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SUBMITTER: Akimoto AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5979304 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Akimoto Aya Mizutani AM Niitsu Erika Hasuike EH Nagase Kenichi K Okano Teruo T Kanazawa Hideko H Yoshida Ryo R
International journal of molecular sciences 20180421 4
We prepared thermoresponsive hydrogels by mixing poly(<i>N</i>-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) derivatives as the main chain components, octa-arm polyethylene glycol (PEG) as a crosslinker, and the Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser (RGDS) peptides as cell adhesion units. Human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hbmMSCs) were cultured on the hydrogels. The PNIPAAm gel prepared by the post-crosslinking gelation method was revealed to be cytocompatible and showed temperature-dependent changes in mechanical p ...[more]