Peptide-based hydrogels

Yan CQ, Pochan DJ (2010) Rheological properties of peptide-based hydrogels for biomedical and other applications. Chem Soc Rev 39 3528-3540... 

Rughani RV, Branco MC, Pochan D et al (2010) De novo design of a shear-thin recoverable peptide-based hydrogel capable of intrafibrillar photopolymerization. Macromolecules 43 7924-7930... 

Zhou M, Smith AM, Das AK et al (2009) Self-assembled peptide-based hydrogels as scaffolds for anchorage-dependent cells. Biomaterials 30 2523-2530... 

There is a growing interest in peptide-based hydrogels for drug delivery systems because synthetic polymers are combined with protein domains that self-assemble through hydrophobic coiled-coil interactions and the self-assembly occurs in response to temperature and pH. ... 

Wang H, Yang Z, Adams DJ (2012) Controlling peptide-based hydrogelation. Mater Today 15 500-507. doi 10.1016/S1369-7021(12)70219-5... 

Van Dijk, M., Van Nostrum, C. E, Hennink, W.E.,Rijkers,D.T.S. and Liskamp,R. M. J. (2010). Synthesis and characterization of enzymatically biodegradable PEG and peptide-based hydrogels prepared by click chemistry. Biomacromolecules, 11,1608-1614. 

Another peptide-based hydrogels based on a o-Ala-Phe-Lys sequence were recently disclosed by Hennink [64]. This triad is particularly sensitive to the hydrolytic action of proteases such as plasmin and trypsin. A diazide tripeptide... 

Sinthuvanich, C., Haines-Butterick, L.A., Nagy, K.J., Schneider, J.P. Iterative design of peptide-based hydrogels and the effect of network electrostatics on primary chondrocyte behavior. Biomaterials 33,7478-7488 (2012)... 

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