Enzymatic synthesis of inulin-containing hydrogels.

abstract：:The importance of the stabilization of the quaternary structure of multimeric enzymes has been illustrated using a model reaction with great industrial relevance: the enzymatic synthesis of ampicillin from 6-amino penicillanic acid (6APA) and phenylglycine methyl ester (PGM) catalyzed by the tetrameric enzyme alpha-am...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Fernández-Lafuente R,Hernández-Jústiz O,Mateo C,Terreni M,Fernández-Lorente G,Moreno MA,Alonso J,García-López JL,Guisan JM

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ruthenium(II) tris(bipyridine)-centered poly(ethylenimine) (Ru PEI) was synthesized via acid hydrolysis of Ru tris(bipyridine)-centered poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) (Ru PEOX), and the luminescence, DNA entrapment, and transfection efficiencies were evaluated. Emission maxima for Ru PEI samples are red-shifted compared to...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Fiore GL,Edwards JM,Payne SJ,Klinkenberg JL,Gioeli DG,Demas JN,Fraser CL

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The encapsulation of live cells with polymeric coat-ings is a versatile approach to modulate or control the response cells to their environment. The layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly of nonimmunogenic polyelectrolytes is employed here to attenuate or suppress the binding of antibodies to live red blood cells (RBCs) a...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mansouri S,Merhi Y,Winnik FM,Tabrizian M

更新日期：2011-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cationic spherical polyelectrolyte brushes (SPBs) were synthesized by photoemulsion polymerization, consisting of a polystyrene core with a diameter around 80 nm and a poly(2-aminoethylmethacrylate hydrochloride) (PAEMH) shell with a thickness from 10 to 50 nm densely grafted on the core surface. The binding of variou...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wang S,Chen K,Li L,Guo X

更新日期：2013-03-11 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：:Microbial biofilms are ubiquitous in nature, and they pose a serious threat to public health. Staphylococcus epidermidis is the most common clinical isolate from healthcare- and medical device-related biofilm infections. No antibiotic currently on the market can eradicate pathogenic biofilms, which contain complex def...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lam AK,Wouters CL,Moen EL,Pusavat J,Rice CV

更新日期：2019-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical glue represents a suitable tool to stop wound bleeding, seal wounds, bond tissues, or implant materials. However, the development of a medical glue for durable underwater bonding remains a challenge. Herein, we developed a hydrophobic hyperbranched polymer-based medical glue with water-resistant bonding abilit...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhang Y,Li X,Zhu Q,Wei W,Liu X

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogels have been widely explored for biomedical applications, with injectable hydrogels being of particular interest for their ability to precisely deliver drugs and cells to targets. Although these hydrogels have demonstrated satisfactory properties in many cases, challenges still remain for commercialization. In ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhang J,Muirhead B,Dodd M,Liu L,Xu F,Mangiacotte N,Hoare T,Sheardown H

更新日期：2016-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady state shear flow of different types of cellulose (microcrystalline, spruce sulfite and bacterial) dissolved in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate was studied in a large range of concentrations (0-15%) and temperatures (0-100 degrees C). Newtonian flow was recorded for all experimental conditions; these viscosi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gericke M,Schlufter K,Liebert T,Heinze T,Budtova T

更新日期：2009-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A three-dimensional structure consisting of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) nanofibers covered by periodically spaced PCL crystal lamellae, a self-induced nanohybrid shish-kebab (SINSK) structure, was created using electrospinning followed by a self-induced crystallization. The resulting structure that resembles the nanoto...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wang X,Salick MR,Wang X,Cordie T,Han W,Peng Y,Li Q,Turng LS

更新日期：2013-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Weissella confusa VTT E-90392 is an efficient producer of a dextran that is mainly composed of α-(1→6)-linked D-glucosyl units and very few α-(1→3) branch linkages. A mixture of the Chaetomium erraticum endodextranase and the Aspergillus niger α-glucosidase was used to hydrolyze W. confusa dextran to glucose and a set...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Maina NH,Virkki L,Pynnönen H,Maaheimo H,Tenkanen M

更新日期：2011-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the preparation and the characterization of poly[ N-(2-hydroxypropyl methacrylamide)] hydrogel with bulk-modified saccharidic portion of ganglioside GM 3 (Neu5Ac-alpha2,3-Gal-beta1,4-Glc). The 3'-sialyllactose is a bioactive epitope recognized by many cell surface receptors on viruses, bacteria, a...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Woerly S,Fort S,Pignot-Paintrand I,Cottet C,Carcenac C,Savasta M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitosan hydrogel microspheres were obtained by cross-linking chitosan in its inverse emulsion using genipin as cross-linker. The genipin-cross-linked chitosan microspheres (ChGp) swell significantly in water at pH values below 6.5 and shrink to a smaller extent at pH values above 6.5. ChGp microspheres bind heparin i...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kamiński K,Zazakowny K,Szczubiałka K,Nowakowska M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of these investigations was to test the hypothesis that a rapid cytoplasmic release profile from nanoparticles would potentiate the anticancer activity of cisplatin. Cisplatin-loaded nanoparticles with pH-responsive poly[2-(N,N-diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] (PDEA) cores were synthesized from PDEA-bloc...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Xu P,Van Kirk EA,Murdoch WJ,Zhan Y,Isaak DD,Radosz M,Shen Y

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Double-network (DN) hydrogels are fabricated from poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) (PEOXA)-peptide conjugates, which can be enzymatically crosslinked in the presence of Sortase A (SA), and physical networks of alginate (Alg), yielding matrices with improved mechanical properties with respect to the corresponding PEOXA and Al...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Trachsel L,Johnbosco C,Lang T,Benetti EM,Zenobi-Wong M

