| Literature DB >> 29986132 |
Cong Truc Huynh1, Fangze Liu1, Yuxuan Cheng1, Katherine A Coughlin2, Eben Alsberg1,3.
Abstract
Thiol-epoxy "click" chemistry is employed for the first time to engineer a new cytocompatible PEG-based hydrogel system in aqueous media with the ability to encapsulate human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) and control their fate for tissue regeneration. Cells were easily encapsulated into the hydrogels and exhibited high cell viability over 4 weeks of culture regardless of the presence of siRNA, complexed with polyethylenimine (PEI) in the form of siRNA/PEI nanocomplexes, indicating the biocompatibility of the developed hydrogel. Loading pro-osteogenic siNoggin in the hydrogel significantly enhanced the osteogenesis of encapsulated hMSCs, demonstrating the potential application of this system in tissue engineering.Entities:
Keywords: RNAi; biomaterial; click chemistry; hydrogel; stem cell differentiation; tissue regeneration
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29986132 PMCID: PMC6930143 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b07167
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Appl Mater Interfaces ISSN: 1944-8244 Impact factor: 9.229