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ArticleGels (Basel, Switzerland)2025

The Design and Development of an Injectable Thermoresponsive Hydrogel for Controlled Simvastatin Release in Bone Repair Applications.

Christopher R Simpson, Helena M Kelly, Ciara M Murphy

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Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. How Emerging Nanomaterials are Effective in Bone Regeneration?International journal of nanomedicine · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Christopher R SimpsonTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), 123 St. Stephen's Green, D02 YN77 Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-0590-7475
Helena M KellyTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), 123 St. Stephen's Green, D02 YN77 Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-4925-0759
Ciara M MurphyTissue Engineering Research Group, Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), 123 St. Stephen's Green, D02 YN77 Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-9653-5477

Funding

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 2113
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoporotic vertebrae are a uniquely challenging tissue for local delivery due to the complex geometry of cancellous bone, the proximity of the spinal cord, and the need for reliable site retention. These challenges can be met with the use of stimuli responsive, state transiting formulations by leveraging their unique capacity for minimally invasive implantation as a liquid, sol-gel transition in response to stimuli, and finally, release of a loaded therapeutic. Here, we present the formulation development of a thermosensitive methylcellulose-collagen hydrogel, functionalised with controlled release simvastatin, recently shown to enhance osteogenesis while also impeding osteoclast activity. We first optimised a formulation with collagen content of 0.4%

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biomaterialscontrolled releasehydrogelinjectablesimvastatinthermoresponsive

Identifiers

PMID41441151
PMCPMC12733052

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