"Nematic ordered cellulose": a concept of glucan chain association.

abstract：:Poly(L-lactide)-based microspheres having cationic or anionic surfaces were prepared using polydepsipeptide-block-poly(L-lactide)s as surfactants. Polydepsipeptide-block-poly(L-lactide)s having amino or carboxylic acid groups on their side chains were synthesized through anionic ring-opening polymerizations of L-lacti...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ouchi T,Toyohara M,Arimura H,Ohya Y

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the antidiarrheal effect of ginseng, the active principals of ginseng were studied in vitro model of rotavirus infection, the leading cause of severe diarrhea. Two pectic polysaccharides, named as GP50-dHR (56.0 kDa) and GP50-eHR (77.0 kDa), were purified from hot water extract of ginseng by bioassay-linke...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Baek SH,Lee JG,Park SY,Bae ON,Kim DH,Park JH

更新日期：2010-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Biopolymers bearing hydrophobic side-chains, such as hydrophobically modified chitosan (hmC), can connect liposomes into a gel network via hydrophobic interactions. In this paper, we show that such liposome gels possess an attractive combination of properties for certain drug delivery applications. Their shear-thinnin...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lee JH,Oh H,Baxa U,Raghavan SR,Blumenthal R

更新日期：2012-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural silk spinning offers several advantages over the synthetic fiber spinning, although the underlying mechanisms of this process are yet to be fully elucidated. Silkworm silks, specifically B. mori, comprise two main proteins: fibroin, which forms the fiber, and sericin, a coextruded coating that acts as a matrix...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kwak HW,Ju JE,Shin M,Holland C,Lee KH

更新日期：2017-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of improved cryopreservative materials is necessary to enable complete recovery of living cells and tissue after frozen storage. Remarkably, poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) displays some of the same cryoprotective properties as many antifreeze proteins found in cold tolerant organisms. In particular, PVA is ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Burkey AA,Riley CL,Wang LK,Hatridge TA,Lynd NA

更新日期：2018-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the wide interest raised by lung administration of nanoparticles (NPs) for the treatment of various diseases, little information is available on their effect toward the airway epithelial barrier function. In this study, the potential damage of the pulmonary epithelium upon exposure to poly(lactide-co-glycolide...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mura S,Hillaireau H,Nicolas J,Kerdine-Römer S,Le Droumaguet B,Deloménie C,Nicolas V,Pallardy M,Tsapis N,Fattal E

更新日期：2011-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic mechanical properties of aqueous solutions of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC) were investigated using oscillatory shear measurements. The structure was investigated with light scattering. A systematic investigation of the frequency dependence of the shear moduli showed that HPMC forms two distinct interp...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Shahin A,Nicolai T,Benyahia L,Tassin JF,Chassenieux C

更新日期：2014-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Thanks to chemical stabilization, aldehyde-assisted fractionation (AAF) of lignocellulosic biomass has recently emerged as a powerful tool for the production of largely uncondensed lignin. Depolymerization of AAF lignin via ether cleavage provides aromatic monomers at near theoretical yields based on ether cleavage an...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Vendamme R,Behaghel de Bueren J,Gracia-Vitoria J,Isnard F,Mulunda MM,Ortiz P,Wadekar M,Vanbroekhoven K,Wegmann C,Buser R,Héroguel F,Luterbacher JS,Eevers W

更新日期：2020-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic lethality is a molecular-targeted therapy for selective killing of cancer cells. We exploited a lethal interaction between superoxide dismutase 1 inhibition and Bloom syndrome gene product (BLM) defect for the treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC) cells (HCT 116) with a customized lung cancer screen-1-loaded ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gupta A,Ahmad A,Singh H,Kaur S,K M N,Ansari MM,Jayamurugan G,Khan R

更新日期：2018-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acid-based poly(ester urea) (PEU) copolymers functionalized with pendant catechol groups that address the need for strongly adhesive yet degradable biomaterials have been developed. Lap-shear tests with aluminum adherends demonstrated that these polymers have lap-shear adhesion strengths near 1 MPa. An increase ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhou J,Defante AP,Lin F,Xu Y,Yu J,Gao Y,Childers E,Dhinojwala A,Becker ML

