Hydrogels in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine II
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2020) | Viewed by 29342
Special Issue Editor
Interests: bioinspired gels; gels for stem cell delivery; self-assembled micelles for growth factor immobilization; models gels to control cell microenvironment; composite materials with structure at multiple length scales; skeletal tissue engineering
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Dear Colleagues,
Hydrogels are hydrophilic macromolecular networks that retain a significant fraction of water in their structure in physiological solution without dissolving. Nutrient molecules, oxygen, nucleic acids, peptides, proteins, hormones and other biomolecules diffuse readily through the water-filled volume of hydrogels. Due to their high water content and diffusivity, hydrogels resemble the extracellular matrix (ECM) of living tissues. Human cells encapsulated in hydrogels display viability and function similar to the cells’ natural ECM. This special issue highlights those synthetic or natural hydrogels used as a matrix for the delivery of cells in regenerative medicine. The focus is on cell-hydrogel interaction and how the hydrogel affects viability, lineage, phenotype, function, and fate of the cells. Cells of interest include tissue-specific differentiated cells, stem cells, as well as induced pluripotent cells. Relevant topics include hydrogels with hierarchical structure, multi-functional hydrogels, for minimally-invasive regenerative procedures, immune-modulating hydrogels, for micro-patterning and organ-on-a-chip.
Prof. Dr. Esmaiel Jabbari
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Hydrogel
- Hierarchical
- Multifunctional
- Synthetic
- Natural
- Stem cells
- Immune-modulating
- Patterning
- Cell encapsulation
- Cell delivery
- Growth factor delivery
- Organ-on-a-chip
- Tissue engineering
- Regenerative medicine
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