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Hydrogels for tissue engineering.

Kuen Yong Lee, +1 more
- 31 May 2001 - 
- Vol. 101, Iss: 7, pp 1869-1879
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This article is published in Chemical Reviews.The article was published on 2001-05-31. It has received 4511 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Self-healing hydrogels.

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Alginate: properties and biomedical applications

TL;DR: 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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Hydrogels for biomedical applications.

TL;DR: The composition and synthesis of hydrogels, the character of their absorbed water, and permeation of solutes within their swollen matrices are reviewed to identify the most important properties relevant to their biomedical applications.
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Hydrogels for tissue engineering: scaffold design variables and applications.

TL;DR: Hydrogels are an appealing scaffold material because they are structurally similar to the extracellular matrix of many tissues, can often be processed under relatively mild conditions, and may be delivered in a minimally invasive manner.
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Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

TL;DR: The synthesis of hydrogels from polymers forming ionically and covalently crosslinked networks is reported, finding that these gels’ toughness is attributed to the synergy of two mechanisms: crack bridging by the network of covalent crosslinks, and hysteresis by unzipping thenetwork of ionic crosslinks.
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TL;DR: A model delivery system that can respond to mechanical signalling and upregulate the release of a growth factor to promote blood vessel formation is reported, which may find a number of applications, including regeneration and engineering of new tissues and more general drug-delivery applications.
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Review: Hydrogels for cell immobilization.

TL;DR: This review surveys the current developments in immobilization of mammalian cells in hydrogels and discusses hydrogel requirements for use in adhesion, matrix entrapment, and microencapsulation, the respective processing methods, as well as current applications.
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Cyclic mechanical strain regulates the development of engineered smooth muscle tissue

TL;DR: It is shown that the appropriate combinations of mechanical stimuli and polymeric scaffolds can enhance the mechanical properties of engineered tissues and upregulated elastin and collagen gene expression and led to increased organization in tissues.
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Biodegradable Polymers for Protein and Peptide Drug Delivery

TL;DR: A large cross-section of degradable polymeric delivery systems for protein and peptide pharmaceuticals, including monolithic type devices in which the drug is dispersed throughout the polymer and protein-polymer conjugates, are reviewed.
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Fibrin gel as a three dimensional matrix in cardiovascular tissue engineering

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