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Alginate: properties and biomedical applications

Kuen Yong Lee, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2012 - 
- Vol. 37, Iss: 1, pp 106-126
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This review will provide a comprehensive overview of general properties of alginate and its hydrogels, their biomedical applications, and suggest new perspectives for future studies with these polymers.
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This article is published in Progress in Polymer Science.The article was published on 2012-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 5372 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Self-healing hydrogels.

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Biodegradable, photocrosslinked alginate hydrogels with independently tailorable physical properties and cell adhesivity

TL;DR: The adhesion-ligand-modified hydrogels enhanced the proliferation and chondrogenic differentiated function of encapsulated chondrocytes as demonstrated by increased DNA content and production of glycosaminoglycans compared to unmodified controlHydrogels.
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Extended release of high pI proteins from alginate microspheres via a novel encapsulation technique.

TL;DR: Alginate has potential as a matrix for controlled delivery of protein-based drugs that require site-specific long-term delivery and the interactions between the high pI proteins and the alginate gel could potentially be exploited to generate new protein delivery systems.
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Adhesion and growth of bone marrow stromal cells on modified alginate hydrogels.

TL;DR: It was found that, in contrast to rat cells, human cells did not readily attach or proliferate on unmodified alginates, but alginate gels containing both collagen type I and beta-tricalcium phosphate were found to enhance human cell adherence and proliferation.
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Shear-reversibly Crosslinked Alginate Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering

TL;DR: Using both ionic and cell-crosslinking methods to control the gelation behavior may allow the design of novel injectable systems that can be used to deliver cells and other therapeutics for minimally invasive therapy, including tissue engineering.
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Amphiphilic derivatives of sodium alginate and hyaluronate for cartilage repair: rheological properties.

TL;DR: Various amphiphilic derivatives of sodium alginate and hyaluronate were prepared by covalent fixation of long alkyl chains with various ratios on the polysaccharide backbones via ester functions by demonstrating tremendous enhancement of zero shear rate Newtonian viscosity, steep shear-thinning behavior, and formation of physically cross-linked gel-like networks.
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