Hydrogels

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • 3-Dimensional spatially organized PEG-based hydrogels for an aortic valve co-culture model. 
  • 3D cardiac μtissues within a microfluidic device with real-time contractile stress readout. 
  • A 3D Poly(ethylene glycol)-based Tumor Angiogenesis Model to Study the Influence of Vascular Cells on Lung Tumor Cell Behavior. 
  • A synthetic matrix with independently tunable biochemistry and mechanical properties to study epithelial morphogenesis and EMT in a lung adenocarcinoma model. 
  • Accelerated wound healing by injectable microporous gel scaffolds assembled from annealed building blocks. 
  • Actively targeting solid tumours with thermoresponsive drug delivery systems that respond to mild hyperthermia. 
  • Altered phenotypic gene expression of 10T1/2 mesenchymal cells in nonuniformly stretched PEGDA hydrogels. 
  • Analysis of oxygen transport in a diffusion-limited model of engineered heart tissue. 
  • Analysis of pH gradients resulting from mass transport limitations in engineered heart tissue. 
  • Anisotropic poly(ethylene glycol)/polycaprolactone hydrogel-fiber composites for heart valve tissue engineering. 
  • Anisotropic scaffolds facilitate enhanced neurite extension in vitro. 
  • Application of hydrogels in heart valve tissue engineering. 
  • Ascorbic acid promotes extracellular matrix deposition while preserving valve interstitial cell quiescence within 3D hydrogel scaffolds. 
  • Bioactive hydrogel substrates: probing leukocyte receptor-ligand interactions in parallel plate flow chamber studies. 
  • Bioactive poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels to recapitulate the HSC niche and facilitate HSC expansion in culture. 
  • Biocompatible hydrogels by oxime Click chemistry. 
  • Biomaterials for the central nervous system. 
  • Biomimetic hydrogels with immobilized ephrinA1 for therapeutic angiogenesis. 
  • Biomimetic hydrogels with pro-angiogenic properties. 
  • Biomineralized matrices dominate soluble cues to direct osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells through adenosine signaling. 
  • Cartilage-like mechanical properties of poly (ethylene glycol)-diacrylate hydrogels. 
  • Cell adhesion peptides alter smooth muscle cell adhesion, proliferation, migration, and matrix protein synthesis on modified surfaces and in polymer scaffolds. 
  • Cell migration through defined, synthetic ECM analogs. 
  • Chemical sintering generates uniform porous hyaluronic acid hydrogels. 
  • Chondrogenic differentiation of human embryonic germ cell derived cells in hydrogels. 
  • Chondrogenic differentiation of human embryonic stem cell-derived cells in arginine-glycine-aspartate-modified hydrogels. 
  • Chondroitin Sulfate Glycosaminoglycan Hydrogels Create Endogenous Niches for Neural Stem Cells. 
  • Chondroitin sulfate based niches for chondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells. 
  • Control of hierarchical polymer mechanics with bioinspired metal-coordination dynamics. 
  • Controlling the kinetics of thiol-maleimide Michael-type addition gelation kinetics for the generation of homogenous poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels. 
  • Covalently immobilized gradients of bFGF on hydrogel scaffolds for directed cell migration. 
  • Crosslinked hyaluronic acid hydrogels: a strategy to functionalize and pattern. 
  • DNA delivery from hyaluronic acid-collagen hydrogels via a substrate-mediated approach. 
  • Dendritic macromers as in situ polymerizing biomaterials for securing cataract incisions. 
  • Derivation of chondrogenically-committed cells from human embryonic cells for cartilage tissue regeneration. 
  • Design and characterization of microporous hyaluronic acid hydrogels for in vitro gene transfer to mMSCs. 
  • Development of coronary collateral circulation in left circumflex Ameroid-occluded swine myocardium. 
  • Directed intermixing in multicomponent self-assembling biomaterials. 
  • Dorsal root ganglia neurite extension is inhibited by mechanical and chondroitin sulfate-rich interfaces. 
  • Dressings for chronic wounds. 
  • Dynamic culture yields engineered myocardium with near-adult functional output. 
  • Elastin-like polypeptides: biomedical applications of tunable biopolymers. 
  • Embedded 3D Photopatterning of Hydrogels with Diverse and Complex Architectures for Tissue Engineering and Disease Models. 
  • Embryonic germ cells are capable of adipogenic differentiation in vitro and in vivo. 
  • Encapsulation of Adenovirus BMP2-Transduced Cells with PEGDA Hydrogels Allows Bone Formation in the Presence of Immune Response. 
