Collagen-Based Hydrogels: Volume II

Dear Colleagues,

Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body. Collagen-based hydrogels and hybrids thereof have been extensively used in tissue/organ engineering and drug discovery in past decades. Applications in tissue/organ engineering include vascular grafts, bone and cartilage substitutes, corneal tissue, skin, and dental pulp. In drug discovery, collagen-based hydrogels have been used as platforms for cancer research and in the modeling of other diseases in vitro. Advances in biomanufacturing methods such as 3D/4D bioprinting and biofabrication have attracted attention regarding the development of collagen-based hydrogels as bioinks suitable to these technologies. Intelligent, stimuli-responsive, and reversibly crosslinkable collagen-based hydrogels with self-healing properties were recently used as injectable hydrogels for drug delivery and regenerative medicine, as bioinks for biomanufacturing and tissue engineering, and as in vitro models to study mechanobiological details at the cell–biomaterial interface. This Special Issue on “Collagen-Based Hydrogels” invites the submission of original research, opinions, and review articles on topics including the use of collagen-based hydrogels in in vitro, in situ, and in vivo studies in the fields of tissue/organ engineering, disease modeling, and drug discovery.

Dr. Daniela Filipa Duarte Campos
Guest Editor

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