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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 25.
Published in final edited form as: J Mater Chem B. 2020 Mar 25;8(12):2454–2465. doi: 10.1039/c9tb02356a

Table 2.

Summary of experimental groups used to screen pathogen induced protease-degradation and attenuation in vitro.

Groups Components
Control 1 (no gel) Bacterial culture
Control 2 Bacterial culture + Sirius red stained degradable hydrogel
NP Bacteria culture + Sirius red stained degradable hydrogel + (Blank NP) nanocomposite hydrogel
NP-Pi Bacteria culture + Sirius red stained degradable hydrogel + (NP-Pi) nanocomposite hydrogel
NP-PPi Bacteria culture + Sirius red stained degradable hydrogel + (NP-PPi) nanocomposite hydrogel
NP-PPi + NP-Pi Bacteria culture + Sirius red stained degradable hydrogel + (NP-PPi + NP-Pi) nanocomposite hydrogel