Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Wacker BK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2522266 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wacker Bradley K BK Scott Evan A EA Kaneda Megan M MM Alford Shannon K SK Elbert Donald L DL
Biomacromolecules 20060401 4
While protein growth factors promote therapeutic angiogenesis, delivery of lipid factors such as sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) may provide better stabilization of newly formed vessels. We developed a biomaterial for the controlled delivery of S1P, a bioactive lipid released from activated platelets. Multiarm poly(ethylene glycol)-vinyl sulfone was cross-linked with albumin, a lipid-transporting protein, to form hydrogels. The rate of S1P release from the materials followed Fickian kinetics and w ...[more]