Advances in crosslinking strategies of biomedical hydrogels

Biomedical hydrogels as sole repair matrices or combined with pre-seeded cells and bioactive growth factors are extensively applied in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Hydrogels normally provide three dimensional structures for cell adhesion and proliferation or the controlled release o...

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Published in:Biomaterials science 2019-02, Vol.7 (3), p.843-855
Main Authors: Hu, Weikang, Wang, Zijian, Xiao, Yu, Zhang, Shengmin, Wang, Jianglin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cell adhesion
Cell adhesion & migration
Chemical synthesis
Controlled release
Crosslinking
Growth factors
Hydrogels
Organic chemistry
Physiochemistry
Proteins
Tissue engineering
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Summary:Biomedical hydrogels as sole repair matrices or combined with pre-seeded cells and bioactive growth factors are extensively applied in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Hydrogels normally provide three dimensional structures for cell adhesion and proliferation or the controlled release of the loading of drugs or proteins. Various physiochemical properties of hydrogels endow them with distinct applications. In this review, we present the commonly used crosslinking method for hydrogel synthesis involving physical and chemical crosslinks and summarize their current progress and future perspectives. This review presents the commonly used crosslinking methods for hydrogel synthesis and summarizes the current status and discusses future perspectives.
ISSN:2047-4830
2047-4849
DOI:10.1039/c8bm01246f