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Authors Müller, E. ; Werner, C. ; Freudenberg, U.
Title Solvent- assisted micromolding of biohybrid hydrogels to maintain human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells ex vivo
Date 13.11.2017
Number 53679
Abstract Array-format cell-culture carriers providing tunable matrix cues are instrumental in current cell biology and bioengineering. A new solvent-assisted demolding approach for the fabrication of microcavity arrays with very small feature sizes down to single-cell level (3 µm) of very soft biohybrid glycosaminoglycan–poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels (down to a shear modulus of 1 kPa) is reported. It is further shown that independent additional options of localized conjugation of adhesion ligand peptides, presentation of growth factors through complexation to gel-based glycosaminoglycans, and secondary gel deposition for 3D cell embedding enable a versatile customization of the hydrogel microcavity arrays for cell culture studies. As a proof of concept, cell-instructive hydrogel compartment arrays are used to analyze the response of human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells to defined biomolecular and spatial cues.
Publisher Advanced Materials
Wikidata
Citation Advanced Materials 29 (2017) ID1703489
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201703489
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