Functional and biomimetic materials for engineering of the three-dimensional cell microenvironment

G Huang, F Li, X Zhao, Y Ma, Y Li, M Lin, G Jin… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The cell microenvironment has emerged as a key determinant of cell behavior and function
in development, physiology, and pathophysiology. The extracellular matrix (ECM) within the …

Natural polymers for the microencapsulation of cells

L Gasperini, JF Mano, RL Reis - Journal of the royal …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The encapsulation of living mammalian cells within a semi-permeable hydrogel matrix is an
attractive procedure for many biomedical and biotechnological applications, such as …

Bioprinting of human pluripotent stem cells and their directed differentiation into hepatocyte-like cells for the generation of mini-livers in 3D

A Faulkner-Jones, C Fyfe, DJ Cornelissen… - …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the first investigation into the bioprinting of human induced pluripotent stem cells
(hiPSCs), their response to a valve-based printing process as well as their post-printing …

Design and printing strategies in 3D bioprinting of cell‐hydrogels: A review

JM Lee, WY Yeong - Advanced healthcare materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Bioprinting is an emerging technology that allows the assembling of both living and non‐
living biological materials into an ideal complex layout for further tissue maturation …

The physical and biochemical properties of the extracellular matrix regulate cell fate

JM Muncie, VM Weaver - Current topics in developmental biology, 2018 - Elsevier
The extracellular matrix is a complex network of hydrated macromolecular proteins and
sugars that, in concert with bound soluble factors, comprise the acellular stromal …

3D neural tissue models: From spheroids to bioprinting

P Zhuang, AX Sun, J An, CK Chua, SY Chew - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) in vitro neural tissue models provide a better recapitulation
of in vivo cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions than conventional two …

Present and future of tissue engineering scaffolds for dentin‐pulp complex regeneration

DG Moussa, C Aparicio - Journal of tissue engineering and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
More than two thirds of the global population suffers from tooth decay, which results in
cavities with various levels of lesion severity. Clinical interventions to treat tooth decay range …

Spatially and temporally controlled hydrogels for tissue engineering

J Leijten, J Seo, K Yue, G Trujillo-de Santiago… - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent years have seen tremendous advances in the field of hydrogel-based biomaterials.
One of the most prominent revolutions in this field has been the integration of elements or …

A smart aminoglycoside hydrogel with tunable gel degradation, on-demand drug release, and high antibacterial activity

J Hu, Y Quan, Y Lai, Z Zheng, Z Hu, X Wang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2017 - Elsevier
Aminoglycosides are a family of critically important antibiotics for the treatment of serious
infections including multidrug-resistant pathogens. However, clinical use of aminoglycoside …

Laser bioprinting of human induced pluripotent stem cells—the effect of printing and biomaterials on cell survival, pluripotency, and differentiation

L Koch, A Deiwick, A Franke, K Schwanke… - …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Research on human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) is one of the fastest growing
fields in biomedicine. Generated from patient's own somatic cells, hiPSCs can be …