25th Anniversary Article: Designer Hydrogels for Cell Cultures: A Materials Selection Guide

作者：Julian Thiele, Yujie Ma, Stéphanie M. C. Bruekers, Shaohua Ma, Wilhelm T. S. Huck · 发表于：Advanced Materials · 年份：2013 · DOI：10.1002/adma.201302958 · 被引用次数：429 · 研究领域：3D Printing in Biomedical Research、Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications、Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications

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.