Table 2.

Applications of stem cells in concert with hydrogels.

Cell type	Material	Study	Peptide	Pores (μm)	Ref
MSCs	Silk	Tissue engineering with silk hydrogels	RGD	∼200	[102]
	PCL	A variation of pore size	RGD	100–450	[154]
	PEG	Injectable Biodegradable hydrogel deposits		∼500	[103]
	HA	Functionalized hydrogel with mimetic peptide	N-Cadherin & RGD		[33]
	NapFF-NO	Nitric oxide releasing hydrogels	FFGGG		[4]
	CS	Affinity peptide bone matrix, with CS hydrogel	E7	30–80	[135]
	Agarose	Biomimetic hydrogel delivers factors	RGD		[10]
	PEG and CS	Controlling porosity of hydrogels		180–240	[2]
	PEG	Evaluation of macroporous hydrogel	RGD	100–600	[7]
NSCs	Agarose	The Effect of growth factor on NSCs	GRGD		[9]
	SAP	Encapsulated NSCs in SAP hydrogel	IKVAV		[15]
	Gel-HPA	Effect of injectable hydrogel on proliferation	RGD	∼3	[106]
	Alginate	Promotion of oriented axonal regrowth		∼27	[12]
ESCs	PHEMA	Polymers for ES cell use		100–500	[8]
	PHEMA	Templates for cardiac tissue engineering		20–80	[114]
iPSCs	HA	Hydrogel promotes early survival of iPSC	RGD		[115]
	PEG	Reprogramming mouse fibroblasts	RGD		[13]
ASCs	HA	Thermosensitive injectable HA hydrogel		3–20	[5]