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. 2014 Jun 9;9(6):e99587. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099587

Figure 1. The chemical structure of the maleimide modified HA (MAHA) and encapsulation of hMSCs in MAHA hydrogels.

Figure 1

(A) Modification of hyaluronic acid to yield maleimide modified HA (MAHA). (B) Encapsulation of hMSCs in MAHA hydrogels using either MMP-cleavable peptides or MMP-insensitive DTT as crosslinkers.