申请人:STEMMATTERS, BIOTECNOLOGIA E MEDICINA REGENERATIVA, S.A.
公开号:US11352447B2
公开(公告)日:2022-06-07
Gellan gum-based hydrogels are disclosed herein for in vitro cell culture and tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. Such gellan gum-based hydrogels may be used alone or combined with live cells and/or biomolecules for application in humans and/or animals. Chemical modification of gellan gum with selected ion-chelating substituents affords novel gellan gum hydrogels endowed with tunable physicochemical and biological properties. The modified gellan gum hydrogels described herein present advantages over existing hydrogel systems, including solubility, ionic crosslinking versatility, ease of formulation and injectability and greater adhesiveness within biological tissues and surfaces, whilst maintaining encapsulated cells viable during long culture periods and up-regulating the expression of healthy extracellular matrix markers.
本文公开了用于体外细胞培养、组织工程和再生医学应用的结冷胶基水凝胶。这种结冷胶基水凝胶可单独使用,也可与活细胞和/或生物大分子结合,应用于人体和/或动物。用选定的离子螯合取代基对结冷胶进行化学改性,可获得具有可调理化和生物特性的新型结冷胶水凝胶。与现有的水凝胶系统相比,本文所述的改性结冷胶水凝胶具有多种优势,包括溶解性、离子交联多功能性、易于配制和注射,以及在生物组织和表面具有更强的粘附性,同时可在长时间培养过程中保持封装细胞的活力,并上调健康细胞外基质标记物的表达。