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. 2010 Jul 30;39(1):1–13. doi: 10.1007/s10439-010-0135-y

Table 2.

Selected literature values of effective diffusion coefficients of proteins through hydrogels

Protein D e (×10−6 cm2/s) System
BSA 0.46 Low molecular weight calcium–alginate gel at 25 °C2
BSA 0.45 Glycidyl methacrylate modified hyaluronic acid gel at 37 °C47
BSA 0.014 Poly(ethylene glycol)-diacrylate gel at 25 °C62
BMP-2 2.9E−4 Poly(ethyl methacrylate)/tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate gel at 37 °C58
Insulin-like growth factor I 1.59 Fibrin gel at 25 °C55
Myoglobin 0.064 Poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate gel at 37 °C24
NGF 0.78 Agarose gel at 25 °C15