Functional hydrogels with tunable structures and properties for tissue engineering applications

X Li, Q Sun, Q Li, N Kawazoe, G Chen - Frontiers in chemistry, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tissue engineering (TE) has been used as an attractive and efficient process to restore the
original tissue structures and functions through the combination of biodegradable scaffolds …

Cell culture medium cycling in cultured meat: key factors and potential strategies

M Yang, Q Wang, Y Zhu, K Sheng, N Xiang… - Trends in Food Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Cultured meat is a promising alternative to animal-derived meat production, as
it has the potential to offer a sustainable and ethical source of meat for human consumption …

Multifunctional polysaccharide hydrogels for skin wound healing prepared by photoinitiator-free crosslinking

H Mao, S Zhao, Y He, M Feng, L Wu, Y He, Z Gu - Carbohydrate polymers, 2022 - Elsevier
Photocrosslinked hydrogels show great potential as dressings for skin wound healing.
However, most current hydrogels suffer from poor adhesion, toxic photoinitiators, and …

Scalable Processes for Culturing Meat Using Edible Scaffolds

NS Kawecki, KK Chen, CS Smith, Q Xie… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
There is increasing consumer demand for alternative animal protein products that are
delicious and sustainably produced to address concerns about the impacts of mass …

Immobilization of growth factors for cell therapy manufacturing

D Enriquez-Ochoa, P Robles-Ovalle… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cell therapy products exhibit great therapeutic potential but come with a deterring price tag
partly caused by their costly manufacturing processes. The development of strategies that …

Polycaprolactone nanofibers containing vascular endothelial growth factor-encapsulated gelatin particles enhance mesenchymal stem cell differentiation and …

YC Jiang, XF Wang, YY Xu, YH Qiao, X Guo… - …, 2018 - ACS Publications
During the regeneration of tissues and organs, growth factors (GFs) play a vital role by
affecting cell behavior. However, because of the low half-life time and quick degradation of …

Strategies to control or mimic growth factor activity for bone, cartilage, and osteochondral tissue engineering

KB Seims, NK Hunt, LW Chow - Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
Growth factors play a critical role in tissue repair and regeneration. However, their clinical
success is limited by their low stability, short half-life, and rapid diffusion from the delivery …

Decoration of material surfaces with complex physicochemical signals for biointerface applications

Y Shi, K Liu, Z Zhang, X Tao, HY Chen… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The surface properties of biomaterials are crucial at controlling biological interactions. Cells
or tissues sense different stimuli from surfaces and respond accordingly. A number of …

Growth factor engineering for biomaterials

Y Ito - ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2019 - ACS Publications
Growth factors (GFs) are important for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
because of their interactions with cells and the extracellular matrix. Immobilization of GFs on …

Cyclic stretch modulates the cell morphology transition under geometrical confinement by covalently immobilized gelatin

K Fang, S Müller, M Ueda, Y Nakagawa… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Fibroblasts geometrically confined by photo-immobilized gelatin micropatterns were
subjected to cyclic stretch on the silicone elastomer. By using covalently micropatterned …