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 …

The soft-and hard-heartedness of cardiac fibroblasts: mechanotransduction signaling pathways in fibrosis of the heart

KM Herum, IG Lunde, AD McCulloch… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Cardiac fibrosis, the excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM), remains an
unresolved problem in most forms of heart disease. In order to be successful in preventing …

Injectable granular hydrogels with multifunctional properties for biomedical applications

JE Mealy, JJ Chung, HH Jeong, D Issadore… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Injectable hydrogels are useful for numerous biomedical applications, such as to introduce
therapeutics into tissues or for 3D printing. To expand the complexity of available injectable …

[HTML][HTML] An injectable conductive hydrogel with dual responsive release of rosmarinic acid improves cardiac function and promotes repair after myocardial infarction

L Zhang, Z Bei, T Li, Z Qian - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Myocardial infarction (MI) causes irreversible damage to the heart muscle, seriously
threatening the lives of patients. Injectable hydrogels have attracted extensive attention in …

Myocardial‐infarction‐responsive smart hydrogels targeting matrix metalloproteinase for on‐demand growth factor delivery

C Fan, J Shi, Y Zhuang, L Zhang, L Huang… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although in situ restoration of blood supply to the infarction region and attenuating pre‐
existing extracellular matrix degradation remain potential therapeutic approaches for …

Reactive oxygen species scavenging with a biodegradable, thermally responsive hydrogel compatible with soft tissue injection

Y Zhu, Y Matsumura, M Velayutham, LM Foley… - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
Tissue damage and the impairment of regenerative processes by excessive reactive oxygen
species (ROS) contributes to the pathogenesis of various diseases in soft tissues including …

Hydrogel based approaches for cardiac tissue engineering

L Saludas, S Pascual-Gil, F Prósper, E Garbayo… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Heart failure still represents the leading cause of death worldwide. Novel strategies using
stem cells and growth factors have been investigated for effective cardiac tissue …

Role of biomaterials in cardiac repair and regeneration: therapeutic intervention for myocardial infarction

U Tariq, M Gupta, S Pathak, R Patil… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Heart failure or myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the world's leading causes of death. Post
MI, the heart can develop pathological conditions such as ischemia, inflammation, fibrosis …

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 …