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ArticleBiomacromolecules2021

Environment Controls Biomolecule Release from Dynamic Covalent Hydrogels.

Bruno Marco-Dufort, Jack Willi, Felipe Vielba-Gomez, Francesco Gatti, Mark W Tibbitt

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Article in Biomacromolecules, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bruno Marco-DufortMacromolecular Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9098-9964
Jack WilliMacromolecular Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Felipe Vielba-GomezMacromolecular Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Francesco GattiMacromolecular Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Mark W TibbittMacromolecular Engineering Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4917-7187
ETH Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Moldable hydrogels composed of dynamic covalent bonds are attractive biomaterials for controlled release, as the dynamic exchange of bonds in these networks enables minimally invasive application via injection. Despite the growing interest in the biomedical application of dynamic covalent hydrogels, there is a lack of fundamental understanding as to how the network design and local environment control the release of biomolecules from these materials. In this work, we fabricated boronic-ester-based dynamic covalent hydrogels for the encapsulation and in vitro release of a model biologic (β-galactosidase). We systematically investigated the role of network properties and of the external environment (temperature and presence of competitive binders) on release from these dynamic covalent hydrogels. We observed that surface erosion (and associated mass loss) governed biomolecule release. In addition, we developed a statistical model of surface erosion based on the binding equilibria in a boundary layer that described the rates of release. In total, our results will guide the design of dynamic covalent hydrogels as biomaterials for drug delivery applications.

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Biocompatible MaterialsHydrogelsDrug Delivery SystemsEstersInjectionsBiocompatible MaterialsEstersHydrogels

Identifiers

PMID32813504
PMCPMC7805009
OpenAlexW3071643123

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