25th Anniversary Article: Designer Hydrogels for Cell Cultures: A Materials Selection Guide. (13th November 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Thiele, Julian; Ma, Yujie; Bruekers, Stéphanie M. C.; Ma, Shaohua; Huck, Wilhelm T. S.
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 26:Number 1(2013)
• Page Start: 125
• Page End: 148
• Publication Date: 2013-11-13
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.201302958
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Cell culturing, whether for tissue engineering or cell biology studies, always involves placing cells in a non‐natural environment and no material currently exist that can mimic the entire complexity of natural tissues and variety of cell‐matrix interactions that is found in vivo. Here, we review the vast range of hydrogels, composed of natural or synthetic polymers that provide a route to tailored microenvironments.</p> </abstract>