ArticleBiomacromolecules2015
Cell-Mediated Dexamethasone Release from Semi-IPNs Stimulates Osteogenic Differentiation of Encapsulated Mesenchymal Stem Cells.
Article in Biomacromolecules, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Point-of-Injury Treatment with Hydrogel Containing Dexamethasone Improves Cognitive Function and Reduces Secondary Injury Response After TBI.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- N-Oxalylglycine-Conjugated Hyaluronic Acid as a Macromolecular Prodrug for Therapeutic Angiogenesis.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Dexamethasone-Loaded Hydrogels Improve Motor and Cognitive Functions in a Rat Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Model.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Interpenetrating polymer network hydrogels as bioactive scaffolds for tissue engineering.Reviews in chemical engineering · 2022Article
- Dexamethasone Conjugates: Synthetic Approaches and Medical Prospects.Biomedicines · 2021Review
- Effect of naproxen on proliferation and differentiation of primary cell cultures isolated from human cartilage tissue.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2018Article
- Osteogenesis evaluation of duck's feet-derived collagen/hydroxyapatite sponges immersed in dexamethasone.Biomaterials research · 2017Article
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Abstract
Scaffold-based delivery of bioactive molecules capable of directing stem cell differentiation is critical to the development of point-of-care cell therapy for orthopedic repair. Dexamethasone-conjugated hyaluronic acid (HA-DXM) was synthesized and combined with hydrolytically degradable, photo-cross-linkable PEG-bis(2-acryloyloxy propanoate) (PEG-bis-AP) to form semi-IPNs. Dexamethasone (DX) release was limited in physiological buffer and substantially increased in the presence of encapsulated human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) or exogenous hyaluronidase, confirming that release occurred primarily by a cell-mediated enzymatic mechanism. hMSCs encapsulated in PEG-bis-AP/HA-DXM semi-IPNs increased osteoblast-specific gene expression, alkaline phosphatase activity, and matrix mineralization, attaining levels that were not significantly different from positive controls consisting of hMSCs in PEG-bis-AP/native HA cultured with DX supplementation in the culture medium. These studies demonstrate that PEG-bis-AP/HA-DXM semi-IPNs can provide cell-mediated release of bioactive free DX that induces hMSC osteogenic differentiation. This approach offers an efficient system for local delivery of osteogenic molecules empowering point of care applications.
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