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Omidian H, Akhzarmehr A, Chowdhury SD. Advancements in Cellulose-Based Superabsorbent Hydrogels: Sustainable Solutions across Industries. Gels 2024; 10:174. [PMID: 38534592 DOI: 10.3390/gels10030174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/27/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
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The development of superabsorbent hydrogels is experiencing a transformative era across industries. While traditional synthetic hydrogels have found broad utility, their non-biodegradable nature has raised environmental concerns, driving the search for eco-friendlier alternatives. Cellulose-based superabsorbents, derived from sustainable sources, are gaining prominence. Innovations include biodegradable polymer hydrogels, natural cellulose-chitosan variants, and cassava starch-based alternatives. These materials are reshaping agriculture by enhancing soil fertility and water retention, serving as potent hemostatic agents in medicine, contributing to pollution control, and providing eco-friendly construction materials. Cellulose-based hydrogels also offer promise in drug delivery and hygiene products. Advanced characterization techniques aid in optimizing their properties, while the shift towards circular economy practices further highlights sustainability. This manuscript provides a comprehensive overview of these advancements, highlighting their diverse applications and environmental benefits.
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Affiliation(s)
- Hossein Omidian
- Barry & Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
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- Barry & Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
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- Barry & Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328, USA
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Fahma F, Firmanda A, Cabral J, Pletzer D, Fisher J, Mahadik B, Arnata IW, Sartika D, Wulandari A. Three-Dimensional Printed Cellulose for Wound Dressing Applications. 3D PRINTING AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 2023; 10:1015-1035. [PMID: 37886399 PMCID: PMC10599445 DOI: 10.1089/3dp.2021.0327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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Wounds are skin tissue damage due to trauma. Many factors inhibit the wound healing phase (hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and alteration), such as oxygenation, contamination/infection, age, effects of injury, sex hormones, stress, diabetes, obesity, drugs, alcoholism, smoking, nutrition, hemostasis, debridement, and closing time. Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer in nature which is promising as the main matrix of wound dressings because of its good structure and mechanical stability, moisturizes the area around the wound, absorbs excess exudate, can form elastic gels with the characteristics of bio-responsiveness, biocompatibility, low toxicity, biodegradability, and structural similarity with the extracellular matrix (ECM). The addition of active ingredients as a model drug helps accelerate wound healing through antimicrobial and antioxidant mechanisms. Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting technology can print cellulose as a bioink to produce wound dressings with complex structures mimicking ECM. The 3D printed cellulose-based wound dressings are a promising application in modern wound care. This article reviews the use of 3D printed cellulose as an ideal wound dressing and their properties, including mechanical properties, permeability aspect, absorption ability, ability to retain and provide moisture, biodegradation, antimicrobial property, and biocompatibility. The applications of 3D printed cellulose in the management of chronic wounds, burns, and painful wounds are also discussed.
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- Farah Fahma
- Department of Agroindustrial Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, IPB University (Bogor Agricultural University), Bogor, Indonesia
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- Department of Agroindustrial Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, IPB University (Bogor Agricultural University), Bogor, Indonesia
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Agroindustrial Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Udayana University, Badung, Indonesia
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Muhammadiyah University of Makassar, Makassar, Indonesia
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- Department of Agroindustrial Technology, Faculty of Agroindustrial Technology, Padjadjaran University, Bandung, Indonesia
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Hernández-Sosa A, Ramírez-Jiménez RA, Rojo L, Boulmedais F, Aguilar MR, Criado-Gonzalez M, Hernández R. Optimization of the Rheological Properties of Self-Assembled Tripeptide/Alginate/Cellulose Hydrogels for 3D Printing. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14112229. [PMID: 35683902 PMCID: PMC9182594 DOI: 10.3390/polym14112229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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3D printing is an emerging and powerful technique to create shape-defined three-dimensional structures for tissue engineering applications. Herein, different alginate-cellulose formulations were optimized to be used as printable inks. Alginate (Alg) was chosen as the main component of the scaffold due to its tunable mechanical properties, rapid gelation, and non-toxicity, whereas microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) was added to the hydrogel to modulate its mechanical properties for printing. Additionally, Fmoc-FFY (Fmoc: 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl; F: phenylalanine; Y: tyrosine), a self-assembled peptide that promotes cell adhesion was incorporated into the ink without modifying its rheological properties and shear-thinning behavior. Then, 3D-printed scaffolds made of Alg, 40% of MCC inks and Fmoc-FFY peptide were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and infrared spectroscopy, confirming the morphological microstructure of the hydrogel scaffolds with edged particles of MCC homogeneously distributed within the alginate matrix and the self-assembly of the peptide in a β-sheet conformation. Finally, the cytocompatibility of the scaffolds was tested in contact with the MG63 osteosarcoma cells, confirming the absence of cytotoxic components that may compromise their viability. Interestingly, MG63 cell growth was retarded in the scaffolds containing the peptide, but cells were more likely to promote adhesive interactions with the material rather than with the other cells, indicating the benefits of the peptide in promoting biological functionality to alginate-based biomaterials.
