Hydrogel‐based growth factor delivery platforms: strategies and recent advances

BH Shan, FG Wu - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Growth factors play a crucial role in regulating a broad variety of biological processes and
are regarded as powerful therapeutic agents in tissue engineering and regenerative …

The fabrication of antibacterial hydrogels for wound healing

X Zhang, M Qin, M Xu, F Miao, C Merzougui… - European Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial hydrogels have been proposed to be interesting materials used for wound
healing due to their unique properties. Therefore, numerous scientists have made efforts to …

[HTML][HTML] Biomedical applications of engineered heparin-based materials

EN Zare, D Khorsandi, A Zarepour, H Yilmaz… - Bioactive Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Heparin is a negatively charged polysaccharide with various chain lengths and a hydrophilic
backbone. Due to its fascinating chemical and physical properties, nontoxicity …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances on polymeric hydrogels as wound dressings

Z Pan, H Ye, D Wu - APL bioengineering, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Severe hemorrhage is a leading cause of high mortality in critical situations like disaster,
accidents, and warfare. The resulting wounds could induce severe physical and …

[HTML][HTML] Membrane-disruptive peptides/peptidomimetics-based therapeutics: Promising systems to combat bacteria and cancer in the drug-resistant era

L Lin, J Chi, Y Yan, R Luo, X Feng, Y Zheng… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane-disruptive peptides/peptidomimetics (MDPs) are antimicrobials or
anticarcinogens that present a general killing mechanism through the physical disruption of …

Multifunctional dressing for wound diagnosis and rehabilitation

N Tang, Y Zheng, D Cui, H Haick - Advanced Healthcare …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A wound dressing is a sterile pad or compress that is used in direct contact with a wound to
help it heal and prevent further issues or complications. Though wound healing is an …

Functionalized polylysine biomaterials for advanced medical applications: A review

NA Patil, B Kandasubramanian - European Polymer Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Advancements in the biomedical sector are dominating due to evolutions in healthcare
functions such as targeted drug and gene delivery, bio-adhesives for tissue transplantation …

Antibacterial activity of natural polymer gels and potential applications without synthetic antibiotics

S Hamidi, F Monajjemzadeh… - Polymer Engineering …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Antibiotics' use has increased, resulting in disadvantages like patients' drug resistance.
Consequently, urgent action is required to develop a new generation of antibacterial agents …

Amphiphilic sodium alginate-polylysine hydrogel with high antibacterial efficiency in a wide pH range

F Jin, S Liao, W Li, C Jiang, Q Wei, X Xia… - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Bacterial infection is a major pathological factor leading to persistent wounds. With the aging
of population, wound infection has gradually become a global health-issue. The wound site …

Molecular engineering of antimicrobial peptide (AMP)–polymer conjugates

Z Cui, Q Luo, MS Bannon, VP Gray, TG Bloom… - Biomaterials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As antimicrobial resistance becomes an increasing threat, bringing significant economic and
health burdens, innovative antimicrobial treatments are urgently needed. While antimicrobial …