Conductive biomaterials for muscle tissue engineering

R Dong, PX Ma, B Guo - Biomaterials, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Muscle tissues are soft tissues that are of great importance in force generation, body
movements, postural support and internal organ function. Muscle tissue injuries would not …

Self-assembling peptide EAK16 and RADA16 nanofiber scaffold hydrogel

F Gelain, Z Luo, S Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Short peptides are ubiquitous in nature. They are found as hormones, pheromones,
antibacterial and antifungal agents in innate immunity systems, toxins, and pesticides. But …

From supramolecular polymers to multi-component biomaterials

OJGM Goor, SIS Hendrikse, PYW Dankers… - Chemical Society …, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
The most striking and general property of the biological fibrous architectures in the
extracellular matrix (ECM) is the strong and directional interaction between biologically …

Multicomponent peptide assemblies

DM Raymond, BL Nilsson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled peptide nanostructures have been increasingly exploited as functional
materials for applications in biomedicine and energy. The emergent properties of these …

Bioengineered 3D models of human pancreatic cancer recapitulate in vivo tumour biology

D Osuna de la Peña, SMD Trabulo, E Collin… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Patient-derived in vivo models of human cancer have become a reality, yet their turnaround
time is inadequate for clinical applications. Therefore, tailored ex vivo models that faithfully …

Amino acids and peptide‐based supramolecular hydrogels for three‐dimensional cell culture

XQ Dou, CL Feng - Advanced Materials, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Supramolecular hydrogels assembled from amino acids and peptide‐derived hydrogelators
have shown great potential as biomimetic three‐dimensional (3D) extracellular matrices …

Supramolecular self-assemblies as functional nanomaterials

E Busseron, Y Ruff, E Moulin, N Giuseppone - Nanoscale, 2013‏ - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we survey the diversity of structures and functions which are encountered in
advanced self-assembled nanomaterials. We highlight their flourishing implementations in …

Self‐assembly in nature: using the principles of nature to create complex nanobiomaterials

AC Mendes, ET Baran, RL Reis… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembly is a ubiquitous process in biology where it plays numerous important roles
and underlies the formation of a wide variety of complex biological structures. Over the past …

The third dimension bridges the gap between cell culture and live tissue

F Pampaloni, EG Reynaud, EHK Stelzer - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2007‏ - nature.com
Moving from cell monolayers to three-dimensional (3D) cultures is motivated by the need to
work with cellular models that mimic the functions of living tissues. Essential cellular …

Supramolecular peptide nanofiber hydrogels for bone tissue engineering: from multihierarchical fabrications to comprehensive applications

Z Hao, H Li, Y Wang, Y Hu, T Chen, S Zhang… - Advanced …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Bone tissue engineering is becoming an ideal strategy to replace autologous bone grafts for
surgical bone repair, but the multihierarchical complexity of natural bone is still difficult to …