Chemical strategies to engineer hydrogels for cell culture

J Lou, DJ Mooney - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Two-dimensional and three-dimensional cell culture systems are widely used for biological
studies, and are the basis of the organoid, tissue engineering and organ-on-chip research …

Inorganic nanomaterials with rapid clearance for biomedical applications

X Wang, X Zhong, J Li, Z Liu, L Cheng - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Inorganic nanomaterials that have inherently exceptional physicochemical properties (eg,
catalytic, optical, thermal, electrical, or magnetic performance) that can provide desirable …

Self‐assembling peptide‐based hydrogels for wound tissue repair

T Guan, J Li, C Chen, Y Liu - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wound healing is a long‐term, multistage biological process that includes hemostasis,
inflammation, proliferation, and tissue remodeling and requires intelligent designs to provide …

Synthetic extracellular matrices with function-encoding peptides

C Ligorio, A Mata - Nature reviews bioengineering, 2023 - nature.com
The communication of cells with their surroundings is mostly encoded in the epitopes of
structural and signalling proteins present in the extracellular matrix (ECM). These peptide …

Recent trends in protein and peptide-based biomaterials for advanced drug delivery

A Varanko, S Saha, A Chilkoti - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Engineering protein and peptide-based materials for drug delivery applications has gained
momentum due to their biochemical and biophysical properties over synthetic materials …

25th anniversary article: Rational design and applications of hydrogels in regenerative medicine

N Annabi, A Tamayol, JA Uquillas, M Akbari… - Advanced …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels are hydrophilic polymer‐based materials with high water content and physical
characteristics that resemble the native extracellular matrix. Because of their remarkable …

[HTML][HTML] Synergistic osteogenic and angiogenic effects of KP and QK peptides incorporated with an injectable and self-healing hydrogel for efficient bone regeneration

R Li, C Zhou, J Chen, H Luo, R Li, D Chen, X Zou… - Bioactive materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Irregular defects generated by trauma or surgery in orthopaedics practice were usually
difficult to be fitted by the preformed traditional bone graft substitute. Therefore, the injectable …

Peptide-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs): what peptides can do for SAMs and vice versa

C Redondo-Gómez, P Parreira, MCL Martins… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) represent highly ordered molecular materials with
versatile biochemical features and multidisciplinary applications. Research on SAMs has …

Vascular endothelial growth factor: a neurovascular target in neurological diseases

C Lange, E Storkebaum, CR De Almodóvar… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Brain function critically relies on blood vessels to supply oxygen and nutrients, to establish a
barrier for neurotoxic substances, and to clear waste products. The archetypal vascular …

[HTML][HTML] Self-assemble peptide biomaterials and their biomedical applications

J Chen, X Zou - Bioactive materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Inspired by self-assembling peptides found in native proteins, deliberately designed
engineered peptides have shown outstanding biocompatibility, biodegradability, and …