In situ forming hydrogels based on chitosan for drug delivery and tissue regeneration |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Dongchuan Road 800, 200240 Shanghai, China;2. School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Dongchuan Road 800, 200240 Shanghai, China;3. Shanghai Ninth People''s Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhizaoju Road 639, 200011 Shanghai, China |
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Abstract: | In situ forming hydrogels with simple sol–gel transition are more practicable as injectable hydrogels for drug delivery and tissue regeneration. State-of-the-art in situ gelling systems can easily and efficiently be formed by different mechanisms in situ. Chitosan is a kind of natural polysaccharide that is widely exploited for biomedical applications due to its good biocompatibility, low immunogenicity and specific biological activities. Chitosan-based in situ gelling systems have already gained much attention as smart biomaterials in the development of several biomedical applications, such as for drug delivery systems and regeneration medicine. Herein, we review the typical in situ gelling systems based on chitosan and mechanisms involved in hydrogel forming, and report advances of chitosan-based in situ gels for the applications in drug delivery and tissue regeneration. Finally, development prospects of in situ forming hydrogels based on chitosan are also discussed in brief. |
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