Fabrication of an injectable BMSC-laden double network hydrogel based on silk fibroin/PEG for cartilage repair†
Abstract
An injectable BMSC-encapsulated double network (DN) hydrogel was fabricated via silk fibroin (SF) and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), which could efficiently support the survival and proliferation of BMSCs in vitro as well as cartilage repair in vivo, and provides a new strategy for cartilage tissue engineering.