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ArticleBiomacromolecules2024

Covalent Grafting of Functionalized MEW Fibers to Silk Fibroin Hydrogels to Obtain Reinforced Tissue Engineered Constructs.

Martina Viola, Madison J Ainsworth, Marko Mihajlovic, Gerardo Cedillo-Servin, Mies J van Steenbergen, Mattie van Rijen, Mylène de Ruijter, Miguel Castilho, Jos Malda, Tina Vermonden

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Article in Biomacromolecules, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Fiber Reinforcement of Soft Spider Silk Hydrogels.Macromolecular rapid communications · 2026
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  3. Recent Advances in Silk Fibroin Derived fromJournal of functional biomaterials · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Martina ViolaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Utrecht University, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Madison J AinsworthDepartment of Orthopedics, University Medical Centre Utrecht, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Marko MihajlovicDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Utrecht University, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Gerardo Cedillo-ServinDepartment of Orthopedics, University Medical Centre Utrecht, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7839-114X
Mies J van SteenbergenDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Utrecht University, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Mattie van RijenDepartment of Orthopedics, University Medical Centre Utrecht, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Mylène de RuijterDepartment of Orthopedics, University Medical Centre Utrecht, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Miguel CastilhoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Technical University of Eindhoven, 5612 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-4269-5889
Jos MaldaDepartment of Orthopedics, University Medical Centre Utrecht, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9241-7676
Tina VermondenDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Division of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Utrecht University, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6047-5900

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrogels are ideal materials to encapsulate cells, making them suitable for applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. However, they generally do not possess adequate mechanical strength to functionally replace human tissues, and therefore they often need to be combined with reinforcing structures. While the interaction at the interface between the hydrogel and reinforcing structure is imperative for mechanical function and subsequent biological performance, this interaction is often overlooked. Melt electrowriting enables the production of reinforcing microscale fibers that can be effectively integrated with hydrogels. Yet, studies on the interaction between these micrometer scale fibers and hydrogels are limited. Here, we explored the influence of covalent interfacial interactions between reinforcing structures and silk fibroin methacryloyl hydrogels (silkMA) on the mechanical properties of the construct and cartilage-specific matrix production

Indexed as

Cartilage, ArticularFibroinsHumansHydrogelsPolyestersPolymersTissue EngineeringTissue ScaffoldsFibroinsHydrogelsPolyestersPolymers

Identifiers

PMID38323427
PMCPMC10934835

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