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ArticleApplied materials today2020

Hydrogel-based 3D bioprinting: A comprehensive review on cell-laden hydrogels, bioink formulations, and future perspectives.

Janitha M Unagolla, Ambalangodage C Jayasuriya

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Article in Applied materials today, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 181 papers.

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181 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Smart Bioinks for 4D Bioprinting: Requirements, Design, and Applications.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  19. Bioprintable Janus Base Nano-Matrix for Improved Cartilage Tissue Engineering.Regenerative engineering and translational medicine · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Janitha M UnagollaBiomedical Engineering Program, Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43607, USA.
Ambalangodage C JayasuriyaBiomedical Engineering Program, Department of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43607, USA.

Funding

Multifunctional bone putty for craniomaxillofacial bone repairR01DE023356 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO HEALTH SCI CAMPUS · PI JAYASURIYA, AMBALANGODAGE CHAMPA · 2013 to 2017
$2.0M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE023356
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrogel plays a vital role in cell-laden three dimensional (3D) bioprinting, whereas those hydrogels mimic the physical and biochemical characteristics of native extracellular matrix (ECM). The complex microenvironment of the ECM does not replicate from the traditional static microenvironment of the hydrogel, but the evolution of the 3D bioprinting facilitates to accommodate the dynamic modulation and spatial heterogeneity of the hydrogel system. Selection of hydrogel for 3D bioprinting depends on the printing techniques including microextrusion, inkjet, laser-assisted printing, and stereolithography. In this review, we specifically cover the 3D printable hydrogels where cells can be encapsulated without significant reduction in the cell viability. The recent research highlights of the most widely used hydrogel materials are elucidated in terms of stability of the hydrogel system, cross-linking method, support cell types and their post-printing cell viability. Also, the techniques used to improve the mechanical and biological properties of the hydrogels, such as adding various organic and inorganic materials and making microchannels, are discussed. Furthermore, the recent advances in vascularized tissue construct and scaffold-free bioprinting as a promising method for vascularization are covered in this review. The recent trends in four-dimensional (4D) bioprinting as a stimuli-responsive formation of new organs, and 3D bioprinting based organ-on-chip systems are also discussed.

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BioprintingDynamic modulationHydrogelMicroextrusionVascularization

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PMID32775607
PMCPMC7414424

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