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ArticleNature communications2014

Hypoxia-inducible hydrogels.

Kyung Min Park, Sharon Gerecht

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Article in Nature communications, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 94 papers.

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94citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

94 citing papers in PubMed, 179 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Acute Three-Dimensional Hypoxia Regulates Angiogenesis.Advanced healthcare materials · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kyung Min ParkDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences-Oncology Center, and the Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
Sharon Gerecht1] Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins Physical Sciences-Oncology Center, and the Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA [2] Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
Physical Sciences (United States) · US

Funding

TRANS NETWORK PROJECTSU54CA143868 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SEARSON, PETER C · 2009 to 2013
$13.7M
Engineered Stem Cell Microenvironments for controlled VasculogenesisR01HL107938 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GERECHT, SHARON · 2011 to 2015
$2.1M
NCI NIH HHS U54 CA143868NCI NIH HHS U54CA143868NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL107938NHLBI NIH HHS R01HL107938
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oxygen is vital for the existence of all multicellular organisms, acting as a signalling molecule regulating cellular activities. Specifically, hypoxia, which occurs when the partial pressure of oxygen falls below 5%, plays a pivotal role during development, regeneration and cancer. Here we report a novel hypoxia-inducible (HI) hydrogel composed of gelatin and ferulic acid that can form hydrogel networks via oxygen consumption in a laccase-mediated reaction. Oxygen levels and gradients within the hydrogels can be accurately controlled and precisely predicted. We demonstrate that HI hydrogels guide vascular morphogenesis in vitro via hypoxia-inducible factors activation of matrix metalloproteinases and promote rapid neovascularization from the host tissue during subcutaneous wound healing. The HI hydrogel is a new class of biomaterials that may prove useful in many applications, ranging from fundamental studies of developmental, regenerative and disease processes through the engineering of healthy and diseased tissue models towards the treatment of hypoxia-regulated disorders.

Indexed as

Cellular MicroenvironmentAngiopoietin-1Basic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsBiocompatible MaterialsComputer SimulationCoumaric AcidsEndothelial CellsEndothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1GelatinGene Expression ProfilingHumansHydrogelsHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitLaccaseMatrix MetalloproteinasesNeovascularization, PhysiologicAngiopoietin-1ANGPT1 protein, humanBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsBiocompatible MaterialsCoumaric AcidsEndothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1ferulic acidGelatinHIF1A protein, humanHydrogelsHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha SubunitKDR protein, humanLaccaseMatrix MetalloproteinasesOxygenVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2VEGFA protein, human

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PMID24909742
PMCPMC4161608
OpenAlexW2093660394

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