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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2021

Tuning Superfast Curing Thiol-Norbornene-Functionalized Gelatin Hydrogels for 3D Bioprinting.

Tobias Göckler, Sonja Haase, Xenia Kempter, Rebecca Pfister, Bruna R Maciel, Alisa Grimm, Tamara Molitor, Norbert Willenbacher, Ute Schepers

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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30 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Tobias GöcklerKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344, Germany.
Sonja HaaseKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344, Germany.
Xenia KempterKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344, Germany.
Rebecca PfisterKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344, Germany.
Bruna R MacielKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics (MVM), Gotthard-Franz-Straße 3, Karlsruhe, 76131, Germany.
Alisa GrimmKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344, Germany.
Tamara MolitorKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344, Germany.
Norbert WillenbacherKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics (MVM), Gotthard-Franz-Straße 3, Karlsruhe, 76131, Germany.
Ute SchepersKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, 76344, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2736-6200

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photocurable gelatin-based hydrogels have established themselves as powerful bioinks in tissue engineering due to their excellent biocompatibility, biodegradability, light responsiveness, thermosensitivity and bioprinting properties. While gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) has been the gold standard for many years, thiol-ene hydrogel systems based on norbornene-functionalized gelatin (GelNB) and a thiolated crosslinker have recently gained increasing importance. In this paper, a highly reproducible water-based synthesis of GelNB is presented, avoiding the use of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as organic solvent and covering a broad range of degrees of functionalization (DoF: 20% to 97%). Mixing with thiolated gelatin (GelS) results in the superfast curing photoclick hydrogel GelNB/GelS. Its superior properties over GelMA, such as substantially reduced amounts of photoinitiator (0.03% (w/v)), superfast curing (1-2 s), higher network homogeneity, post-polymerization functionalization ability, minimal cross-reactivity with cellular components, and improved biocompatibility of hydrogel precursors and degradation products lead to increased survival of primary cells in 3D bioprinting. Post-printing viability analysis revealed excellent survival rates of > 84% for GelNB/GelS bioinks of varying crosslinking density, while cell survival for GelMA bioinks is strongly dependent on the DoF. Hence, the semisynthetic and easily accessible GelNB/GelS hydrogel is a highly promising bioink for future medical applications and other light-based biofabrication techniques.

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BioprintingGelatinHydrogelsNorbornanesPrinting, Three-DimensionalSulfhydryl CompoundsTissue EngineeringTissue ScaffoldsGelatinHydrogelsNorbornanesSulfhydryl Compounds3D bioprintingbioinkscell encapsulationgelatinhydrogelsthiol-ene chemistrytissue engineering

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PMID34145799
PMCPMC11481056

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