2013
DOI: 10.3390/ma6041285
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Alginate-Based Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine Applications

Abstract: Alginate is a natural polysaccharide exhibiting excellent biocompatibility and biodegradability, having many different applications in the field of biomedicine. Alginate is readily processable for applicable three-dimensional scaffolding materials such as hydrogels, microspheres, microcapsules, sponges, foams and fibers. Alginate-based biomaterials can be utilized as drug delivery systems and cell carriers for tissue engineering. Alginate can be easily modified via chemical and physical reactions to obtain der… Show more

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“…The ability of cells to bind alginate chains and form network structure has been widely explored in cell and tissue engineering (28,29). Alginate is not cell interactive and hence, when the cells are added to non-modified alginate solutions in the absence of chemical cross-linker, the cell-cell interactions dominate, leading to cell aggregation and creation of non-homogeneous gel network.…”
Section: Preparation and Optimisation Of Probiotic Encapsulated In MImentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The ability of cells to bind alginate chains and form network structure has been widely explored in cell and tissue engineering (28,29). Alginate is not cell interactive and hence, when the cells are added to non-modified alginate solutions in the absence of chemical cross-linker, the cell-cell interactions dominate, leading to cell aggregation and creation of non-homogeneous gel network.…”
Section: Preparation and Optimisation Of Probiotic Encapsulated In MImentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It forms a gel easily by temperature control but has a melting temperature of 30-35°C [81] , which is below the standard physiological temperature of 37°C. Similarly, alginate produces gels easily through cation crosslinking, but unless it is modified with motifs that can guide cells to adhere, proliferate and differentiate, it is relatively inert [82] .…”
Section: Natural Materialsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Alginate has found wide applications as a scaffold for drug delivery. It is biocompatible and shows non antigenicity [4]. Alginate was also proposed as a candidate material for transplantable artificial ovary matrices in 2012 [3], [5].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%