Synthesis, properties, and biomedical applications of gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogels

Biomaterials

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 254-271

  Yue, Kan ^a,b   Trujillo de Santiago, Grissel ^a,b,c   Alvarez, Mario Moisés ^a,b,c   Tamayol, Ali ^a,b   Annabi, Nasim ^a,b,d,e   Khademhosseini, Ali ^a,b,d,f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Northeastern University   (United States)

^f KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biomedical; Gelatin; GelMA; Hydrogel; Methacryloyl; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CARBON; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL SIGNALING; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE TRANSFER; GRAPHENE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; SCAFFOLDS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SELF ASSEMBLY; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; YARN;

BIOMEDICAL; GELATIN; GELMA; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; METHACRYLOYL; NATIVE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS;

HYDROGELS;

BIOPOLYMER; CARBON NANOTUBE; GELATIN; GRAPHENE OXIDE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; NANOPARTICLE; BIOMATERIAL; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEL; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXIDE; POLYMER;

BIOPRINTING; CROSS LINKING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDROGEL; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROFLUIDICS; MOUSE; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN MOTIF; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GELATIN; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; METHACRYLATES; MICE; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; OXIDES; POLYMERS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84943536801     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.08.045     Document Type: Review

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