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. 2024 Oct 5;16(19):2818. doi: 10.3390/polym16192818

Table 1.

Summary of internal stimulus-responsive hydrogels applied to skin wound healing.

Stimulation Hydrogel Crosslink Animal Model Ref.
pH CMCS/PVP/TA multifunctional hydrogel Hydroge-bonding, electrostatic interactions Mouse whole-skin defect model [58]
PVA–borax/resveratrol grafted cellulose nanofiber hydrogel Dynamic borate bonding, hydrogen bonding Aureus-infected female KM mouse model [59]
in situ Ag NP–silk microfiber–hydrazide hyaluronic acid hydrogel Dynamic acyl hydrazone bonds, metal chelation Mouse back burn model [60]
Pluronic F127/carbon nanotubes/N-carboxyethyl chitosan hydrogel Dynamic Schiff base bonds, Π–Π covalency, hydrophobic interactions Mouse whole-skin wound infection model [61]
ROS SPBA/L-Arg/PVA hydrogel Hydrogen bonding Mouse whole-layer skin defect model [62]
NHS-TK-NH (ROS cleavable joint)/RSG-CCL22 hydrogel Amide bond, carbon-carbon covalent Mouse whole-layer diabetic wound model [63]
Polyvinyl alcohol–TPA (ROS response connector) hydrogel Phenylboronic acid ester bond Bacteria-infected diabetic mouse wound model [64]
Copper-tannic acid (CuTA) nanosheet–GelMA hydrogel Free radical polymerization, hydrogen bonding, borate bonding Rat diabetic wound model [65]
Enzyme Pluronic F-127–methylcellulose hydrogels loaded with GT/siMMP9 Hydrogen bonding Rat diabetic wound model [66]
supramolecular peptide hydrogels doped with nanoparticles Self-assembly, electrostatic interactions Rat diabetic wound model [67]
Injectable and microporous fibrous gel particles containing bioglass and siRNAs Photocrosslinking Rat diabetic wound model [68]
Phenylboronic acid-grafted quaternized chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol hydrogels Boronate bonds Rat diabetic wound model [69]
Glucose Lipoic acid-modified chitosan injectable hydrogel Photocrosslinking, amide reaction Diabetic wound model in mice [70]
Ag NPs/phenylboronic acid grafted onto hyaluronic acid–glycol chitosan hydrogels Dynamic borate bonding Bacterially infected diabetic rat wound model [71]
Phenylboronic acid-modified linseed gum–polyvinyl alcohol hydrogels loaded with PMX, L-ascorbic acid, CA Dynamic borate bonds, hydrogen bonds Whole-layer wound healing model of dorsal skin defects in type I diabetic male Kunming mice [72]
Polyethylene glycol copolymerized (glycerol sebacate)/dihydrocaffeic acid and l-arginine-copolymerized chitosan hydrogel Schiff base bonds, phenyl borate bonds Whole-layer model of foot skin defect wound healing in type II diabetic SD rats [73]