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SUBMITTER: Wang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6191054 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Xue X Ding Zhaozhao Z Wang Chen C Chen Xiangdong X Xu Hui H Lu Qiang Q Kaplan David L DL
Journal of materials chemistry. B 20180322 18
Developing bioactive hydrogels with potential to guide the differentiation behavior of stem cells has become increasingly important in the biomaterials field. Here, silk hydrogels with tunable mechanical properties were developed by introducing inert silk fibroin nanofibers (SNF) within an enzyme crosslinked system of regenerated silk fibroin (RSF). After the crosslinking reaction of RSF, the inert SNF was embedded into the RSF hydrogel matrix, resulting in improved mechanical properties. Tunabl ...[more]