Progress of gelatin-based microspheres (GMSs) as delivery vehicles of drug and cell.

Zuoxiang Dong, Xinyue Meng, Wei Yang, Jinfeng Zhang, Peng Sun, Huawei Zhang, Xing Fang, Dong-An Wang, Changjiang Fan

Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications 2021 Mar

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Gelatin has various attractive features as biomedical materials, for instance, biocompatibility, low immunogenicity, biodegradability, and ease of manipulation. In recent years, various gelatin-based microspheres (GMSs) have been fabricated with innovative technologies to serve as sustained delivery vehicles of drugs and genetic materials as well as beneficial bacteria. Moreover, GMSs have exhibited promising potentials to act as both cell carriers and 3D scaffold components in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, which not only exhibit excellent injectability but also could be integrated into a macroscale construct with the laden cells. Herein, we aim to thoroughly summarize the recent progress in the preparations and biomedical applications of GMSs and then to point out the research direction in future. First, various methods for the fabrication of GMSs will be described. Second, the recent use of GMSs in tumor embolization and in the delivery of cells, drugs, and genetic material as well as bacteria will be presented. Finally, several key factors that may enhance the improvement of GMSs were suggested as delivery vehicles. Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Zuoxiang Dong, Xinyue Meng, Wei Yang, Jinfeng Zhang, Peng Sun, Huawei Zhang, Xing Fang, Dong-An Wang, Changjiang Fan. Progress of gelatin-based microspheres (GMSs) as delivery vehicles of drug and cell. Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications. 2021 Mar;122:111949