更新日期：2015-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Multifunctional cellulose nanocrystals have been synthesized and applied as a new type of glyconanomaterial in lectin binding and bacterial imaging. The cellulose nanocrystals were prepared by TEMPO-mediated oxidation and acidic hydrolysis, followed by functionalization with a quinolone fluorophore and carbohydrate li...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhou J,Butchosa N,Jayawardena HS,Park J,Zhou Q,Yan M,Ramström O

更新日期：2015-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have designed, synthesized, and characterized peptides containing four repeats of the sequences VAALEKE (peptide E) or VAALKEK (peptide K). While the peptides alone adopt in aqueous solutions a random coil conformation, their equimolar mixture forms heterodimeric coiled coils as confirmed by CD spectroscopy. 5-Azid...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Pechar M,Pola R,Laga R,Ulbrich K,Bednárová L,Maloň P,Sieglová I,Král V,Fábry M,Vaněk O

更新日期：2011-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of three types of liposomes (egg yolk phosphatidylcholine (EPC) without modification and EPC vesicles containing cross-linked N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) networks of low and a high concentration inside the vesicles) were analyzed by static and dynamic light scattering. Upon polymerization the network w...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Stauch O,Schubert R,Savin G,Burchard W

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction-sensitive shell-sheddable glyco-nanoparticles were designed and developed based on poly(ε-caprolactone)-graft-SS-lactobionic acid (PCL-g-SS-LBA) copolymer for efficient hepatoma-targeting delivery of doxorubicin (DOX). PCL-g-SS-LBA was prepared by ring-opening copolymerization of ε-caprolactone and pyridyl d...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chen W,Zou Y,Meng F,Cheng R,Deng C,Feijen J,Zhong Z

更新日期：2014-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:As an aim toward developing biologically mimetic and functional nanofiber-based tissue engineering scaffolds, we demonstrated the encapsulation of a model protein, fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated bovine serum albumin (fitcBSA), along with a water-soluble polymer, poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), within the biodegrad...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhang YZ,Wang X,Feng Y,Li J,Lim CT,Ramakrishna S

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitin is a nitrogen-rich polysaccharide that is abundant in crustaceans, mollusks, insects, and fungi and is the second most abundant organic material found in nature next to cellulose. Chitosan, the N-deacetylated derivative of chitin, is environmentally friendly, nontoxic, biodegradable, and antibacterial. Fibrous ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Schiffman JD,Schauer CL

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the field of cancer immunotherapy is intensively investigated, there is still a need for generic strategies that allow easy, mild and efficient formulation of vaccine antigens. Here we report on a generic polymer-protein ligation strategy to formulate protein antigens into reversible polymeric conjugates for ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lybaert L,Vanparijs N,Fierens K,Schuijs M,Nuhn L,Lambrecht BN,De Geest BG

更新日期：2016-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanoconfined self-assemblies within aerosol nanoparticles and control of the secondary structures are shown here upon ionically complexing poly(L-lysine) (PLL) with dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (DBSA) surfactant and using solvents chloroform, 1-propanol, or dimethylformamide. Different solvent volatilities and drying t...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Rahikkala A,Junnila S,Vartiainen V,Ruokolainen J,Ikkala O,Kauppinen E,Raula J

更新日期：2014-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Wheat arabinoxylan was treated with two α-arabinofuranosidases exhibiting different mode of action to create three different polymeric substrates. These three substrate preparations were characterized by xylopyranose backbone sugars that are (1) singly substituted by arabinose at C2 or C3, (2) doubly substituted by ar...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Littunen K,Mai-Gisondi G,Seppälä J,Master ER

更新日期：2017-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:An injectable, heparin-based hydrogel system with the potential to be gelled with cells was developed. First, heparin was modified to have thiol groups by the modification of carboxylic groups of heparin with cysteamine using carbodiimide chemistry. Thiol functionalization of heparin carboxylic groups was controlled f...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tae G,Kim YJ,Choi WI,Kim M,Stayton PS,Hoffman AS