  • Encapsulation of PEGylated low-molecular-weight PEI polyplexes in hyaluronic acid hydrogels reduces aggregation. 
  • Engineered skeletal muscle tissue networks with controllable architecture. 
  • Engineering cell-material interfaces for long-term expansion of human pluripotent stem cells. 
  • Engineering superficial zone features in tissue engineered cartilage. 
  • Engineering the cell-material interface for controlling stem cell adhesion, migration, and differentiation. 
  • Enhanced chondrogenic differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells in hydrogels with glucosamine. 
  • Enrichment of endogenous fractalkine and anti-inflammatory cells via aptamer-functionalized hydrogels. 
  • Epithelialization of hydrogels achieved by amine functionalization and co-culture with stromal cells. 
  • Epitope tagging for tracking elastin-like polypeptides. 
  • Extracellular-matrix-based and Arg-Gly-Asp-modified photopolymerizing hydrogels for cartilage tissue engineering. 
  • Fabrication of 3D Biomimetic Microfluidic Networks in Hydrogels. 
  • Fabrication of 3D hepatic tissues by additive photopatterning of cellular hydrogels. 
  • Folding artificial mucosa with cell-laden hydrogels guided by mechanics models. 
  • Getting there is half the battle: recent advances in delivering therapeutics. 
  • Glucosamine modulates chondrocyte proliferation, matrix synthesis, and gene expression. 
  • Guiding intracortical brain tumour cells to an extracortical cytotoxic hydrogel using aligned polymeric nanofibres. 
  • Hyaluronan Hydrogels for a Biomimetic Spongiosa Layer of Tissue Engineered Heart Valve Scaffolds. 
  • Hyaluronic acid and fibrin hydrogels with concentrated DNA/PEI polyplexes for local gene delivery. 
  • Hybrid photopatterned enzymatic reaction (HyPER) for in situ cell manipulation. 
  • Hydrogel-nanoparticle composites for optically modulated cancer therapeutic delivery. 
  • Hydrogels as carriers for stem cell transplantation. 
  • Hydrogels for brain repair after stroke: an emerging treatment option. 
  • Hydrogels formed by multiple peptide ligation reactions to fasten corneal transplants. 
  • Imine Hydrogels with Tunable Degradability for Tissue Engineering. 
  • Improved Angiogenesis in Response to Localized Delivery of Macrophage-Recruiting Molecules. 
  • In situ cross-linking of elastin-like polypeptide block copolymers for tissue repair. 
  • In situ gelling hydrogels for conformal repair of spinal cord defects, and local delivery of BDNF after spinal cord injury. 
  • In situ polymerized hydrogels for repairing scleral incisions used in pars plana vitrectomy procedures. 
  • In vitro characterization of vascular endothelial growth factor and dexamethasone releasing hydrogels for implantable probe coatings. 
  • Increasing the maximum achievable strain of a covalent polymer gel through the addition of mechanically invisible cross-links. 
  • Inhibition of implant-associated infections via nitric oxide release. 
  • Injectable polypeptide micelles that form radiation crosslinked hydrogels in situ for intratumoral radiotherapy. 
  • Interconnected macroporous poly(ethylene glycol) cryogels as a cell scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering. 
  • Lipid-based microtubular drug delivery vehicles. 
  • Lipid-coated microgels for the triggered release of doxorubicin. 
  • Long- and short-term effects of biological hydrogels on capsule microvascular density around implants in rats. 
  • Measuring macrodiffusion coefficients in microbicide hydrogels via postphotoactivation scanning. 
  • Micropatterning of poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate hydrogels. 
  • Mineralized synthetic matrices as an instructive microenvironment for osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells. 
  • Modulating the mechanical properties of self-assembled peptide hydrogels via native chemical ligation. 
  • Morphogenetic signals from chondrocytes promote chondrogenic and osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells. 
  • Multifactorial optimization of endothelial cell growth using modular synthetic extracellular matrices. 
  • Multifunctional chondroitin sulphate for cartilage tissue-biomaterial integration. 
  • Neural network analysis identifies scaffold properties necessary for in vitro chondrogenesis in elastin-like polypeptide biopolymer scaffolds. 
  • Nitric oxide-generating polymers reduce platelet adhesion and smooth muscle cell proliferation. 
  • Non-viral DNA delivery from porous hyaluronic acid hydrogels in mice. 
