Hydrogels in emerging technologies for type 1 diabetes

S Fuchs, AU Ernst, LH Wang, K Shariati… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Type 1 diabetes therapies that afford tighter glycemic control in a more manageable and
painless manner for patients has remained a central focus of next-generation diabetes …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging strategies to bypass transplant rejection via biomaterial-assisted immunoengineering: Insights from islets and beyond

S Abbaszadeh, V Nosrati-Siahmazgi, K Musaie… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Novel transplantation techniques are currently under development to preserve the function
of impaired tissues or organs. While current technologies can enhance the survival of …

ECM-based bioactive microencapsulation significantly improves islet function and graft performance

S Krishtul, MS Moshe, I Kovrigina, L Baruch, M Machluf - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Microencapsulation is a promising strategy to prolong the survival and function of
transplanted pancreatic islets for diabetes therapy, albeit its translation has been impeded …

[HTML][HTML] A novel bioartificial pancreas fabricated via islets microencapsulation in anti-adhesive core-shell microgels and macroencapsulation in a hydrogel scaffold …

H Li, Y Shang, Q Feng, Y Liu, J Chen, H Dong - Bioactive Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Islets transplantation is a promising treatment for type 1 diabetes mellitus. However, severe
host immune rejection and poor oxygen/nutrients supply due to the lack of surrounding …

Review of advanced hydrogel-based cell encapsulation systems for insulin delivery in type 1 diabetes mellitus

A Espona-Noguera, J Ciriza, A Cañibano-Hernández… - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) is characterized by the autoimmune destruction of β-cells
in the pancreatic islets. In this regard, islet transplantation aims for the replacement of the …

Polymeric approaches to reduce tissue responses against devices applied for islet-cell encapsulation

S Hu, P De Vos - Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Immunoisolation of pancreatic islets is a technology in which islets are encapsulated in
semipermeable but immunoprotective polymeric membranes. The technology allows for …

Nanotechnology in cell replacement therapies for type 1 diabetes

AU Ernst, DT Bowers, LH Wang, K Shariati… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Islet transplantation is a promising long-term, compliance-free, complication-preventing
treatment for type 1 diabetes. However, islet transplantation is currently limited to a narrow …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced type 1 diabetes mellitus

D Liao, C Liu, S Chen, F Liu, W Li, D Shangguan… - International …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a new group of anticancer drugs, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have exhibited
favorable antitumor efficacy in numerous malignant tumors. Anti-cytotoxic T lymphocyte …

Engineering microcapsules to construct vascularized human brain organoids

Y Zhu, L Sun, X Fu, J Liu, Z Liang, H Tan, W Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Brain organoid is a promising technique with potential applications in developmental study,
drug discovery and regenerative medicine, however, its practical values are restricted by …

An Overview of Engineered Hydrogel-Based Biomaterials for Improved β-Cell Survival and Insulin Secretion

A Ghasemi, E Akbari, R Imani - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Islet transplantation provides a promising strategy in treating type 1 diabetes as an
autoimmune disease, in which damaged β-cells are replaced with new islets in a minimally …