive moiety, has been used to develop
functional adhesive hydrogels for biomedical applications. However, oxidative catechol …

Ferritin Nanoshuttle for Long-Lasting Self-Healing of Phenolic Hydrogels

J Shin, S An, S Choi, M Shin, JS Lee, JH Cho, H Lee… - Nano …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Herein, we highlight a novel finding that ferritin can play a crucial role in the “self-healing
lifetime” of soft phenolic materials. Ferritin interacts with a catechol-functionalized polymer to …

Modification and crosslinking strategies for hyaluronic acid‐based hydrogel biomaterials

Z Luo, Y Wang, Y Xu, J Wang, Y Yu - Smart Medicine, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is an attractive extracellular matrix‐derived polymer. The related HA‐
based hydrogels are emerging to be the hotspots in the cutting edge of biomaterials. The …

Recent advances in brain organoid technology for human brain research

E Jeong, S Choi, SW Cho - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022 - ACS Publications
Brain organoids are self-assembled three-dimensional aggregates with brain-like cell types
and structures and have emerged as new model systems that can be used to investigate …

Recent studies on modulating hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels for controlled drug delivery

MH Kim, DT Nguyen, DD Kim - Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation, 2022 - Springer
Background Diverse hydrogel formulations have been investigated for topical and
subcutaneous drug delivery. Among the various biopolymers used for hydrogel formulations …

Bioengineering toolkits for potentiating organoid therapeutics

S Park, SW Cho - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Organoids are three-dimensional, multicellular constructs that recapitulate the structural and
functional features of specific organs. Because of these characteristics, organoids have …

Deep eutectic solvents induced changes in the phase transition behavior of smart polymers: a sustainable future approach

R Umapathi, SM Ghoreishian, K Kumar… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are considered “green” and “sustainable” alternatives to
conventional organic solvents and ionic liquids (ILs) due to their characteristic properties …