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogels are able to mimic the basic three-dimensional (3D) biological, chemical, and mechanical properties of native tissues. Since hyaluronic acid (HA) is a chief component of human extracellular matrix (ECM), it represents an extremely attractive starting material for the fabrication of scaffolds for tissue engine...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kufelt O,El-Tamer A,Sehring C,Schlie-Wolter S,Chichkov BN

更新日期：2014-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, we have reported chemical synthesis of novel aliphatic poly(butylene succinate-co-cyclic carbonate) P(BS-co-CC)s bearing various functionalizable carbonate building blocks, and this work will continue to present our new studies on their enzymatic degradation and in vitro cell biocompatibility assa...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yang J,Tian W,Li Q,Li Y,Cao A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since their discovery at the end of the previous millennium, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been the object of thousands of papers describing their applications in fields ranging from physics to electronics, photonics, chemistry, biology, and medicine. The development of chemical approaches to modify their graphitic sid...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Bottini M,Rosato N,Bottini N

更新日期：2011-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzymatically cross-linked polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based hydrogel was engineered to promote and align nerve cells in a three-dimensional manner. To render the injectable, otherwise bioinert, PEG-based material supportive for cell growth, its mechanical and biochemical properties were optimized. A recombinant fibr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Licht C,Rose JC,Anarkoli AO,Blondel D,Roccio M,Haraszti T,Gehlen DB,Hubbell JA,Lutolf MP,De Laporte L

更新日期：2019-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligonucleotide-spider silk conjugates can be placed on silicon wafers by complementary DNA strands, which are coupled chemically to the surface. Such specific immobilization of spider silk proteins allows the nucleation and guided growth of β-sheet-rich nanofibrils in the presence of phosphate ions on the surface. Ad...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Molina A,Scheibel T,Humenik M

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanoparticles (NPs) composed of chitosan (CS) and poly(gamma-glutamic acid) (gamma-PGA) were prepared by a simple ionic-gelation method for oral insulin delivery. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra indicated that CS and gamma-PGA were ionized at pH 2.5-6.6, while X-ray diffractograms demonstrated that the crys...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lin YH,Mi FL,Chen CT,Chang WC,Peng SF,Liang HF,Sung HW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) granule associated protein PhaP has a strong affinity to PHA and other hydrophobic polymers. Human lipopolysaccharide binding protein (hLBP) is a natural endotoxin receptor in plasma. In this study, genes encoding hLBP fused with PhaP were expressed in Pichia pastoris GS115 for production ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Li J,Shang G,You M,Peng S,Wang Z,Wu H,Chen GQ

更新日期：2011-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular grafts that can support total replacement and maintenance by the body of the injured vessel would improve outcomes of major surgical reconstructions. Building scaffolds using components of the native vessel can encourage biological recognition by native cells as well as mimic mechanical characteristics of the...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Bracaglia LG,Messina M,Winston S,Kuo CY,Lerman M,Fisher JP

更新日期：2017-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A well-defined N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide-s-N-(3-aminopropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA-s-APMA) copolymer, synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, was utilized for the rational design of multiconjugates containing both a gene therapeutic, small interfering RNA (siRNA), ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： York AW,Huang F,McCormick CL

更新日期：2010-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A hyperbranched conjugated polyelectrolyte (HCPE) with a core-shell structure is designed and synthesized via alkyne polycyclotrimerization and click chemistry. The HCPE has an emission maximum at 565 nm with a quantum yield of 12% and a large Stokes shift of 143 nm in water. By virtue of its poly(ethylene glycol) she...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Pu KY,Shi J,Cai L,Li K,Liu B

更新日期：2011-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogel fibers that possessed a cell-adhesive surface and were degradable via enzymatic reactions were developed for fabricating tubular constructs with smooth muscle cell (SMC) and endothelial cell (EC) layers, similar to native blood vessels, in collagen gels. The fibers were prepared by soaking hydrogel fibers pre...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Sakai S,Yamaguchi S,Takei T,Kawakami K

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, novel bionanocomposite materials with tunable properties were successfully prepared using a poly(lactic acid) (PLA) matrix and acetylated microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) as reinforcing agent. The acetylation of MFC was confirmed by FTIR and (13)C CP-MAS NMR spectroscopies. The grafting of acetyl...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tingaut P,Zimmermann T,Lopez-Suevos F

更新日期：2010-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:AQ-Pal14 is a 30-residue polypeptide that was designed to form an α-helical coiled coil that contains a metal-binding 4-pyridylalanine residue on its solvent-exposed surface. However, characterization of this peptide shows that it exists as a three-stranded coiled coil, not a two-stranded one as predicted from its des...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zaytsev DV,Xie F,Mukherjee M,Bludin A,Demeler B,Breece RM,Tierney DL,Ogawa MY

更新日期：2010-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodic patterns resembling spirals were observed to form spontaneously upon unassisted cooling of d-glucaric acid- and d-galactaric acid-based polyamide solutions in N-methyl-N-morpholine oxide (NMMO) monohydrate. Similar observations were made in d-galactaric acid-based polyamide/ionic liquid (IL) solutions. The mo...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Rosu C,Russo PS,Daly WH,Cueto R,Pople JA,Laine RA,Negulescu II

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular model systems are essential platforms used across multiple research fields for exploring the fundaments of biology and biochemistry. Here, we present giant plasma membrane vesicles (GPMVs) as a platform of cell-like compartments that will facilitate the study of particles within a biorelevant environment and ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zartner L,Garni M,Craciun I,Einfalt T,Palivan CG

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00