Chemical and biomolecular strategies for STING pathway activation in cancer immunotherapy

KM Garland, TL Sheehy, JT Wilson - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) cellular signaling pathway is a promising target
for cancer immunotherapy. Activation of the intracellular STING protein triggers the …

3D bioprinting of cell‐laden hydrogels for improved biological functionality

SM Hull, LG Brunel, SC Heilshorn - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The encapsulation of cells within gel‐phase materials to form bioinks offers distinct
advantages for next‐generation 3D bioprinting. 3D bioprinting has emerged as a promising …

Biomimetic mineralization based on self-assembling peptides

Q Li, Y Wang, G Zhang, R Su, W Qi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomimetic science has attracted great interest in the fields of chemistry, biology, materials
science, and energy. Biomimetic mineralization is the process of synthesizing inorganic …

Supramolecular hydrogelators and hydrogels: from soft matter to molecular biomaterials

X Du, J Zhou, J Shi, B Xu - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this review we intend to provide a relatively comprehensive summary of the work of
supramolecular hydrogelators after 2004 and to put emphasis particularly on the …

Stimulus-responsive hydrogels: Theory, modern advances, and applications

MC Koetting, JT Peters, SD Steichen… - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Over the past century, hydrogels have emerged as effective materials for an immense variety
of applications. The unique network structure of hydrogels enables very high levels of …

Adaptable hydrogel networks with reversible linkages for tissue engineering

H Wang, SC Heilshorn - Advanced Materials, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Adaptable hydrogels have recently emerged as a promising platform for three‐dimensional
(3D) cell encapsulation and culture. In conventional, covalently crosslinked hydrogels …

Stimuli-responsive, pentapeptide, nanofiber hydrogel for tissue engineering

JD Tang, C Mura, KJ Lampe - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Short peptides are uniquely versatile building blocks for self-assembly. Supramolecular
peptide assemblies can be used to construct functional hydrogel biomaterials—an attractive …

3D printing of self‐assembling nanofibrous multidomain peptide hydrogels

AC Farsheed, AJ Thomas, BH Pogostin… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract 3D printing has become one of the primary fabrication strategies used in biomedical
research. Recent efforts have focused on the 3D printing of hydrogels to create structures …

Viscoelastic cell microenvironment: hydrogel‐based strategy for recapitulating dynamic ECM mechanics

Y Ma, T Han, Q Yang, J Wang, B Feng… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The native extracellular matrix (ECM) generally exhibits dynamic mechanical properties and
displays time‐dependent responses to deformation or mechanical loading, in terms of …

Supramolecular polymeric hydrogels

EA Appel, J del Barrio, XJ Loh… - Chemical Society …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The supramolecular crosslinking of polymer chains in water by specific, directional and
dynamic non-covalent interactions has led to the development of novel supramolecular …