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ReviewAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2016

Glycosaminoglycan-Based Biohybrid Hydrogels: A Sweet and Smart Choice for Multifunctional Biomaterials.

Uwe Freudenberg, Yingkai Liang, Kristi L Kiick, Carsten Werner

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Review in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Conductive Hydrogels for Exogenous Sensing and Cell Fate Control.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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  4. Glycosaminoglycans as Polyelectrolytes: Charge, Interactions, and Applications.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2025
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  5. Advances in integrating biomaterials with CAR-T cells for enhancing solid tumor therapy.Chinese journal of cancer research = Chung-kuo yen cheng yen chiu · 2025
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  10. Development of Amniotic Epithelial Stem Cells Secretome-LoadedACS applied materials & interfaces · 2025
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  16. Development of a novel microneedle platform for biomarker assessment of atopic dermatitis patients.Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) · 2023
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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

4 authors.

Uwe FreudenbergLeibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF), Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials Dresden (MBC), Hohe Str. 6, 01069, Dresden, Germany. freudenberg@ipfdd.de.
Yingkai LiangDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA.
Kristi L KiickDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 19716, USA. kiick@udel.edu.
Carsten WernerLeibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF), Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials Dresden (MBC), Hohe Str. 6, 01069, Dresden, Germany. werner@ipfdd.de.

Funding

VOLUMETRIC BREAST DENSITY ESTIMATION USING BREAST SURFACE RECONSTRUCTEDP20RR016472 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI CZYMMEK, KIRK JAMES · 2001 to 2011
$37.6M
Pilot Research Subproject ProgramP30GM110758 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI BEEBE, THOMAS PAUL · 2014 to 2018
$5.8M
COBRE on Membrane Protein Production and CharacterizationP30GM103519 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI LENHOFF, ABRAHAM M · 2012 to 2014
$3.3M
Molecular Design of Advanced BiomaterialsP20GM103541 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI POLENOVA, TATYANA · 2012 to 2012
$2.1M
Nanoscale engineering of novel erodible drug delivery matricesR01EB003172 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI FURST, ERIC M · 2003 to 2006
$1.2M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR016472NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB003172NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103541NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM103519NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM110758
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) govern important functional characteristics of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in living tissues. Incorporation of GAGs into biomaterials opens up new routes for the presentation of signaling molecules, providing control over development, homeostasis, inflammation, and tumor formation and progression. Recent approaches to GAG-based materials are reviewed, highlighting the formation of modular, tunable biohybrid hydrogels by covalent and non-covalent conjugation schemes, including both theory-driven design concepts and advanced processing technologies. Examples of the application of the resulting materials in biomedical studies are provided. For perspective, solid-phase and chemoenzymatic oligosaccharide synthesis methods for GAG-derived motifs, rational and high-throughput design strategies for GAG-based materials, and the utilization of the factor-scavenging characteristics of GAGs are highlighted.

Indexed as

Biocompatible MaterialsExtracellular MatrixGlycosaminoglycansHydrogelsBiocompatible MaterialsGlycosaminoglycansHydrogelsbiomaterialscell-instructiveglycosaminoglycansgrowth factorshydrogels

Identifiers

PMID27461855
PMCPMC5152626

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