Hydrogels in the clinic

A Mandal, JR Clegg, AC Anselmo… - Bioengineering & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Injectable hydrogels are one of the most widely investigated and versatile technologies for
drug delivery and tissue engineering applications. Hydrogels' versatility arises from their …

High-throughput methods in the discovery and study of biomaterials and materiobiology

L Yang, S Pijuan-Galito, HS Rho, AS Vasilevich… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The complex interaction of cells with biomaterials (ie, materiobiology) plays an increasingly
pivotal role in the development of novel implants, biomedical devices, and tissue …

Tissue engineered scaffolds for corneal endothelial regeneration: a material's perspective

J Delaey, L De Vos, C Koppen, P Dubruel… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Currently, the treatment of corneal diseases caused by damage to the corneal endothelium
requires a donor cornea. Because of their limited availability (1 donor cornea for 70 patients …

Tissue engineering RPE sheet derived from hiPSC-RPE cell spheroids supplemented with Y-27632 and RepSox

W Wang, T Yang, S Chen, L Liang, Y Wang… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Springer
Background Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cell therapy is a promising way to treat many
retinal diseases. However, obtaining transplantable RPE cells is time-consuming and less …

Generation of lens progenitor cells and lentoid bodies from pluripotent stem cells: Novel tools for human lens development and ocular disease etiology

A Cvekl, MJ Camerino - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
In vitro differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) into specialized tissues and
organs represents a powerful approach to gain insight into those cellular and molecular …

Helminth egg derivatives as proregenerative immunotherapies

DR Maestas Jr, L Chung, J Han… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The immune system is increasingly recognized as an important regulator of tissue repair. We
developed a regenerative immunotherapy from the helminth Schistosoma mansoni soluble …

Influence of Substrate Stiffness on iPSC-Derived Retinal Pigmented Epithelial Cells

RJ Wendland, BA Tucker… - Stem Cells Translational …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Retinal degenerative diseases are a major cause of blindness involving the dysfunction of
photoreceptors, retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE), or both. A promising treatment …

The application of nano-hydrogels and hydrogels in wound dressings

M Ghorbani, F Ghorbani, S Kahrizi… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2023 - cellmolbiol.org
Wounds and the healing process are one of the main concerns of medical science today. A
wound is any loss of integrity, or rupture of the layers of skin (epidermis, dermis, and …

Functionalized Collagen I Membranes as a Bruch's Membrane Mimetic for Outer Retinal In Vitro Models

AR Murphy, XJ Ng, G Lidgerwood… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Physiologically relevant in vitro models of the human outer retina are required to better
elucidate the complex interplay of retinal tissue layers and investigate their role in retinal …

RPE Differentiation is a Selective Barrier Against Aneuploid hESC

C Spits, EC de Deckersberg, Y Lei, N Krivec… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
In this study, we show that undirected differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (hESC)
to retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) acts as a selective barrier against aneuploid cells. Large …