Specifications Table
Subject area	Polymer chemistry, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, biology
More specific subject area	Hydrogel, biomaterials, mesenchymal stem cell, cartilage tissue engineering
Type of data	Table, figure
How data was acquired	Mass balance, microscopy
Data format	Figure is raw, table is analyzed
Experimental factors	Factorial study details in Table 1
Experimental features	Swelling ratio and degradation of hydrogels were derived from comparing the mass of swollen and dried hydrogels; main effects analysis was performed to identify both main and interaction effects of PLL loading parameters on hydrogel swelling and degradation; the LIVE/DEAD image was obtained from cell-laden, PLL-laden hydrogels
Data source location	Houston, Texas, USA
Data accessibility	Data is provided in the article