Title of article :
Hydrogels for ocular drug delivery and tissue engineering
Author/Authors :
Omidi Yadollah Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology - Faculty of Pharmacy - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences - Tabriz, Iran , Fathi Marzieh Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology - Faculty of Pharmacy - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences - Tabriz, Iran , Barar Jaleh Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology - Faculty of Pharmacy - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences - Tabriz, Iran , Aghanejad Ayuob Research Center for Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology - Faculty of Pharmacy - Tabriz University of Medical Sciences - Tabriz, Iran
Abstract :
Summary
Hydrogels, as crosslinked polymeric
three dimensional networks, possess
unique structure and behavior in
response to the internal and/or
external stimuli. As a result, they
offer great prospective applications
in drug delivery, cell therapy and
human tissue engineering. Here, we
highlight the potential of hydrogels in
prolonged intraocular drug delivery
and ocular surface therapy using stem
cells incorporated hydrogels.
Keywords :
Cell therapy , Drug delivery , Eye Hydrogels , Ocular diseases , Tissue engineering
Journal title :
Bioimpacts