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- Alejandro Hernández-Sosa
- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), CSIC, c/Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain; (A.H.-S.); (R.A.R.-J.); (M.R.A.)
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), CSIC, c/Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain; (A.H.-S.); (R.A.R.-J.); (M.R.A.)
- Networking Biomedical Research Centre in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, c/Monforte de Lemos 3-5, Pabellón 11, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), CSIC, c/Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain; (A.H.-S.); (R.A.R.-J.); (M.R.A.)
- Networking Biomedical Research Centre in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, c/Monforte de Lemos 3-5, Pabellón 11, 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Correspondence: (L.R.); (M.C.-G.); (R.H.)
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- Institut Charles Sadron (UPR 22), Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, 23 rue du Loess, BP 84047, CEDEX 2, 67034 Strasbourg, France;
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), CSIC, c/Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain; (A.H.-S.); (R.A.R.-J.); (M.R.A.)
- Networking Biomedical Research Centre in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, c/Monforte de Lemos 3-5, Pabellón 11, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), CSIC, c/Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain; (A.H.-S.); (R.A.R.-J.); (M.R.A.)
- POLYMAT, Department of Polymers and Advanced Materials: Physics, Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, 3, 20018 San Sebastian, Spain
- Correspondence: (L.R.); (M.C.-G.); (R.H.)
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (ICTP), CSIC, c/Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain; (A.H.-S.); (R.A.R.-J.); (M.R.A.)
- Correspondence: (L.R.); (M.C.-G.); (R.H.)
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Wang L, Zhang D, Ren Y, Guo S, Li J, Ma S, Yao M, Guan F. Injectable hyaluronic acid hydrogel loaded with BMSC and NGF for traumatic brain injury treatment. Mater Today Bio 2022; 13:100201. [PMID: 35024600 PMCID: PMC8733324 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2021.100201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Injectable hydrogel has the advantage to fill the defective area and thereby shows promise as therapeutic implant or cell/drug delivery vehicle for tissue repair. In this study, an injectable hyaluronic acid hydrogel in situ dual-enzymatically cross-linked by galactose oxidase (GalOx) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was synthesized and optimized, and the therapeutic effect of this hydrogel encapsulated with bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC) and nerve growth factors (NGF) for traumatic brain injury (TBI) mice was investigated. Results from in vitro experiments showed that either tyramine-modified hyaluronic acid hydrogels (HT) or NGF loaded HT hydrogels (HT/NGF) possessed good biocompatibility. More importantly, the HT hydrogels loaded with BMSC and NGF could facilitate the survival and proliferation of endogenous neural cells probably by neurotrophic factors release and neuroinflammation regulation, and consequently improved the neurological function recovery and accelerated the repair process in a C57BL/6 TBI mice model. All these findings highlight that this injectable, BMSC and NGF-laden HT hydrogel has enormous potential for TBI and other tissue repair therapy.
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- School of Life Science, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, PR China
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- School of Life Science, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, PR China
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- School of Life Science, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, PR China
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- School of Life Science, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, PR China
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- School of Life Science, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, PR China
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- School of Life Science, Zhengzhou University, 100 Science Road, Zhengzhou, 450001, PR China
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