Background: Expansion and differentiation of stem cells relies on the soluble materials as well as the physical conditions of their microenvironment. Several methods have been studied in attempt to enhance the growth and differentiation rates of different adult stem cells extracted from different sources. Objectives: The purpose was to improve the three-dimensional (3D) culture condition of th...

BACKGROUND Expansion and differentiation of stem cells relies on the soluble materials as well as the physical conditions of their microenvironment. Several methods have been studied in attempt to enhance the growth and differentiation rates of different adult stem cells extracted from different sources. OBJECTIVES The purpose was to improve the three-dimensional (3D) culture condition of the...

objective: human retinal pigment epithelium (hrpe) is a cell monolayer located in the outer part of the retina that is in contact with photoreceptors. in many diseases rpe cells damage. one way for treating this disease is the implantation of intact instead of damaged cells. for this reason different types of substrates have been used for cell cultivation. this study has used alginate and a ble...

Mixed gelatin-alginate gels are widely studied as encapsulating matrices. However, the dissolution of gelatin at mild temperatures (close to body temperature) imparts low stability for these systems, particularly as delivery matrices. In this context, collagen fiber arises as an alternative due to its water binding properties. Thus, the main objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of ...

A core-shell gelatin-alginate composite used for intestine-released oral delivery drug carrier was synthesized through microfluidic technique. At the fixed continuous phase flow rate, the size of the core-shell gelatin-alginate microparticles increases with the dispersed phase flow rate, and monodispersity can be retained (the variation coefficient for the diameter distribution can be kept less...

Due to the relatively poor cell-material interaction of alginate hydrogel, alginate-gelatin crosslinked (ADA-GEL) hydrogel was synthesized through covalent crosslinking of alginate di-aldehyde (ADA) with gelatin that supported cell attachment, spreading and proliferation. This study highlights the evaluation of the physico-chemical properties of synthesized ADA-GEL hydrogels of different compos...

Aim: to investigate and describe, through a systematic review, the biological behavior osteogenic potential of composite biomaterials containing hydroxyapatite (HA), alginate gelatin, in different associations, after vivo implantation. Materials Methods: for search selection articles, Medical Literature Analysis Retrieval System Online (PubMed/MEDLINE) Scientific Electronic Library (SciELO) dat...

Natural polymers, such as alginate and gelatin, can be used to produce scaffolds for tissue engineering applications; but, their mechanical and biochemical performance should be improved. A possible solution to obtain this result, is the generation of multi-component scaffolds, by blending two or more polymers. One way to realize it, is the formation of an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN)...

Protease production by Bacillus subtilis with free and immobilized cells was examined in this study. Entrapment method of immobilization was used with gelatin, polyacrylamide, calcium alginate and agar matrices and protease production was studied compared to equivalent weight of free cells. Results showed that the gelatin entrapped cells produce 10.8 U/ml; the maximum enzyme titer followed by p...

In this work, gelatin was crosslinked with oxidized alginate in the presence of borax yielding a hybrid biohydrogel system with the ability to self-repair upon mechanical damage. A judicious balance between concentration, stoichiometric ratio of the two biopolymers and gelatin source was found necessary to achieve optimal self-healing properties of these biohydrogels. The pH was found to have a...