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ArticleGels (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Biocompatible and Enzymatically Degradable Gels for 3D Cellular Encapsulation under Extreme Compressive Strain.

Zain Clapacs, Sydney Neal, David Schuftan, Xiaohong Tan, Huanzhu Jiang, Jingxuan Guo, Jai Rudra, Nathaniel Huebsch

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Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Zain ClapacsDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Sydney NealDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
David SchuftanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Xiaohong TanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Huanzhu JiangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Jingxuan GuoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Jai RudraDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Nathaniel HuebschDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell encapsulating scaffolds are necessary for the study of cellular mechanosensing of cultured cells. However, conventional scaffolds used for loading cells in bulk generally fail at low compressive strain, while hydrogels designed for high toughness and strain resistance are generally unsuitable for cell encapsulation. Here we describe an alginate/gelatin methacryloyl interpenetrating network with multiple crosslinking modes that is robust to compressive strains greater than 70%, highly biocompatible, enzymatically degradable and able to effectively transfer strain to encapsulated cells. In future studies, this gel formula may allow researchers to probe cellular mechanosensing in bulk at levels of compressive strain previously difficult to investigate.

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alginateGelMAhydrogelinterpenetrating networkmechanosensingscaffold

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PMID34449624
PMCPMC8395866

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