A review on recent advances in polymer and peptide hydrogels

S Mondal, S Das, AK Nandi - Soft Matter, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we focus on the very recent developments on the use of the stimuli responsive
properties of polymer hydrogels for targeted drug delivery, tissue engineering, and …

Recent advances of self-assembling peptide-based hydrogels for biomedical applications

J Li, R Xing, S Bai, X Yan - Soft matter, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Peptide-based hydrogels have been proven to be preeminent biomedical materials due to
their high water content, tunable mechanical stability, great biocompatibility and excellent …

Synthetic extracellular matrices with function-encoding peptides

C Ligorio, A Mata - Nature reviews bioengineering, 2023 - nature.com
The communication of cells with their surroundings is mostly encoded in the epitopes of
structural and signalling proteins present in the extracellular matrix (ECM). These peptide …

Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell derived exosomes encapsulated in functional peptide hydrogels promote cardiac repair

C Han, J Zhou, C Liang, B Liu, X Pan, Y Zhang… - Biomaterials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Stem cell-derived exosomes have been recognized as a potential therapy for cardiovascular
disease. However, the low retention rate of exosomes after transplantation in vivo remains a …

Peptide-based hydrogels: New materials for biosensing and biomedical applications

R Binaymotlagh, L Chronopoulou, FH Haghighi… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Peptide-based hydrogels have attracted increasing attention for biological applications and
diagnostic research due to their impressive features including biocompatibility and …

Surfactant-like peptides: From molecular design to controllable self-assembly with applications

J Li, J Wang, Y Zhao, P Zhou, J Carter, Z Li… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
The diversity of naturally occurring amino acids endows even a very short peptide with an
incredible range of sequences, nanostructures and properties. Short peptide sequences …

Rational design of peptide-based smart hydrogels for therapeutic applications

S Das, D Das - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Peptide-based hydrogels have captivated remarkable attention in recent times and serve as
an excellent platform for biomedical applications owing to the impressive amalgamation of …

Peptide hydrogels as immunomaterials and their use in cancer immunotherapy delivery

N Falcone, M Ermis, DG Tamay… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Peptide‐based hydrogel biomaterials have emerged as an excellent strategy for immune
system modulation. Peptide‐based hydrogels are supramolecular materials that self …

Design of polymeric carriers for intracellular peptide delivery in oncology applications

S Lv, M Sylvestre, AN Prossnitz, LF Yang… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In recent decades, peptides, which can possess high potency, excellent selectivity, and low
toxicity, have emerged as promising therapeutics for cancer applications. Combined with an …

MMP-responsive nanomaterials

J Son, S Parveen, D MacPherson, Y Marciano… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) are enzymes that degrade the extracellular matrix and
regulate essential normal cell behaviors. Inhibition of these enzymes has been a strategy for …