Recent Developments and Current Applications of Hydrogels in Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common degenerative joint disease that causes disability if left untreated. The treatment of OA currently requires a proper delivery system that avoids the loss of therapeutic ingredients. Hydrogels are widely used in tissue engineering as a platform for carrying drugs and s...
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| description | Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common degenerative joint disease that causes disability if left untreated. The treatment of OA currently requires a proper delivery system that avoids the loss of therapeutic ingredients. Hydrogels are widely used in tissue engineering as a platform for carrying drugs and stem cells, and the anatomical environment of the limited joint cavity is suitable for hydrogel therapy. This review begins with a brief introduction to OA and hydrogels and illustrates the effects, including the analgesic effects, of hydrogel viscosupplementation on OA. Then, considering recent studies of hydrogels and OA, three main aspects, including drug delivery systems, mesenchymal stem cell entrapment, and cartilage regeneration, are described. Hydrogel delivery improves drug retention in the joint cavity, making it possible to deliver some drugs that are not suitable for traditional injection; hydrogels with characteristics similar to those of the extracellular matrix facilitate cell loading, proliferation, and migration; hydrogels can promote bone regeneration, depending on their own biochemical properties or on loaded proregenerative factors. These applications are interlinked and are often researched together. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b7dad91405e94ee19cc7046fc82af5ed2023-12-01T00:49:02ZengMDPI AGBioengineering2306-53542022-03-019413210.3390/bioengineering9040132Recent Developments and Current Applications of Hydrogels in OsteoarthritisTianhao Zhao0Zhanqi Wei1Wei Zhu2Xisheng Weng3Department of Orthopaedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, ChinaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, ChinaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, ChinaDepartment of Orthopaedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, ChinaOsteoarthritis (OA) is a common degenerative joint disease that causes disability if left untreated. The treatment of OA currently requires a proper delivery system that avoids the loss of therapeutic ingredients. Hydrogels are widely used in tissue engineering as a platform for carrying drugs and stem cells, and the anatomical environment of the limited joint cavity is suitable for hydrogel therapy. This review begins with a brief introduction to OA and hydrogels and illustrates the effects, including the analgesic effects, of hydrogel viscosupplementation on OA. Then, considering recent studies of hydrogels and OA, three main aspects, including drug delivery systems, mesenchymal stem cell entrapment, and cartilage regeneration, are described. Hydrogel delivery improves drug retention in the joint cavity, making it possible to deliver some drugs that are not suitable for traditional injection; hydrogels with characteristics similar to those of the extracellular matrix facilitate cell loading, proliferation, and migration; hydrogels can promote bone regeneration, depending on their own biochemical properties or on loaded proregenerative factors. These applications are interlinked and are often researched together.https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/9/4/132osteoarthritishydrogelshyaluronic aciddrug delivery systemmesenchymal stromal cellsentrapment |
| spellingShingle | Tianhao Zhao Zhanqi Wei Wei Zhu Xisheng Weng Recent Developments and Current Applications of Hydrogels in Osteoarthritis Bioengineering osteoarthritis hydrogels hyaluronic acid drug delivery system mesenchymal stromal cells entrapment |
| title | Recent Developments and Current Applications of Hydrogels in Osteoarthritis |
| title_full | Recent Developments and Current Applications of Hydrogels in Osteoarthritis |
| title_fullStr | Recent Developments and Current Applications of Hydrogels in Osteoarthritis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recent Developments and Current Applications of Hydrogels in Osteoarthritis |
| title_short | Recent Developments and Current Applications of Hydrogels in Osteoarthritis |
| title_sort | recent developments and current applications of hydrogels in osteoarthritis |
| topic | osteoarthritis hydrogels hyaluronic acid drug delivery system mesenchymal stromal cells entrapment |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/9/4/132 |
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