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JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A
Volume 104, Issue 4, Pages 1002-1016Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.35638
Keywords
tissue engineering; tissue regeneration; self-assembly; stimuli responsive materials; hydrogel; 3D tissue culture
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Until the mid-1980s, mainly biologists were conducting peptide research. This changed with discoveries that opened new paths of research involving the use of peptides in bioengineering, biotechnology, biomedicine, nanotechnology, and bioelectronics. Peptide engineering and rational design of novel peptide sequences with unique and tailor-made properties further expanded the field. The discovery of short self-assembling peptides, which upon association form well-defined supramolecular architectures, created new and exciting areas of research. Depending on the amino acid sequence, the pH, and the type of the electrolyte in the medium, peptide self-assembly leads to the formation of nanofibers, which are further organized to form a hydrogel. In this review, the application of ionic complementary peptides which self-assemble to form nanofiber hydrogels for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine will be discussed through a selective presentation of the most important work performed during the last 25 years. (c) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 104A: 1002-1016, 2016.
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