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ArticleDrug delivery2021

Structural and biological investigation of chitosan/hyaluronic acid with silanized-hydroxypropyl methylcellulose as an injectable reinforced interpenetrating network hydrogel for cartilage tissue engineering.

Mu Hu, Jielai Yang, Jihai Xu

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Article in Drug delivery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Recent Advances of Chitosan Formulations in Biomedical Applications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  17. Advanced injectable hydrogels for cartilage tissue engineering.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mu HuDepartment of Orthopedics, Ruijin Hospital North, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
Jielai YangDepartment of Orthopedics, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jihai XuDepartment of Hand Surgery, Ningbo No. 6 Hospital, Jiangdong, Ningbo, China.
Ruijin Hospital · CNNingbo No.6 Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cartilage damage continues to pose a threat to humans, but no treatment is currently available to fully restore cartilage function. In this study, a new class of composite hydrogels derived from water-soluble chitosan (CS)/hyaluronic acid (HA) and silanized-hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (Si-HPMC) (CS/HA/Si-HPMC) has been synthesized and tested as injectable hydrogels for cartilage tissue engineering when combined without the addition of a chemical crosslinking agent. Mechanical studies of CS/HA and CS/HA/Si-HPMC hydrogels showed that as Si-HPMC content increased, swelling rate and rheological properties were higher, compressive strength decreased and degradation was faster. Our results demonstrate that the CS and HA-based hydrogel scaffolds, especially the ones with 3.0% (w/v) Si-HPMC and 2.5/4.0% (w/v) CS/HA, have suitable physical performance and bioactive properties, thus provide a potential opportunity to be used for cartilage tissue engineering.

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AnimalsCartilageCell SurvivalChitosanChondrocytesCompressive StrengthDrug StabilityExtracellular MatrixFemaleHyaluronic AcidHydrogelsHypromellose DerivativesRandom AllocationRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRheologyChitosanHyaluronic AcidHydrogelsHypromellose Derivativesbiomedical applicationscartilage repairchondrocytesCS/HA/Si-HPMC hydrogeltissue regeneration

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PMID33739203
PMCPMC7993376
OpenAlexW3138548926

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