Hyaluronic acid biomaterials for central nervous system regenerative medicine

G Jensen, JL Holloway, SE Stabenfeldt - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a primary component of the brain extracellular matrix and functions
through cellular receptors to regulate cell behavior within the central nervous system (CNS) …

Emerging roles of microfluidics in brain research: from cerebral fluids manipulation to brain-on-a-chip and neuroelectronic devices engineering

J Wan, S Zhou, HJ Mea, Y Guo, H Ku… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Remarkable progress made in the past few decades in brain research enables the
manipulation of neuronal activity in single neurons and neural circuits and thus allows the …

Synergistic effect of highly aligned bacterial cellulose/gelatin membranes and electrical stimulation on directional cell migration for accelerated wound healing

L Wang, L Mao, F Qi, X Li, MW Ullah, M Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Directional cell migration plays a pivotal role in wound healing; however, traditional wound
management mainly focuses on providing permissive environment, less focused on …

A quantitative description for designing the extrudability of shear‐thinning physical hydrogels

H Lopez Hernandez, JW Souza… - Macromolecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Physically associated hydrogels (PHs) capable of reversible transitions between solid and
liquid‐like states have enabled novel strategies for 3D printing, therapeutic drug and cell …

Hierarchical assembly of nucleic acid/coiled-coil peptide nanostructures

A Buchberger, CR Simmons, NE Fahmi… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
DNA and peptides are two of the most commonly used biomolecules for building self-
assembling materials, but few examples exist of hybrid nanostructures that contain both …

3D patterning within hydrogels for the recreation of functional biological environments

GA Primo, A Mata - Advanced Functional Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biological structures are inherently complex in nature. Structural hierarchy, chemical
anisotropy, and compositional heterogeneity are ubiquitous in biological systems and play a …

Modulation of hydrogel stiffness by external stimuli: soft materials for mechanotransduction studies

MS Ting, J Travas-Sejdic, J Malmström - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Mechanotransduction is an important process in determining cell survival, proliferation,
migration and differentiation. The extracellular matrix (ECM) is the component of natural …

Rational design of hydrogel networks with dynamic mechanical properties to mimic matrix remodeling

KL Wiley, BP Sutherland… - Advanced healthcare …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Engineered hydrogels are increasingly used as extracellular matrix (ECM) surrogates for
probing cell function in response to ECM remodeling events related to injury or disease (eg …

Design of azobenzene-bearing hydrogel with photoswitchable mechanics driven by photo-induced phase transition for in vitro disease modeling

K Homma, AC Chang, S Yamamoto, R Tamate, T Ueki… - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Mechanics of the extracellular matrix (ECM) exhibit changes during many biological events.
During disease progression, such as cancer, matrix stiffening or softening occurs due to …

Supramolecular biopolymers for tissue engineering

R Pérez-Pedroza, A Ávila-Ramírez… - Advances in Polymer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular biopolymers (SBPs) are those polymeric units derived from
macromolecules that can assemble with each other by noncovalent interactions …