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SUBMITTER: Kharkar PM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4536978 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kharkar Prathamesh M PM Kiick Kristi L KL Kloxin April M AM
Polymer chemistry 20150801 31
Injectable depots that respond to exogenous and endogenous stimuli present an attractive strategy for tunable, patient-specific drug delivery. Here, the design of injectable and multimodal degradable hydrogels that respond to externally applied light and physiological stimuli, specifically aqueous and reducing microenvironments, is reported. Rapid hydrogel formation was achieved using a thiol-maleimide click reaction between multifunctional poly(ethylene glycol) macromers. Hydrogel degradation k ...[more]