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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2023

Hybrid Vesicles Enable Mechano-Responsive Hydrogel Degradation.

Sung-Won Hwang, Chung-Man Lim, Cong Truc Huynh, Hossein Moghimianavval, Nicholas A Kotov, Eben Alsberg, Allen P Liu

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sung-Won HwangDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1686-7090
Chung-Man LimDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Cong Truc HuynhDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6052-2471
Hossein MoghimianavvalDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3358-0630
Nicholas A KotovDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6864-5804
Eben AlsbergDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3487-4625
Allen P LiuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0309-7018
University of Michigan · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Development of a mechanosensitive synthetic cell for mediating intercellular communication - Diversity SupplementR01EB030031 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI LIU, ALLEN PO-CHIH · 2020 to 2024
$1.3M
Mechanosensitive synthetic cell-regulatable hydrogels for tissue engineeringR21AR080363 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI ALSBERG, EBEN, LIU, ALLEN PO-CHIH · 2022 to 2023
$384k
NIAMS NIH HHS R21 AR080363NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB030031NIH HHS R01 EB030031NIH HHS R21 AR080363
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stimuli-responsive hydrogels are intriguing biomimetic materials. Previous efforts to develop mechano-responsive hydrogels have mostly relied on chemical modifications of the hydrogel structures. Here, we present a simple, generalizable strategy that confers mechano-responsive behavior on hydrogels. Our approach involves embedding hybrid vesicles, composed of phospholipids and amphiphilic block copolymers, within the hydrogel matrix to act as signal transducers. Under mechanical stress, these vesicles undergo deformation and rupture, releasing encapsulated compounds that can control the hydrogel network. To demonstrate this concept, we embedded vesicles containing ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid (EGTA), a calcium chelator, into a calcium-crosslinked alginate hydrogel. When compressed, the released EGTA sequesters calcium ions and degrades the hydrogel. This study provides a novel method for engineering mechano-responsive hydrogels that may be useful in various biomedical applications.

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Block CopolymersFunctional MaterialStimuli-Responsive HydrogelStress-Induced DegradationVesicles

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PMID37607024
PMCPMC10600738
OpenAlexW4386056023

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