Structural investigations of cross-linked hyaluronan.

abstract：:The long-term patency rates of vascular grafts and stents are limited by the lack of surface endothelialisation of the implanted materials. We have previously reported that GRGDS and WQPPRARI peptide micropatterns increase the endothelialisation of prosthetic materials in vitro. To investigate the mechanisms by which ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Hoesli CA,Garnier A,Juneau PM,Chevallier P,Duchesne C,Laroche G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in 3D bioprinting have transformed the tissue engineering landscape by enabling the controlled placement of cells, biomaterials, and bioactive agents for the biofabrication of living tissues and organs. However, the application of 3D bioprinting is limited by the availability of cytocompatible and prin...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yu C,Miller KL,Schimelman J,Wang P,Zhu W,Ma X,Tang M,You S,Lakshmipathy D,He F,Chen S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A glass of nominal composition (wt%) 17.25 MgO-52.75 3CaO.P2O5-30 SiO2 and a glass-ceramic obtained from it showed surface modifications when immersed in an acellular medium having a composition similar to that of human blood plasma. A (Ca, P)-rich layer, with an approximate Ca/P atomic ratio of 1.7, identified as hyd...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Oliveira JM,Correia RN,Fernandes MH

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covalent antithrombin-heparin complex (ATH) was covalently grafted to a polycarbonate urethane (Corethane) endoluminal graft (a kind gift of Corvita Corporation) after being activated using 0.3% m/m NaOCl in 0.15 M phosphate pH 6.0. ATH graft density (1.98 x 10(-7) mol/m2) was 6 times the maximum amount of unfractiona...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Klement P,Du YJ,Berry L,Andrew M,Chan AK

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, has increased exponentially as the global population continues to age. Although the etiological factors contributing to PD remain uncertain, its average incidence rate is reported to be 1% of the global population older than ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Karthivashan G,Ganesan P,Park SY,Lee HW,Choi DK

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal functioning of articulating tissues is required for many physiological processes occurring across length scales from the molecular to whole organism. Lubricating biopolymers are present natively on tissue surfaces at various sites of biological articulation, including eyelid, mouth, and synovial joints. The ran...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Cooper BG,Catalina Bordeianu,Nazarian A,Snyder BD,Grinstaff MW

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrin α5β1 plays a major role in corneal wound healing by promoting epithelial cell adhesion and migration over the fibronectin matrix secreted as a cellular response to corneal damage. Expression of α5 is induced when rabbit corneal epithelial cells (RCECs) are grown in the presence of fibronectin. Here, we ex...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Lake J,Zaniolo K,Gaudreault M,Carrier P,Deschambault A,Bazin R,Germain L,Salesse C,Guérin SL

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipose tissue engineering offers a promising alternative to the current breast reconstruction options. Here we investigated patient-specific breast scaffolds fabricated from poly(d,l)-lactide polymer with pore sizes>1 mm for their potential in long-term sustained regeneration of high volume adipose tissue. An optimis...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Chhaya MP,Melchels FP,Holzapfel BM,Baldwin JG,Hutmacher DW

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal disorder that affects more than 1 million individuals in the USA. Local therapy with enema formulations, such as micronized budesonide (Entocort®), is a common strategy for treating patients with distally active IBD. However, we hypothesize th...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Date AA,Halpert G,Babu T,Ortiz J,Kanvinde P,Dimitrion P,Narayan J,Zierden H,Betageri K,Musmanno O,Wiegand H,Huang X,Gumber S,Hanes J,Ensign LM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to unidirectional laminates and short fiber reinforcements for compression bone plate developments in the literature, we have proposed using a textile structure, i.e. braid preform, for this purpose. In the present paper, the influence of braiding angles and plate thicknesses on the bending performance of ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Fujihara K,Huang ZM,Ramakrishna S,Satknanantham K,Hamada H

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The torque-tension characteristics of standard, conical and flanged external fixator pins and a cortical screw were compared using a commercially available testing apparatus. The flanged pin and the screw were similar in behaviour, and converted torque into tension more efficiently than conical and standard external f...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Oni OO,Batchelor JS

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nano-scale modification of a segmented polyurethane (SPU) with cross-linked 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC) polymer was performed to obtain a biocompatible elastomer. To control the domain size and the depth of the modified layer, various compositions of monomers, including MPC, 2-ethylhexyl methacrylat...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Morimoto N,Watanabe A,Iwasaki Y,Akiyoshi K,Ishihara K

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injectable hydrogel biomaterials are promising therapies to promote repair and regeneration post-myocardial infarction (MI). However, the timing of delivery and the mechanisms through which biomaterial treatments confer their benefits are translational issues that remain to be addressed. We assessed the efficacy of an...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Blackburn NJ,Sofrenovic T,Kuraitis D,Ahmadi A,McNeill B,Deng C,Rayner KJ,Zhong Z,Ruel M,Suuronen EJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Films made of poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB), poly(3-hydroxybutyrate- co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) (PHBHHx) consisting of 5%, 12% and 20% hydroxyhexanoate (HHx), respectively, were evaluated for biomedical application in comparison with poly (L-Lactide) (PLA). With the increase of HHx content in PHBHHx, the polymer surface ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang YW,Yang F,Wu Q,Cheng YC,Yu PH,Chen J,Chen GQ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a strategy to formulate supraparamagnetic iron oxides (SPIOs) in nanoparticles (NPs) of biodegradable copolymer made up of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and d-alpha-tocopherol polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate (TPGS) for medical imaging by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of high contrast and low side effects....