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The currently used hemostatic agents are highly effective in stopping hemorrhages but have a limited role in the modulation of the wound-healing environment. Herein, we propose an intrinsically bioactive hemostatic cryogel based on platelet lysate (PL) and aldehyde-functionalized cellulose nanocrystals (a-CNCs). PL ha...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mendes BB,Gómez-Florit M,Araújo AC,Prada J,Babo PS,Domingues RMA,Reis RL,Gomes ME

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Materials with fungi-bioinspired surface have been designed to host ergosterol-binding polyene antibiotics and to release them via a competitive mechanism only when fungi are present in the medium. Silicone rubber (SR) surfaces were endowed with selective loading and fungi-triggered release of polyene antifungal agent...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Segura T,Puga AM,Burillo G,Llovo J,Brackman G,Coenye T,Concheiro A,Alvarez-Lorenzo C

更新日期：2014-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of Vitamin E (vitE)-labeled PEIs (PEI-vitEn) were synthesized and showed excellent complexation ability with plasmid DNA (pDNA). The cellular uptake of PEI-vitEn/pDNA complexes was greatly enhanced with the increase of vitE labeling, which is much better than that of control PEI25 in three different cell line...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Liu J,Feng M,Liang D,Yang J,Tang X

更新日期：2016-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymatic ring-opening copolymerization of 5-benzyloxy-trimethylene carbonate (BTMC) and 1,4-dioxan-2-one (DON) was investigated for the first time. Immobilized porcine pancreas lipase (IPPL) on silica particles was selected to perform the copolymerization. A series of novel biodegradable copolymers with different com...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： He F,Jia HL,Liu G,Wang YP,Feng J,Zhuo RX

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microgels based on poly(vinyl alcohol), PVA, grafted with methacrylate side chains, MA, incorporating N-isopropylacrylamide, NiPAAm, monomer, were prepared by water-in-water emulsion polymerization method. These systems exhibit a spherical shape and a volume-phase transition, that is, shrinking, below physiological te...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ghugare SV,Mozetic P,Paradossi G

更新日期：2009-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, an novel amphiphilic block copolymer P[PEGMA-b-(DEMA-co-APMA)]-FA and its cross-linker uracil-(CH2)6-uracil (U-(CH2)6-U) were synthesized and used as the targeted and pH-responsive nanocarriers for anticancer drug delivery. The hydrophobic block of the copolymer contains adenine (A) and tertiary amine m...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Fan J,Zeng F,Wu S,Wang X

更新日期：2012-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiple targeted drug carrying bilayer membrane for preventing an abdominal adhesion is prepared by electrospinning. Two bioactive drugs were successfully incorporated into this bilayer membrane and can be independently released from nanofibrous scaffolds without losing structural integrity and functionality of the...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wang H,Li M,Hu J,Wang C,Xu S,Han CC

更新日期：2013-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe investigations of insulin release from thermoresponsive microgels using variable temperature (1)H NMR. Microgel particles composed of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) were loaded with the peptide via a swelling technique, and this method was compared to simple equilibrium partitioning. Variable temperature (1)H...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Nolan CM,Gelbaum LT,Lyon LA

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modular approach to engineering cross-linked elastic biomaterials is presented for fine-tuning of material mechanical and biological properties. The three components, soluble elastin, hyaluronic acid, and silk fibroin, contribute with different features to the overall properties of the final material system. The ela...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Serban MA,Kluge JA,Laha MM,Kaplan DL

更新日期：2010-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to investigate the combined effects of oxygen plasma treatments and silver nanoparticles (Ag) on PLGA in order to modulate the surface antimicrobial properties through tunable bacteria adhesion mechanisms. PLGA nanocomposite films, produced by solvent casting with 1 wt % and 7 wt % of Ag n...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Fortunati E,Mattioli S,Visai L,Imbriani M,Fierro JL,Kenny JM,Armentano I

更新日期：2013-03-11 00:00:00