  • Oligo(trimethylene carbonate)-poly(ethylene glycol)-oligo(trimethylene carbonate) triblock-based hydrogels for cartilage tissue engineering. 
  • Photocrosslinkable polyvinyl alcohol hydrogels that can be modified with cell adhesion peptides for use in tissue engineering. 
  • Physically associated synthetic hydrogels with long-term covalent stabilization for cell culture and stem cell transplantation. 
  • Platelet adhesion on a bioresorbable poly(propylene fumarate-co-ethylene glycol) copolymer. 
  • Poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels with cell cleavable groups for autonomous cell delivery. 
  • Polylysine-functionalised thermoresponsive chitosan hydrogel for neural tissue engineering. 
  • Polymer hydrogels: Chaperoning vaccines. 
  • Porous hyaluronic acid hydrogels for localized nonviral DNA delivery in a diabetic wound healing model. 
  • Protease degradable tethers for controlled and cell-mediated release of nanoparticles in 2- and 3-dimensions. 
  • Protein polymer hydrogels by in situ, rapid and reversible self-gelation. 
  • Protein-patterned hydrogels: Customized cell microenvironments. 
  • Rapid cross-linking of elastin-like polypeptides with (hydroxymethyl)phosphines in aqueous solution. 
  • Rapid self-healing hydrogels. 
  • Response of zonal chondrocytes to extracellular matrix-hydrogels. 
  • Rheological properties of cysteine-containing elastin-like polypeptide solutions and hydrogels. 
  • Screening of hyaluronic acid-poly(ethylene glycol) composite hydrogels to support intervertebral disc cell biosynthesis using artificial neural network analysis. 
  • Self-assembling peptide-polymer hydrogels designed from the coiled coil region of fibrin. 
  • Skeletal muscle-on-a-chip: an in vitro model to evaluate tissue formation and injury. 
  • Smooth muscle cell growth in photopolymerized hydrogels with cell adhesive and proteolytically degradable domains: synthetic ECM analogs for tissue engineering. 
  • Stiffness of Protease Sensitive and Cell Adhesive PEG Hydrogels Promotes Neovascularization In Vivo. 
  • Sustained in vivo gene delivery from agarose hydrogel prolongs nonviral gene expression in skin. 
  • Sustained release of plasmid DNA using lipid microtubules and agarose hydrogel. 
  • Swelling and mechanical behaviors of chemically cross-linked hydrogels of elastin-like polypeptides. 
  • Switchable friction of stimulus-responsive hydrogels. 
  • Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of enzymatically cross-linked elastin-like polypeptide gels for cartilaginous tissue repair. 
  • Systematic optimization of an engineered hydrogel allows for selective control of human neural stem cell survival and differentiation after transplantation in the stroke brain. 
  • Temperature-sensitive polymer-nanoshell composites for photothermally modulated drug delivery. 
  • Templated mineralization of synthetic hydrogels for bone-like composite materials: role of matrix hydrophobicity. 
  • The effect of enzymatically degradable poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels on smooth muscle cell phenotype. 
  • The influence of physical structure and charge on neurite extension in a 3D hydrogel scaffold. 
  • The promotion of microvasculature formation in poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate hydrogels by an immobilized VEGF-mimetic peptide. 
  • The role of extracellular matrix composition in structure and function of bioengineered skeletal muscle. 
  • The spreading, migration and proliferation of mouse mesenchymal stem cells cultured inside hyaluronic acid hydrogels. 
  • Three dimensional tubular structure self-assembled by vascular mesenchymal cells at stiffness interfaces of hydrogels. 
  • Three-dimensional culture systems in cancer research: Focus on tumor spheroid model. 
  • Three-dimensional micropatterning of bioactive hydrogels via two-photon laser scanning photolithography for guided 3D cell migration. 
  • Tissue-engineered 3-dimensional (3D) microenvironment enhances the direct reprogramming of fibroblasts into cardiomyocytes by microRNAs. 
  • Utilizing cell-matrix interactions to modulate gene transfer to stem cells inside hyaluronic acid hydrogels. 
  • Val-ala-pro-gly, an elastin-derived non-integrin ligand: smooth muscle cell adhesion and specificity. 
  • Ventriculostomy Simulation Using Patient-Specific Ventricular Anatomy, 3D Printing, and Hydrogel Casting. 
  • YC-1-mediated vascular protection through inhibition of smooth muscle cell proliferation and platelet function. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Bursac, Nenad, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
  • Katz, David F., Nello L. Teer, Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering, in the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering