Hydrogels in spinal cord injury repair: A review

Z Lv, C Dong, T Zhang, S Zhang - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Traffic accidents and falling objects are responsible for most spinal cord injuries (SCIs). SCI
is characterized by high disability and tends to occur among the young, seriously affecting …

Recent advance in peptide-based bioactive hydrogels for nerve repair and regeneration: From material design to fabrication, function tailoring and applications

Z Sun, H Hu, X Zhang, X Luan, Y Xi, G Wei… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The injury of both central and peripheral nervous systems can result in neurological
disorders and severe nervous diseases, which has been one of the challenges in the …

Peptide hydrogel with antibacterial performance induced by rare earth metal ions

W Xu, Z Zhang, X Zhang, Y Tang, Y Niu, X Chu… - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
Metal ion-induced peptide assembly is an interesting field. As compared to traditional
antibacterial Ag+, rare earth metal ions possess the advantage of antibacterial performance …

Injectable and Photocurable Gene Scaffold Facilitates Efficient Repair of Spinal Cord Injury

Y Gao, K Wang, S Wu, J Wu, J Zhang, J Li… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
RNA interference-based gene therapy has led to a strategy for spinal cord injury (SCI)
therapy. However, there have been high requirements regarding the optimal gene delivery …

Biofunctional peptide-click PEG-based hydrogels as 3D cell scaffolds for corneal epithelial regeneration

L Lei, Y Hu, H Shi, Z Bao, Y Wu, J Jiang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG)-based hydrogels as highly promising 3D cell scaffolds have
been widely implemented in the field of tissue regrowth and regeneration, yet the …

Improved functional recovery of rat transected spinal cord by peptide-grafted PNIPAM based hydrogel

Y Chai, Y Long, X Dong, K Liu, W Wei, Y Chen… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Facilitating angiogenesis, reducing the formation of glial scar tissue, and the occurrence of a
strong inflammatory response are of great importance for the repair of central nerve damage …

Islet cell spheroids produced by a thermally sensitive scaffold: a new diabetes treatment

X Yao, Z Gong, W Yin, H Li, D Douroumis… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
The primary issues in treating type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) through the transplantation of
healthy islets or islet β-cells are graft rejection and a lack of available donors. Currently, the …

Photo-crosslinkable hyaluronic acid microgels with reactive oxygen species scavenging capacity for mesenchymal stem cell encapsulation

S Hao, C Tian, Y Bai, L Wu, L Hao, Y Kuang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have gained increasing attention in various biomedical
applications. However, conventional therapeutic approaches, such as direct intravenous …

The biocompatibility of multi-source stem cells and gelatin-carboxymethyl chitosan-sodium alginate hybrid biomaterials

X Wang, S Li, H Yu, J Lv, M Fan, X Wang… - Tissue Engineering and …, 2022 - Springer
Background: Nowadays, biological tissue engineering is a growing field of research.
Biocompatibility is a key indicator for measuring tissue engineering biomaterials, which is of …

Toward a New Generation of Bio-Scaffolds for Neural Tissue Engineering: Challenges and Perspectives

F Villanueva-Flores, I Garcia-Atutxa, A Santos… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Neural tissue engineering presents a compelling technological breakthrough in restoring
brain function, holding immense promise. However, the quest to develop implantable …