Human keratin hydrogels support fibroblast attachment and proliferation in vitro

• Main Authors: Wang, Shuai, Taraballi, Francesca, Tan, Lay Poh, Ng, Kee Woei
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99129; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12798
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Human hair keratins have a strong potential for development as clinically relevant biomaterials because they are abundant and bioactive and are a realistic source of autologous proteins. Specifically, keratins have the propensity to polymerize in an aqueous environment to form hydrogels. In order to...