Smooth muscle cell growth in photopolymerized hydrogels with cell adhesive and proteolytically degradable domains: synthetic ECM analogs for tissue engineering.

By B. Mann, A. Gobin, A. Tsai, R. Schmedlen, Jennifer L. West. Biomaterials, 2001

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Photoencapsulation of osteoblasts in injectable RGD-modified PEG hydrogels for bone tissue engineering. (2002, methodology): “Specifically, RGD groups have been incorporated into alginate gels [12], Nisopropylacrylamide and acrylic acid hydrogels [13], and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogels [14, 15 ].”
Building drug delivery into tissue engineering design (2002, neutral): “and hydrogels that are photopolymerized around cell”
Review: Photopolymerizable and Degradable Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering Applications (2007, neutral): “Mann et al. 73 used an alternate procedure to synthesize proteolytically degradable hydrogels.”
Natural origin biodegradable systems in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: present status and some moving trends (2007, background): “Very elegant works have reported the use of conjugates of poly(ethylene glycol) and speciﬁc peptides that can be hydrolysed under the presence of enzymes involved in cell migration (Mann et al .”
Neural tissue engineering: strategies for repair and regeneration. (2003, background): “Additionally, cross-linked PEG hydrogels that are modified with factors to mimic the ECM are under active development, particularly for cardiovascular applications (129, 130).”