Fabrication and Application of Gradient Hydrogels in Cell and Tissue Engineering

• Published in: Biomaterials and Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine pp. 74 - 97
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom CRC Press 2012; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Biotechnology; Materials science; Medical study & revision guides & reference material; CNTF; Cellular Behavior; UV Polymerization; Biological Gradients; Interface Tissues; Articular Cartilage; Mechanical Gradients; Cellular Microenvironment; Le Ta; Adhesion Peptides; Ber Spacing; VICs; UV Exposure Time; Culture PC12 Cell; Peg Hydrogel; Po Ly; Concentration Gradient; Gradient Concentration; Agarose Hydrogel; Native ECM; Pore Size Gradients; Tissue Engineering; PDMS

The ultimate goal of tissue engineering is to generate physiologically functional tissues or organs in vitro to aid in repairing or replacing diseased or damaged tissues or organs of the body by using synthetic functional components called scaffolding materials, culturing them with appropriate cells...