自愈水凝胶
材料科学
纳米技术
微型多孔材料
组织工程
三维细胞培养
脚手架
再生医学
功能(生物学)
细胞包封
细胞
生物医学工程
细胞生物学
化学
生物
复合材料
医学
高分子化学
生物化学
作者
Alexander S. Caldwell,Brian A. Aguado,Kristi S. Anseth
标识
DOI:10.1002/adfm.201907670
摘要
Micron-sized hydrogels, termed microgels, are emerging as multifunctional platforms that can recapitulate tissue heterogeneity in engineered cell microenvironments. The microgels can function as either individual cell culture units or can be assembled into larger scaffolds. In this manner, individual microgels can be customized for single or multi-cell co-culture applications, or heterogeneous populations can be used as building blocks to create microporous assembled scaffolds that more closely mimic tissue heterogeneities. The inherent versatility of these materials allows user-defined control of the microenvironments, from the order of singly encapsulated cells to entire three-dimensional cell scaffolds. These hydrogel scaffolds are promising for moving towards personalized medicine approaches and recapitulating the multifaceted microenvironments that exist in vivo.
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