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Bottom-up assembly of hydrogels from bacteriophage and Au nanoparticles: the effect of cis- and trans-acting factors. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2008
Hydrogels have become a promising research focus because of their potential for biomedical application. Here we explore the long-range, electrostatic interactions by following the effect of trans-acting (pH) and cis-acting factors (peptide mutation) on ...
Glauco R Souza, Esra Yonel-Gumruk, Davin Fan, Jeffrey Easley, Roberto Rangel, Liliana Guzman-Rojas, J Houston Miller, Wadih Arap, Renata Pasqualini   +8 more
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Peptide-Based Supramolecular Hydrogels as Drug Delivery Agents: Recent Advances

Gels, 2022
Supramolecular peptide hydrogels have many important applications in biomedicine, including drug delivery applications for the sustained release of therapeutic molecules.
Carlos B. P. Oliveira, Valéria Gomes, Paula M. T. Ferreira, José A. Martins, Peter J. Jervis   +4 more
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A versatile characterization of poly(N-isopropylacrylamideco- N,N'-methylene-bis-acrylamide) hydrogels for composition, mechanical strength, and rheology [PDF]

, 2013
Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N,N"-methylene-bisacrylamide) (P(NIPAAm-co-MBA)) hydrogels were prepared in water using redox initiator. The copolymer composition at high conversion (> 95%) was determined indirectly by HPLC (high performance liquid ...
Sulyok, Zsolt, Fekete, Jenő, Domján, Attila, A. Meszaros, A. Szilagyi, Chetty, A., Zs. Sulyok, V. Vargha, Szilágyi, András, Mészáros, Á., Kovács, János, J. Kovacs, A. Chetty, Vargha, Viktória, J. Fekete, A. Domjan   +15 more
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Multicomponent Peptide-Based Hydrogels Containing Chemical Functional Groups as Innovative Platforms for Biotechnological Applications

Gels, 2023
Multicomponent hydrogels (HGs) based on ultrashort aromatic peptides have been exploited as biocompatible matrices for tissue engineering applications, the delivery of therapeutic and diagnostic agents, and the development of biosensors.
Sabrina Giordano, Enrico Gallo, Carlo Diaferia, Elisabetta Rosa, Barbara Carrese, Nicola Borbone, Pasqualina Liana Scognamiglio, Monica Franzese, Giorgia Oliviero, Antonella Accardo   +9 more
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Self-Assembled Injectable Peptide Hydrogels Capable of Triggering Antitumor Immune Response

, 2017
Self-assembled peptide hydrogels are particularly appealing for drug delivery, tissue engineering, and antitumor therapy due to various advantageous features including excellent biocompatibility and biodegradability, defined molecular and higher ...
Li, S., Guizhi Shen, Yan, Xuehai, Yan, X., Shukun Li, Mohwald, Helmuth, Möhwald, H., Xuehai Yan, Xing, R., Ruirui Xing, Ning Zhang, Helmuth Möhwald, Li, Shukun, Shen, Guizhi, Zhang, N., Shen, G., Xing, Ruirui, Zhang, Ning   +17 more
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Drug eluting hydrogels design, synthesis and evaluation [PDF]

, 2012
Hydrogels have successfully proved themselves useful for drug delivery applications and several delivery routes have been developed over the years. The particular interest in this work was to design, synthesise and evaluate in situ forming drug eluting ...
Ahrenstedt, Lage
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RNA extraction from self-assembling peptide hydrogels to allow qPCR analysis of encapsulated cells.

PLoS ONE, 2018
Self-assembling peptide hydrogels offer a novel 3-dimensional platform for many applications in cell culture and tissue engineering but are not compatible with current methods of RNA isolation; owing to interactions between RNA and the biomaterial.
Kyle A Burgess, Victoria L Workman, Mohamed A Elsawy, Aline F Miller, Delvac Oceandy, Alberto Saiani   +5 more
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Hydrogels with Cell Adhesion Peptide‐Decorated Channel Walls for Cell Guidance

, 2020
A method is reported for making hollow channels within hydrogels decorated with cell‐adhesion peptides exclusively at the channel surface. Sacrificial fibers of different diameters are used to introduce channels within poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels ...
Tim R. Dargaville, Surrao, Denver C., Harkin, Damien G., Surrao, Denver C, Aurelien Forget, Damien G. Harkin, Paul D. Dalton, Denver C. Surrao, Sarwat, Mariah, St John, James A., St John, James A, Bolle, Eleonore CL, Peng Wang, Eleonore C. L. Bolle, Wang, Peng, Dargaville, Tim R, Dalton, Paul D, James A. St John, Harkin, Damien G, Shuang Wang, Bolle, Eleonore C. L., Dalton, Paul D., Mariah Sarwat, Wang, Shuang, Forget, Aurelien, Dargaville, Tim R.   +25 more
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Design of dual peptide-conjugated hydrogels for proliferation and differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells

Materials Today Bio
Completely synthetic cell cultivation materials for human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) are important for the future clinical use of hPSC-derived cells.
Tzu-Cheng Sung, Yen-Hung Chen, Ting Wang, Liu Qian, Wen-Hui Chao, Jun Liu, Jiandong Pang, Qing-Dong Ling, Henry Hsin-Chung Lee, Akon Higuchi   +9 more
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Hydrogels from the Assembly of SAA/Elastin-Inspired Peptides Reveal Non-Canonical Nanotopologies

Molecules, 2022
Peptide-based hydrogels are of great interest in the biomedical field according to their biocompatibility, simple structure and tunable properties via sequence modification.
Alessandra Scelsi, Brigida Bochicchio, Andrew M. Smith, Antonio Laezza, Alberto Saiani, Antonietta Pepe   +5 more
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