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Imaging Denatured Collagen Strands In vivo and Ex vivo via Photo-triggered Hybridization of Caged Collagen Mimetic Peptides
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2014
This procedure demonstrates in vivo near IR fluorescence imaging of collagen remodeling activities in mice as well as ex vivo staining of collagens in tissue sections using caged collagen mimetic peptides that can be photo-triggered to hybridize with denatured collagen strands.
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Reproducibility and Harmonization in Research Using Biological Standards: The Example of Platelet Agonist Collagen-Related Peptide
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2023
Here we present a method to standardize the platelet agonist collagen-related peptide cross-linked (CRP-XL) using light transmission aggregometry. While the protocol is targeted at platelet function, the experimental process can be applied to most biological molecules and bioassays to ensure scientific rigor and reproducibility.
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Collagen Hydrogels
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2023
Collagen is another widely used biomaterial that has found popularity in commercial applications, such as photography. Collagen has more recently been used in tissue engineering applications, by creating hydrogels that provide structure to engineered tissue. This video introduces collagen as a biomaterial, demonstrates how it is harvested from porcine skin, and shows how the material is used to create a hydrogel for tissue engineering applications. Finally, several applications of the material...
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Recombinant Collagen I Peptide Microcarriers for Cell Expansion and Their Potential Use As Cell Delivery System in a Bioreactor Model
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Cited by 9 •
2018
We propose a cell expansion protocol on macroporous microcarriers and their use as delivery system in a perfusion bioreactor to seed a decellularized tissue matrix. We also include different techniques to determine cell proliferation and viability of cells cultured on microcarriers. Furthermore, we demonstrate functionality of cells after bioreactor cultures.
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Immunoaffinity Based Extraction of Ubiquitinylated Peptides: A Technique to Selectively Extract Ubiquitin Tagged Peptides from Purified Peptide Fractions
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2023
This video describes a method to extract and purify ubiquitinylated peptides containing remnant di-glycine peptides from a complex peptide mixture. The presented method may help in identifying original ubiquitination sites in the protein.
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Enzymatic or chemical hydrolysis cleaves collagen into shorter amino-acid chains and disrupts the protein’s native triple-helix structure. The resulting fragments can still retain sequences with functional effects, even though they no longer preserve the original collagen architecture. This structural change allows researchers to use the peptides as adaptable components within engineered materials rather than as intact structural proteins.
Some sequences retained after hydrolysis can influence cell adhesion, hydration, and the properties of the surrounding biomaterial. These effects make collagen peptides more than passive fillers: their composition can contribute to how cells interact with a scaffold or coating and how the material behaves in a tissue-like environment. Researchers therefore consider peptide features when designing regenerative systems.
Collagen peptides can be combined with synthetic or natural polymers to create materials with adjustable composition and function. This approach helps researchers incorporate peptide-associated biological effects while modifying the broader material environment for a specific design goal. Such combinations are useful when a system must balance biocompatibility, cell-supportive features, and controlled biomedical performance.
Researchers incorporate collagen peptides into hydrogels, surface coatings, and porous scaffolds as components of engineered cell-supportive environments. The selected format determines how the peptides are presented within the material, while their composition can contribute to cell attachment, hydration, and biomaterial behavior. These platforms provide distinct ways to study or design tissue-like environments in bioengineering.
Collagen peptides are useful when a regenerative material needs tunable composition, biocompatibility, and compatibility with other polymers. Their use is supported in systems designed for skin, bone, and cartilage research, where engineered environments must help investigate tissue-related cellular interactions. They can therefore serve as adaptable components in biomedical designs rather than being limited to one tissue application.
Collagen peptide-containing materials can help researchers examine how engineered environments support cell attachment and reproduce selected tissue-like features. Hydrogels, coatings, and porous scaffolds provide different material settings for this investigation. In skin, bone, and cartilage research, these systems support the study and development of regenerative materials with composition and properties tailored to biomedical design goals.