[Application research on dextran-based hydrogel and its drug controlled release].
OBJECTIVE
To introduce the development of dextran-based hydrogel and its drug delivery system in drug sustained and/or controlled release, and to investigate their application in tissue engineering.


METHODS
Related literature was extensively reviewed and comprehensively analyzed.


RESULTS
In recent years, great progress was made in the studies of dextran-based hydrogels and study on dextran-based intelligent materials became an investigative hotspot especially in tissue engineering.


CONCLUSIONS
Dextran-based hydrogel is considered to be a good potential material in field of drug delivery and tissue engineering. Endowed with new characteristics, a series of intelligent biomaterials can be derived from dextran-based hydrogels, which can be widely used in biomedicine. Further study should be done on the industrialization of its interrelated production.
Chen
Faming
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Center Laboratory for Tissue Engineering, College of Stomatology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an Shaanxi, 710032, P. R. China.
Wu
Zhifen
Z
Jin
Yan
Y
D020341:Absorbable Implants; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003911:Dextrans; D004337:Drug Carriers; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D020100:Hydrogels; D023822:Tissue Engineering
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003911:Dextrans; D004337:Drug Carriers; D020100:Hydrogels