25th anniversary article: Designer hydrogels for cell cultures: a materials selection guide.
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.
Institute for Molecules and Materials, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525, AJ, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Julian
J
Thiele
Yujie
Y
Ma
Stéphanie M C
SM
Bruekers
Shaohua
S
Ma
Wilhelm T S
WT
Huck
D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D006801:Humans; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000737:chemistry*; D055616:Microtechnology / Q000379:methods; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D020100:Hydrogels; D011108:Polymers
Tissue Eng; cell biology; cell-matrix interactions; hydrogels