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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Control Release. 2018 Nov 27;294:53–76. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.11.024

Figure 8.

Figure 8.

(a) Mechanisms of cargo (e.g., BSA [136]) loading in BC-based carriers, including physical absorption/adsorption and chemical conjugation. The carrier may be used in hydrated or dry states. Supplementing BC with additives, such as glucose, provides remarkable shape recovery after rehydration [135]. (b) BC-based materials have been widely used for wound dressing, enabling the controlled release of bioactive (e.g., MTX) molecules [143]. BC may also be combined with antibacterial nanomaterials, such as ZnO for burn wounds [128]. Images in Panel (a, left) are reprinted from [136] Copyright (2014), with permission from Elsevier. Images in panel (a, right) are reprinted from [135] under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence. Panel (b, left) is adapted from [128] Copyright (2017), with permission from Elsevier. Panel (b, right) is adapted from [143] Copyright (2018), with permission from Elsevier.