Rapidly responsive silk fibroin hydrogels as an artificial matrix for the programmed tumor cells death

• Viviana P. Ribeiro ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: viviana.ribeiro@dep.uminho.pt

  Affiliations 3B’s Research Group – Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Avepark – Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal, ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associated Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3679-0759

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• Joana Silva-Correia,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations 3B’s Research Group – Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Avepark – Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal, ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associated Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

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• Cristiana Gonçalves,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations 3B’s Research Group – Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Avepark – Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal, ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associated Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

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• Sandra Pina,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliations 3B’s Research Group – Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Avepark – Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal, ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associated Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

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• Hajer Radhouani,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliations 3B’s Research Group – Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Avepark – Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal, ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associated Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

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• Toni Montonen,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliations Computational Biophysics and Imaging Group, ELT Department, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland, BioMediTech - Institute of Biosciences and Medical Technology, Tampere, Finland

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• Jari Hyttinen,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliations Computational Biophysics and Imaging Group, ELT Department, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland, BioMediTech - Institute of Biosciences and Medical Technology, Tampere, Finland

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• Anirban Roy,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Anasys Instruments Corp - Santa Barbara, California, United States of America

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• Ana L. Oliveira,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation CBQF – Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal

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• Rui L. Reis,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations 3B’s Research Group – Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Avepark – Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal, ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associated Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal, The Discoveries Centre for Regenerative and Precision Medicine, Headquarters at University of Minho, Avepark – Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal

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• Joaquim M. Oliveira

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations 3B’s Research Group – Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Avepark – Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal, ICVS/3B's – PT Government Associated Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal, The Discoveries Centre for Regenerative and Precision Medicine, Headquarters at University of Minho, Avepark – Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal

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