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Published in final edited form as: J Mater Chem B. 2022 Jun 29;10(25):4714–4740. doi: 10.1039/d2tb00584k

Table 3:

Summary of polysaccharide-based materials for neural tissue engineering applications

Polysaccharide	Materials for Neural Tissue Engineering
Chondroitin sulfate (CS)	CS-matrices for encapsulation of growth factors or stem cells^{262–265,268,294}
Chondroitin sulfate (CS)	CS-coating for neurite growth promotion¹⁸⁴
Hyaluronic acid (HA)	HA-based hydrogels^88,268
Hyaluronic acid (HA)	Polycaprolactone-HA-based electrospun scaffolds^269,270
Heparan sulfate (HS)	HS-based porous scaffold²⁷²
Heparan sulfate (HS)	HS-mimics based hydrogels^274,275
Chitosan	Chitosan based conductive scaffolds^220,279,280
Chitosan	Chitosan-based hydrogel for encapsulation of biological molecules²⁸¹
Alginate	Fibrous alginate-based hydrogels^13,285,286
	3D printed alginate-based scaffolds^287,288
	Biomimetic alginate-based scaffolds^281,289
Agarose	Agarose-based hydrogel scaffolds for nerve guidance^18,291–293