Issue 57, 2014
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RSC Advances

Reduction-triggered formation of EFK8 molecular hydrogel for 3D cell culture†

Weiwei Wang,‡a   Guoping Li,‡a   Weiguang Zhang,a   Jie Gao,b   Jimin Zhang,a   Chen Li,*a   Dan Ding*b  and  Deling Kongab  

* Corresponding authors

a Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biomaterial Research, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Tianjin 300192, P. R. China
E-mail: cli0616826@gmail.com

b The Key Laboratory of Bioactive Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
E-mail: dingd@nankai.edu.cn
Fax: +86 22 23498775
Tel: +86 22 23502111

Abstract

We report here a biocompatible strategy of EFK8-based molecular hydrogel formation via disulfide bond reduction in cell culture media under neutral conditions, which presents a promising approach in three-dimensional (3D) cell culture.

Graphical abstract: Reduction-triggered formation of EFK8 molecular hydrogel for 3D cell culture

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4RA03760J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Apr 2014
Accepted
30 Jun 2014
First published
01 Jul 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 30168-30171

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Reduction-triggered formation of EFK8 molecular hydrogel for 3D cell culture

W. Wang, G. Li, W. Zhang, J. Gao, J. Zhang, C. Li, D. Ding and D. Kong, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 30168 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA03760J

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