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ArticleMaterials today. Bio2021

High-resolution lithographic biofabrication of hydrogels with complex microchannels from low-temperature-soluble gelatin bioresins.

Riccardo Levato, Khoon S Lim, Wanlu Li, Ane Urigoitia Asua, Laura Blanco Peña, Mian Wang, Marc Falandt, Paulina Nuñez Bernal, Debby Gawlitta, Yu Shrike Zhang and 2 more

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Article in Materials today. Bio, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40 citing papers in PubMed, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Riccardo LevatoDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Khoon S LimChristchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch, the Netherlands.
Wanlu LiDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, USA.
Ane Urigoitia AsuaDepartment of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Laura Blanco PeñaDepartment of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Mian WangDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, USA.
Marc FalandtDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Paulina Nuñez BernalDepartment of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Debby GawlittaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery & Special Dental Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Yu Shrike ZhangDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, USA.
Tim B F WoodfieldChristchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) Group, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch, the Netherlands.
Jos MaldaDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
University Medical Center Utrecht · NLBrigham and Women's Hospital · USUtrecht University · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biofabrication via light-based 3D printing offers superior resolution and ability to generate free-form architectures, compared to conventional extrusion technologies. While extensive efforts in the design of new hydrogel bioinks lead to major advances in extrusion methods, the accessibility of lithographic bioprinting is still hampered by a limited choice of cell-friendly resins. Herein, we report the development of a novel set of photoresponsive bioresins derived from ichthyic-origin gelatin, designed to print high-resolution hydrogel constructs with embedded convoluted networks of vessel-mimetic channels. Unlike mammalian gelatins, these materials display thermal stability as pre-hydrogel solutions at room temperature, ideal for bioprinting on any easily-accessible lithographic printer. Norbornene- and methacryloyl-modification of the gelatin backbone, combined with a ruthenium-based visible light photoinitiator and new coccine as a cytocompatible photoabsorber, allowed to print structures resolving single-pixel features (∼50 ​μm) with high shape fidelity, even when using low stiffness gels, ideal for cell encapsulation (1-2 ​kPa). Moreover, aqueous two-phase emulsion bioresins allowed to modulate the permeability of the printed hydrogel bulk. Bioprinted mesenchymal stromal cells displayed high functionality over a month of culture, and underwent multi-lineage differentiation while colonizing the bioresin bulk with tissue-specific neo-deposited extracellular matrix. Importantly, printed hydrogels embedding complex channels with perfusable lumen (diameter <200 ​μm) were obtained, replicating anatomical 3D networks with out-of-plane branches (

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Biofabrication and bioprintingBioresinDigital light processingHydrogelLithography

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PMID34870141
PMCPMC8626672
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