Physically cross-linked chitosan-based hydrogels for tissue engineering applications: A state-of-the-art review

ML Pita-López, G Fletes-Vargas… - European Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Physically cross-linked hydrogels are used as scaffolds in tissue engineering applications
because they are easily produced and avoid the potential toxicity produced by chemical …

Reviewing the recent advances in application of pectin for technical and health promotion purposes: From laboratory to market

M Moslemi - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Pectin is natural biopolymer derived from various plant sources and its activity is driven by
functional groups. Affinity of pectin and chemical interactions of the active sites to chemicals …

Modulating alginate hydrogels for improved biological performance as cellular 3D microenvironments

MI Neves, L Moroni, CC Barrias - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The rational choice and design of biomaterials for biomedical applications is crucial for
successful in vitro and in vivo strategies, ultimately dictating their performance and potential …

Development of reinforced chitosan/pectin scaffold by using the cellulose nanocrystals as nanofillers: An injectable hydrogel for tissue engineering

M Ghorbani, L Roshangar, JS Rad - European Polymer Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Injectable hydrogels based on chitosan (CS), cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and pectin
were designed with the well internal structure that are significant for tissue engineering …

[HTML][HTML] Newly crosslinked chitosan-and chitosan-pectin-based hydrogels with high antioxidant and potential anticancer activity

M Dziadek, K Dziadek, S Salagierski… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Monoaldehydes, due to natural origin and therapeutic activity, have attracted great attention
for their ability to crosslink chitosan hydrogels for biomedical applications. However, most …

[HTML][HTML] A nanostructural view of the cell wall disassembly process during fruit ripening and postharvest storage by atomic force microscopy

S Posé, C Paniagua, AJ Matas, AP Gunning… - Trends in Food Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The mechanical properties of parenchyma cell walls and the strength and
extension of adhesion areas between adjacent cells, jointly with cell turgor, are main …

3D bioprinting of photocrosslinkable hydrogel constructs

RF Pereira, PJ Bártolo - Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Three‐dimensional (3D) bioprinting comprises a group of biofabrication
technologies for the additive manufacturing of 3D constructs by precisely printing …

Cell-instructive pectin hydrogels crosslinked via thiol-norbornene photo-click chemistry for skin tissue engineering

RF Pereira, CC Barrias, PJ Bártolo, PL Granja - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Cell-instructive hydrogels are attractive for skin repair and regeneration, serving as
interactive matrices to promote cell adhesion, cell-driven remodeling and de novo …

Controlled drug release from nanoengineered polysaccharides

IS Bayer - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polysaccharides are naturally occurring complex molecules with exceptional
physicochemical properties and bioactivities. They originate from plant, animal, and …

Self-crosslinking and injectable hyaluronic acid/RGD-functionalized pectin hydrogel for cartilage tissue engineering

F Chen, Y Ni, B Liu, T Zhou, C Yu, Y Su, X Zhu… - Carbohydrate …, 2017 - Elsevier
In the present study, we developed a biomimetic injectable hydrogel system based on
hyaluronic acid-adipic dihydrazide and the oligopeptide G 4 RGDS-grafted oxidized pectin …