“…In Vitro Swelling, Degradation, and Release Kinetics. To investigate the swelling behavior of microcarriers in vitro, dry microcarriers (W 0 ) were soaked in 5 mL of deionized water with pH = 7.4, and the deionized water was absorbed at 5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,60,120, and 180 min, respectively. After weighing (W s ), the swelling rate swelling (%) = (W s − W 0 )/W 0 × 100% was calculated.…”