The potential of hyaluronic acid in immunoprotection and immunomodulation: Chemistry, processing and function

F Zamboni, S Vieira, RL Reis, JM Oliveira… - Progress in Materials …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a glycosaminoglycan that is found in extracellular tissue in many
parts of the body. It is a material of increasing importance to biomaterials science and is …

Photo‐crosslinked poly (ethylene glycol) diacrylate (PEGDA) hydrogels from low molecular weight prepolymer: swelling and permeation studies

A Cavallo, M Madaghiele, U Masullo… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this work was to assess the diffusive properties of poly (ethylene glycol)
diacrylate (PEGDA)‐based hydrogels, derived from low MW prepolymers, in view of …

A study on the material properties of novel PEGDA/gelatin hybrid hydrogels polymerized by electron beam irradiation

T Şener Raman, M Kuehnert, O Daikos… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Gelatin-based hydrogels are highly desirable biomaterials for use in wound dressing, drug
delivery, and extracellular matrix components due to their biocompatibility and …

Immunoisolation to prevent tissue graft rejection: Current knowledge and future use

A David, J Day, A Shikanov - Experimental Biology and …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
This review focuses on the concept of immunoisolation and how this method has evolved
over the last few decades. The concept of immunoisolation came out of the need to protect …

[HTML][HTML] Labile crosslinked hyaluronic acid via urethane formation using bis (β-isocyanatoethyl) disulphide with tuneable physicochemical and immunomodulatory …

F Zamboni, E Ryan, M Culebras, MN Collins - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2020 - Elsevier
Here, we synthesise a new isocyanate-based crosslinker with the aim of obtaining novel
tailored gels. The newly crosslinked hyaluronic acid (HA) gels were analysed in terms of …

Nanogel-integrated pH-responsive composite hydrogels for controlled drug delivery

GE Cinay, P Erkoc, M Alipour… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A novel pH-sensitive hydrogel system consisting of poly (methacrylic acid-g-ethylene
glycol)(P (MAA-g-EG)) and acryloyl group modified-cholesterol-bearing pullulan (CHPOA) …

Effects of the poly (ethylene glycol) hydrogel crosslinking mechanism on protein release

S Lee, X Tong, F Yang - Biomaterials science, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) hydrogels are widely used to deliver therapeutic biomolecules,
due to high hydrophilicity, tunable physicochemical properties, and anti-fouling properties …

Targeted delivery of doxorubicin into tumor cells via MMP-sensitive PEG hydrogel-coated magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (MIONPs)

C Nazli, GS Demirer, Y Yar, HY Acar, S Kizilel - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2014 - Elsevier
Targeting tumors with nano-scale delivery systems shows promise to improve the
therapeutic effects of chemotherapeutic drugs. However, the limited specificity of current …

Diffusion and interaction in PEG-DA hydrogels

V Hagel, T Haraszti, H Boehm - Biointerphases, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
Polyethylenglycol (PEG) hydrogels are widely used as tuneable substrates for biological
and technical applications due to their good biocompatibility and their high hydrophilicity …

Cells undergo major changes in the quantity of cytoplasmic organelles after uptake of gold nanoparticles with biologically relevant surface coatings

B Kepsutlu, V Wycisk, K Achazi, S Kapishnikov… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Here, we use cryo soft X-ray tomography (cryo-SXT), which delivers 3D ultrastructural
volumes of intact cells without chemical fixation or staining, to gain insight about …