The effects of varying poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel crosslinking density and the crosslinking mechanism on protein accumulation in three-dimensional hydrogels

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4167-4174

  Lee, Soah ^a   Tong, Xinming ^b   Yang, Fan ^a,b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crosslinking density; Crosslinking mechanism; Poly(ethylene glycol); Protein diffusion; Three dimensional hydrogels

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GELS; HYDROGELS; POLYOLS; PROTEINS; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ARTIFICIAL CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL-FATE; CROSS-LINKING DENSITY; CROSSLINKING MECHANISM; HYDROGEL CROSSLINKING; PROTEIN ACCUMULATION; PROTEIN DIFFUSION; PROTEIN DIFFUSIVITIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL HYDROGEL;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

MACROGOL; PROTEIN; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; HYDROGEL; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; GELATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN SECRETION; RIGIDITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; POROSITY; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS;

HYDROGELS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POROSITY; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84908259536     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.05.023     Document Type: Article

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