Granular hydrogels in biofabrication: recent advances and future perspectives

AC Daly - Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Granular hydrogels, which are formed by densely packing microgels, are promising
materials for bioprinting due to their extrudability, porosity, and modularity. However, the …

Using chemistry to recreate the complexity of the extracellular matrix: Guidelines for supramolecular hydrogel–cell interactions

L Rijns, MB Baker, PYW Dankers - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Hydrogels have emerged as a promising class of extracellular matrix (ECM)-mimicking
materials in regenerative medicine. Here, we briefly describe current state-of-the-art of ECM …

Advances in 3D printing scaffolds for peripheral nerve and spinal cord injury repair

J Song, B Lv, W Chen, P Ding… - International Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Because of the complex nerve anatomy and limited regeneration ability of natural tissue, the
current treatment effect for long-distance peripheral nerve regeneration and spinal cord …

Highly oriented hydrogels for tissue regeneration: design strategies, cellular mechanisms, and biomedical applications

J Wu, Z Yun, W Song, T Yu, W Xue, Q Liu… - Theranostics, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Many human tissues exhibit a highly oriented architecture that confers them with distinct
mechanical properties, enabling adaptation to diverse and challenging environments …

Unlocking the biological response of smart Stimuli-Responsive hydrogels and their application in biological systems

M Kumi, O Ejeromedoghene, WD Sudane… - European Polymer …, 2024 - Elsevier
The capacity of materials to detect and adapt to environmental changes has long fascinated
researchers, leading to the development of smart materials. These materials, particularly …

Cell development enhanced bionic silk hydrogel on remodeling immune pathogenesis of spinal cord injury via M2 polarization of microglial

J Ling, T Huang, R Wu, C Ma, G Lin… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the complex spatial‐temporal pathophysiology of spinal cord injury (SCI), effective
modulation of SCI‐specific inflammatory pathogenesis to achieve desirable therapeutic …

Magnetic hydrogels with ordered structure for biomedical applications

L Xue, J Sun - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Magnetic hydrogels composed of hydrogel matrices and magnetic nanomaterials have
attracted widespread interests. Thereinto, magnetic hydrogels with ordered structure …

Magnetically anisotropic hydrogels for tissue engineering

L Hao, H Mao - Biomaterials Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Many soft tissues of the human body possess hierarchically anisotropic structures, exhibiting
orientation-specific mechanical properties and biological functionality. Hydrogels have been …

Transformative materials to create 3D functional human tissue models in vitro in a reproducible manner

JL Gerardo‐Nava, J Jansen, D Günther… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recreating human tissues and organs in the petri dish to establish models as tools in
biomedical sciences has gained momentum. These models can provide insight into …

Recent advance in peptide-based bioactive hydrogels for nerve repair and regeneration: From material design to fabrication, function tailoring and applications

Z Sun, H Hu, X Zhang, X Luan, Y **, G Wei… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The injury of both central and peripheral nervous systems can result in neurological
disorders and severe nervous diseases, which has been one of the challenges in the …