Issue 29, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Engineered 3D microporous gelatin scaffolds to study cell migration†

Liesbeth J. De Cock,a   Olivier De Wever,b   Hamida Hammad,cd   Bart N. Lambrecht,cd   Els Vanderleyden,e   Peter Dubruel,e   Filip De Vos,f   Chris Vervaet,a   Jean Paul Remona  and  Bruno G. De Geest*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
E-mail: br.degeest@ugent.be
Tel: +32 9 264 80 55

b Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

c VIB Department of Molecular Biomedical Research, Zwijnaarde, Belgium

d Laboratory of Immunoregulation, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

e Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials Research Group, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

f Laboratory of Radiopharmacy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Abstract

Here we present a facile method to fabricate microporous hydrogel scaffolds that can be functionalized with a chemokine gradient. These scaffolds allow studying cellular responses in a 3D environment.

Graphical abstract: Engineered 3D microporous gelatin scaffolds to study cell migration

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC17006J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
11 Nov 2011
Accepted
11 Feb 2012
First published
13 Feb 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 3512-3514

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Engineered 3D microporous gelatin scaffolds to study cell migration

L. J. De Cock, O. De Wever, H. Hammad, B. N. Lambrecht, E. Vanderleyden, P. Dubruel, F. De Vos, C. Vervaet, J. P. Remon and B. G. De Geest, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 3512 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC17006J

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