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Prashant C,Dipak M,Yang CT,Chuang KH,Jun D,Feng SS

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitosan-silica xerogel hybrid membranes were fabricated using a sol-gel process and their potential applications in guided bone regeneration (GBR) were investigated in terms of their in vitro cellular activity and in vivo bone regeneration ability. TEM observation revealed that the silica xerogel was dispersed in the...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Lee EJ,Shin DS,Kim HE,Kim HW,Koh YH,Jang JH

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As radio- and chemotherapy-based cancer treatments affect both tumors and healthy tissue, cancer immunotherapy attempts to specifically enhance the natural immune response to tumor cells. In mouse models of cancer, we tested uniform dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA)-coated monodisperse magnetic nanoparticles as a deliver...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Mejías R,Pérez-Yagüe S,Gutiérrez L,Cabrera LI,Spada R,Acedo P,Serna CJ,Lázaro FJ,Villanueva A,Morales Mdel P,Barber DF

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the fabrication of multifunctional polymeric unimolecular micelles as an integrated platform for cancer targeted drug delivery and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast enhancement under in vitro and in vivo conditions. Starting from a fractionated fourth-generation hyperbranched polyester (Boltorn H4...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Li X,Qian Y,Liu T,Hu X,Zhang G,You Y,Liu S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ω-pentadecalactone-co-p-dioxanone) [poly(PDL-co-DO)] copolyesters are copolymers of an isodimorphic system, which remain semicrystalline over the whole range of compositions. Here, we evaluated enzymatically synthesized poly(PDL-co-DO) copolymers as new materials for biomedical applications. In vivo experiments u...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Liu J,Jiang Z,Zhang S,Liu C,Gross RA,Kyriakides TR,Saltzman WM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design of peptide-based subunit vaccine formulations for the direct delivery of tumor antigen peptides (Aps) to dendritic cells (DCs) localized within draining lymph nodes (DLNs) is challenging. Mature DCs (mDCs) are abundantly distributed within DLNs but have dramatically reduced endocytic uptake and antigen-proc...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Qian Y,Jin H,Qiao S,Dai Y,Huang C,Lu L,Luo Q,Zhang Z

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immediate finishing is a highly desirable property of restorative materials. In general, the resin composites, the polyacid-modified resin composites and resin-modified glass-ionomers are finished immediately after light-curing. For the conventional glass-ionomers a waiting period of 24 h is recommended. Therefore, th...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Gladys S,Braem M,Van Meerbeek B,Lambrechts P,Vanherle G

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxy-fluorapatites (OH-FAps) occur biologically in teeth and form the basis for application as biomaterials. This work aims to synthesize a series of fluoride substituted calcium hydroxyapatites (OHAps) to determine how fluoride influences the synthesis and the resulting characteristics of solid solutions. OH-FAPs ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Rodríguez-Lorenzo LM,Hart JN,Gross KA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ε-caprolactone)-b-Poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PCL-b-PVP) copolymers with different PVP block length were synthesized by xanthate-mediated reverse addition fragment transfer polymerization (RAFT) and the xanthate chain transfer agent on chain end was readily translated to hydroxy or aldehyde for conjugating various ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhu Z,Xie C,Liu Q,Zhen X,Zheng X,Wu W,Li R,Ding Y,Jiang X,Liu B

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that the organic molecules can provide an effective means to manipulate the surface properties of the biodegradable ceramic. There are two ways to modify the surface of the biodegradable ceramic by organic molecules. The first one is through surface adsorption but organic molecules will easily be washed ou...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Dong GC,Sun JS,Yao CH,Jiang GJ,Huang CW,Lin FH

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maximum capacity of a hydrophobic adsorbent is interpreted in terms of square or hexagonal (cubic and face-centered-cubic, FCC) interfacial packing models of adsorbed blood proteins in a way that accommodates experimental measurements by the solution-depletion method and quartz-crystal-microbalance (QCM) for the h...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kao P,Parhi P,Krishnan A,Noh H,Haider W,Tadigadapa S,Allara DL,Vogler EA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal condensation is a pre-requisite of chondrogenesis during embryonic development. The current understanding of chondrogenesis is limited in terms of chondrogenic condensation mechanisms. In particular, the role of matrix stiffness on homotypic cell-cell interactions leading to the establishment of distinct a...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ghosh S,Laha M,Mondal S,Sengupta S,Kaplan DL

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isostatic compression has rarely been used to load calcium-phosphate biomaterials with therapeutic agents. This report, concerning four processes associating vancomycin, compares isostatic compression with wet granulation, a classical method. In the wet granulation study, vancomycin was associated with biphasic calciu...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Gautier H,Merle C,Auget JL,Daculsi G

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrillar type I collagen is nontoxic, biocompatible, and possesses considerable strength and stability. In a study of scaffolds for use in laminated tissue substitutes, we examined the properties of membranes made from air-dried hydrogels of collagen fibrils that were polymerized from native, monomeric collagen. Plan...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Vernon RB,Gooden MD,Lara SL,Wight TN

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrous polyurethane (FPU) prostheses with or without fibronectin coating and gelatin impregnation and FPU prostheses with or without fibronectin coating were seeded with 4.8 x 10(5) subcultivated dog endothelial cells per cm2 prosthesis. Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) prostheses with and without fibronectin...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Hess F,Jerusalem R,Reijnders O,Jerusalem C,Steeghs S,Braun B,Grande P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G-rich oligonucleotides tend to fall into kinetically trapped unstable structures because of their conformational polymorphism. Nucleic acid chaperones accelerate association of nucleic acids assemblies into the thermodynamically most stable conformations by decreasing the energy barrier for breakage or re-assembly of...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Moriyama R,Shimada N,Kano A,Maruyama A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00