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. 2024 Jun 24;9(27):29139–29158. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.3c10102

Table 3. Clinical Applications of Encapsulated Hydrogel.

Application Clinical target Study type Encapsulated hydrogel Result ref
Cancer and immunotherapy breast cancer in vivo and in vitro injectable thermosensitive photothermal-network hydrogel well-controlled drug delivery, photothermal anti-cancer effect (77b)
  CT-26 carcinoma and 4T1 breast tumor in mice in vivo alginate-collagen thermosensitive hydrogel/indocyanine green/polycytidylic acid anticancer and metastatic properties (78)
  glioblastoma multiforme in vivo (mouse) zinc 2-methylimidazole/mitoxantrone/hydrogel inducing immune tumor cell death, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-1 suppression (79)
Tissue engineering women with knee osteoarthritis double-blind RCT pequi oil/carbopol/hydrogel no cytotoxicity (82)
biocompatibility
not irritating
knee extensor and flexor muscle strength ↑
  rat models in vivo rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (rBMSCs) /HA/chitosan/collagen thermosensitive hydrogel biocompatibility (83)
well biomimic behavior
good mechanical properties
  rat models with femoral defects in vivo alginate/sericin/graphene oxide/hydrogel inflammation inhibition ↑ (84)
distal femur defects repair speed ↑
osteogenic differentiation ↑
  cancellous bone defect in vivo BMSCs/Gelatin methacrylamide photocross-linked hydrogel nontoxic (86)
        nonimmunogenic  
        biodegradable  
        high BMSC loading capacity proliferation  
  rat models with calvarium defect in vitro and in vivo MSC/nanohydroxyapatite/nano silicate/gelatin-methacryloyl hydrogel cellular viability ↑, spreading behavior ↑, cell proliferation ↑ (87)
  endometrial ECM (proliferation) in vitro and in vivo (mice) collagen, elastin, and glycosaminoglycans hydrogels/endoECM endoECM proliferation ↑ (88)
cytocompatibility ↑
  diabetic wound treatment in vitro and in vivo HA methacrylate/phenylboronic acid/catechin hydrogel glucose-responsive catechin release, biocompatibility, skin tissue structure biomimicry angiogenesis ↑, inflammatory response ↓ (90)
  focal full-thickness cartilage defected patients CT hydrogel-based autologous articular chondrocytes knee osteoarthritis outcome score (KOOS) ↑ (91)
biocompatibility ↑
  spinal cord injury repair in vivo and in vitro umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells/fibroblast growth factor/extracellular matrix/heparin-poloxamer cell apoptosis ↓ (92)
mitochondrial function ↑  
  diabetic wound in vivo and in vitro human umbilical vein endothelial cells/Protamine, calcium alginate, hyaluronan bacterial chronic inflammation (93)
accelerating wound healing
angiogenesis ↑
Cardiovascular tissue chronic ischemic heart disease RCT injectable collagen/human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cell ejection fraction ↑ (95)
infarct size ↑
safety
  cardiac repair in vivo induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac progenitors (iPS-CPCs) /ECM, Methacrylic anhydride, HA hydrogel iPS-CPCs cardiac differentiation ↑ (96)
cardiac repair exosome delivery ↑
cardiac functions↑
  vascularization inducing in vivo and in vitro polysaccharide chitosan/sodium β-glycerophosphate/gelatin/loaded with VEGF and stromal cell-derived factor-1 inducing MSCs and endothelial cells to differentiate into vessels (97)
  biocompatibility ↑
selective drug release
  myocardial infarction in vivo dendritic cell-derived exosomes/alginate hydrogel regulatory T cells activity ↑ (98)
macrophage polarization ↑
cardial function ↑
  myocardial infarction in vivo Tβ4-exosomes/GelMA/PEGDA hydrogel coronary collateralization ↑ (99)
angiogenic capacity ↑
  myocardial infarction-ischemia in vivo UCMSCs/epoxy macromer/thiolated hyaluronic tissue repair ↑ (100)
angiogenesis ↑
biocompatibility ↑
Gene and cell therapy osteoarthritis in vivo phenylalanine-modified generation 5 polyamidoamine/microRNA-140 gene transfection efficacy ↑ (101)
long-term bioactivity ↑
endocytosis ↑
  breast cancer in vivo and in vitro RNA-triple-helix hydrogel (miRNA-221/miRNA-205( selectivity uptake ↑ (102)
miRNA expression control ↑
  allergic rhinitis ex vivo and in vitro sodium glycerophosphate/chitosan/PEG–PLA/miRNA-146a nasal mucosal adhesion ↑ (103)
RNA delivery stability ↑
release time ↑
  subcutaneous human medulloblastoma in vivo hydroxypropyl methylcellulose/PEG–PLA NPs/CAR-T cells/ inflammatory niche generating (104)
CAR-T cell treatment efficacy ↑
long-term viability and activation of T cells ↑
Neural tissue spinal cord injury in vivo peptide-modified HA hydrogel/mesenchymal stem cell derived exosomes nerve recovery ↑ (105)
inflammation ↓
sustainable release