Injectable Silk Nanofiber Hydrogels as Stem Cell Carriers to Accelerate Wound Healing

January 2021 in “ Journal of Materials Chemistry B ”

Jiadai Li, Zhaozhao Ding, Xin Zheng, Guozhong Lu, Qiang Lü, David L. Kaplan

silk nanofiber hydrogel mesenchymal stem cells collagen deposition hair follicle regeneration cytokines ANGPT-1 HGF SDF-1 VEGF-α stem cells collagen hair follicles

Studysummary In this study, shear-thinning silk nanofiber hydrogels were found to enhance retention of mesenchymal stem cells and accelerate wound healing in rat models.

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