Translating therapeutic microgels into clinical applications

Y Kittel, AJC Kuehne… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microgels are crosslinked, water‐swollen networks with a 10 nm to 100 µm diameter and
can be modified chemically or biologically to render them biocompatible for advanced …

Sticking together: injectable granular hydrogels with increased functionality via dynamic covalent inter‐particle crosslinking

VG Muir, TH Qazi, S Weintraub, BO Torres Maldonado… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Granular hydrogels are an exciting class of microporous and injectable biomaterials that are
being explored for many biomedical applications, including regenerative medicine, 3D …

[HTML][HTML] Supramolecular microgels/microgel scaffolds for tissue repair and regeneration

K Wang, Z Wang, H Hu, C Gao - Supramolecular Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Biomedical microgels are a novel type of materials with promising perspectives for repair
and regeneration of multi-types of tissues and organs due to their highly hydrated nature …

Methods to characterize granular hydrogel rheological properties, porosity, and cell invasion

TH Qazi, VG Muir, JA Burdick - ACS biomaterials science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Granular hydrogels are formed through the packing of hydrogel microparticles and are
emerging for various biomedical applications, including as inks for 3D printing, substrates to …

4D printing of extrudable and degradable poly (ethylene glycol) microgel scaffolds for multidimensional cell culture

CE Miksch, NP Skillin, BE Kirkpatrick, GK Hach… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Granular synthetic hydrogels are useful bioinks for their compatibility with a variety of
chemistries, affording printable, stimuli‐responsive scaffolds with programmable structure …

Exploring the role of spatial confinement in immune cell recruitment and regeneration of skin wounds

Y Liu, A Suarez‐Arnedo, ELP Caston… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microporous annealed particle (MAP) scaffolds are injectable granular materials comprised
of micron sized hydrogel particles (microgels). The diameter of these microgels directly …

Multisized photoannealable microgels regulate cell spreading, aggregation, and macrophage phenotype through microporous void space

JM Lowen, GC Bond, KH Griffin… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Microgels are an emerging platform for in vitro models and guiding cell fate due to their
inherent porosity and tunability. This work describes a light‐based technique for rapidly …

Spatial confinement modulates macrophage response in microporous annealed particle (MAP) scaffolds

Y Liu, A Suarez‐Arnedo, L Riley, T Miley… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophages are essential in the initiation, maintenance, and transition of inflammatory
processes such as foreign body response and wound healing. Mounting evidence suggests …

Macrophage‐targeted delivery of siRNA to silence Mecp2 gene expression attenuates pulmonary fibrosis

Y Mou, GR Wu, Q Wang, T Pan, L Zhang… - Bioengineering & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive interstitial lung disease characterized by
the infiltration of macrophages in the fibrotic region. Currently, no therapeutic strategies …

Extracellular fluid viscosity regulates human mesenchymal stem cell lineage and function

A Amitrano, Q Yuan, B Agarwal, A Sen, YW Dance… - Science …, 2025 - science.org
Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) respond to mechanical stimuli, including stiffness
and viscoelasticity. To date, it is unknown how extracellular fluid viscosity affects hMSC …