Issue 34, 2005
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Chemical Communications

Injectable biodegradable hydrogels composed of hyaluronic acid–tyramine conjugates for drug delivery and tissue engineering

Motoichi Kurisawa,*a   Joo Eun Chung,a   Yi Yan Yang,a   Shu Jun Gaoa  and  Hiroshi Uyamab  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, #04-01 Singapore
E-mail: mkurisawa@ibn.a-star.edu.sg
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b Department of Materials Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Japan

Abstract

The sequential injection of hyaluronic acid–tyramine conjugates and enzymes forms biodegradable hydrogels in vivo by enzyme-induced oxidative coupling, offering high potential as a promising biomaterial for drug delivery and tissue engineering.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B506989K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
19 May 2005
Accepted
29 Jun 2005
First published
28 Jul 2005

Chem. Commun., 2005, 4312-4314

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Injectable biodegradable hydrogels composed of hyaluronic acid–tyramine conjugates for drug delivery and tissue engineering

M. Kurisawa, J. E. Chung, Y. Y. Yang, S. J. Gao and H. Uyama, Chem. Commun., 2005, 4312 DOI: 10.1039/B506989K

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