Chitosan hydrogel as tissue engineering scaffolds for vascular regeneration applications

Q Wang, X Wang, Y Feng - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chitosan hydrogels have a wide range of applications in tissue engineering scaffolds,
mainly due to the advantages of their chemical and physical properties. This review focuses …

Exploration of bioengineered scaffolds composed of thermo-responsive polymers for drug delivery in wound healing

L Castillo-Henríquez, J Castro-Alpízar… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Innate and adaptive immune responses lead to wound healing by regulating a complex
series of events promoting cellular cross-talk. An inflammatory response is presented with its …

Hep3Gel: a shape-shifting extracellular matrix-based, three-dimensional liver model adaptable to different culture systems

G Guagliano, C Volpini, L Sardelli… - ACS biomaterials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Drug-induced hepatotoxicity is a leading cause of clinical trial withdrawal. Therefore, in vitro
modeling the hepatic behavior and functionalities is not only crucial to better understand …

Organotypic stromal cells impact endothelial cell transcriptome in 3D microvessel networks

MB Curtis, N Kelly, CCW Hughes, SC George - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Endothelial cells line all major blood vessels and serve as integral regulators of many
functions including vessel diameter, cellular trafficking, and transport of soluble mediators …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro microvascular engineering approaches and strategies for interstitial tissue integration

AR Murphy, MC Allenby - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing gap between clinical demand for tissue or organ transplants and the
availability of donated tissue highlights the emerging opportunities for lab-grown or …

Advances in agar-based composites: a comprehensive review

M Shah, A Hameed, M Kashif, N Majeed… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review article explores the developments and applications in agar-based composites
(ABCs), emphasizing various constituents such as metals, clay/ceramic, graphene, and …

Recent advances in vascularized tumor-on-a-chip

CBX Huang, TY Tu - Frontiers in Oncology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The vasculature plays a critical role in cancer progression and metastasis, representing a
pivotal aspect in the creation of cancer models. In recent years, the emergence of organ-on …

3D-Cultured Vascular-Like Networks Enable Validation of Vascular Disruption Properties of Drugs In Vitro

P Yavvari, A Laporte, L Elomaa… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Vascular-disrupting agents are an interesting class of anticancer compounds because of
their combined mode of action in preventing new blood vessel formation and disruption of …

Evaluation of marine agarose biomaterials for tissue engineering applications

A Irastorza-Lorenzo, D Sánchez-Porras… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Five agarose types (D1LE, D2LE, LM, MS8 and D5) were evaluated in tissue engineering
and compared for the first time using an array of analysis methods. Acellular and cellular …

Tunable Double-Network GelMA/Alginate Hydrogels for Platelet Lysate-Derived Protein Delivery

A Marfoglia, F Tibourtine, L Pilloux, S Cazalbou - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hydrogels (gels) are attractive tools for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine due to
their potential for drug delivery and ECM-like composition. In this study, we use rheology to …