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Ultrafast-relaxing and photopolymerizable PEG hydrogels enable viscoelasticity-mediated cell remodeling in synthetic matrices.

Bruce E Kirkpatrick, Abhishek P Dhand, Lea Pearl Hibbard, Matthew W Jaeschke, Tvishi Yendamuri, Benjamin R Nelson, Joshua S Lee, Kaustav Bera, Hannah M Zlotnick, Carly A Fox and 8 more

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Article in Matter, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Bruce E KirkpatrickDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CU Boulder.
Abhishek P DhandDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania.
Lea Pearl HibbardDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CU Boulder.
Matthew W JaeschkeDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CU Boulder.
Tvishi YendamuriDepartment of Biochemistry, CU Boulder.
Benjamin R NelsonDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CU Boulder.
Joshua S LeeDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CU Boulder.
Kaustav BeraDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CU Boulder.
Hannah M ZlotnickDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CU Boulder.
Carly A FoxDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CU Boulder.
Bianca Meurer-ZemanDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CU Boulder.
Connor E MikschDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CU Boulder.
Nathaniel P SkillinDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CU Boulder.
Michael R BlatchleyDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CU Boulder.
Timothy J WhiteDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CU Boulder.
Christopher N BowmanDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CU Boulder.
Jason A BurdickDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CU Boulder.
Kristi S AnsethDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, CU Boulder.

Funding

Osteogenic Hydrogel Niches to Promote hMSC Migration and DifferentiationR01DE016523 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER · PI ANSETH, KRISTI S. · 2005 to 2023
$6.2M
Synthetic hydrogels to study formation and maintenance of intestinal cryptsR01DK120921 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI KRISTI S. ANSETH, PETER J DEMPSEY · 2019 to 2026
$3.8M
Interdisciplinary Training in Musculoskeletal ResearchT32AR080630 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Karin A Payne, MICHAEL J ZUSCIK · 2022 to 2026
$1.7M
NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR080630NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE016523NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK120921
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synthetic hydrogels provide powerful material platforms to engineer cellular microenvironments with control over stiffness, viscoelasticity, porosity, degradability, and biochemical signals. Here, we demonstrate how orthogonal crosslinking reactions allow fabrication of covalent adaptable networks to tailor photopolymerizable bioresin formulations relevant for tissue engineering. Specifically, we synthesize multifunctional poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) macromers containing dynamic boronate ester bonds and dithiolane and norbornene moieties that allow for photopolymerization and projection-based biofabrication. These materials are used to print human mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) in formulations where the ratio of elastic versus adaptable crosslinks is engineered to study and manipulate MSC spreading, actin structure, and macroscopic material-level deformation. We demonstrate how material and print parameters, peptide ligands, actomyosin-modulating drug treatments, and cell types influence cell-material interactions and emergence of morphogenesis that is uniquely enabled by viscoelasticity. The presented materials introduce a versatile strategy for spatiotemporal control over dynamic mechanical properties in cell-laden matrices.

Indexed as

boronate esterdithiolanehMSCPEG hydrogelphotopolymerizationviscoelasticity

Identifiers

PMID41726314
PMCPMC12919656

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