The formation of poly(ester-urea) networks in the absence of isocyanate monomers.

abstract：:The management of trauma-associated nerve defects is difficult because of the absence of autologous donor motor or sensory nerves. Pre-clinical development and clinical experience has shown that damaged nerves can be surgically repaired using a tubular conduit interposed across the defect. Acceptable patient outcomes ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Sierpinski P,Garrett J,Ma J,Apel P,Klorig D,Smith T,Koman LA,Atala A,Van Dyke M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although PEGylated TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (PEG-TRAIL) has good tumor cell specificity and stability, its therapeutic potential is restricted by the development of tumor cell resistance. The purpose of this study was to develop an effective combination therapy with sustained biological activity based on ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Jiang HH,Kim TH,Lee S,Chen X,Youn YS,Lee KC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gelatin and dextran were blended and crosslinked to form enzymatically degradable interpenetrating polymeric networks (IPNs) as materials for degradable implants. Several crosslinking methods were investigated including treatment with glyceraldehyde, thermal hardening, and chelation of dextran by divalent metal cation...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kosmala JD,Henthorn DB,Brannon-Peppas L

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wear particle-induced periprosthetic osteolysis has been a clinical problem driving the development of wear resistant ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) for total joint replacement. Radiation crosslinking has been used to decrease wear through decreased plastic deformation; but crosslinking also reduces ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Oral E,Ghali BW,Rowell SL,Micheli BR,Lozynsky AJ,Muratoglu OK

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although graphene oxide (GO) has recently been considered as a highly attractive nanomaterial for future cancer imaging and therapy, it is still a major challenge to improve its in vivo tumor active targeting efficiency. Here in this full article, we demonstrated the successful and significantly enhanced in vivo tumor...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Shi S,Yang K,Hong H,Chen F,Valdovinos HF,Goel S,Barnhart TE,Liu Z,Cai W

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune system is a powerful resource for the eradication of cancer, but to overcome the low immunogenicity of tumor cells, a sufficiently strong CD8(+) T cell-mediated adaptive immune response is required. Nanoparticulate biomaterials represent a potentially effective delivery system for cancer vaccines, as they c...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Molino NM,Neek M,Tucker JA,Nelson EL,Wang SW

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polydimethylsiloxanes exhibit hydrophobic behaviour and poor wettability. These features impose some problems with the clinical performance of the material when used for the construction of intraoral and extraoral facial prostheses. Surface active agents were added to modify the surface energy of the polydimethylsilox...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Polyzois GL,Winter RW,Stafford GD

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that biomaterials play an important role in the regulation of adhesion and growth of a variety of cultured cell types. However, whether biomaterials are associated with the senescence of cultured cells is not known. The present work shows that the decrease of the hydrophobic property of poly (ethylene...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Lou PJ,Chiu MY,Chou CC,Liao BW,Young TH

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen has been widely used for tissue engineering. Here, we applied bioactive laminin-derived peptides as an additive for collagen, laminin-111, and fibronectin matrices resulting in peptide/collagen, peptide/laminin-111, and peptide/fibronectin matrices. Several syndecan-binding peptides, including AG73 (RKRLQVQLS...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yamada Y,Katagiri F,Hozumi K,Kikkawa Y,Nomizu M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dacron velour is often used to anchor a percutaneous device, like the catheter used in peritoneal dialysis. However, exit-site infections complicate this method of dialysis and are supposed to be related to the design of the catheter. In animal experiments, a percutaneous device provided with a titanium fibre mesh to ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Paquay YC,de Ruijter JE,van der Waerden JP,Jansen JA

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone defects, such as compressive fractures in the vertebral bodies, are frequently treated with acrylic bone cements (e.g., PMMA). Although these biomaterials have sufficient mechanical properties for fixing the fracture, they are non-degradable and do not remodel or integrate with host tissue. In an alternative appr...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Guelcher SA,Srinivasan A,Dumas JE,Didier JE,McBride S,Hollinger JO

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neutrophil polarization assay, a technique used to measure chemotaxis, was adapted to examine complement activation. Complement activation in serum which had been incubated with metallic and polymeric biomaterials was examined using the neutrophil polarization assay and immunoelectrophoresis assay. In agreement wi...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Remes A,Williams DF

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sintered bovine cancellous bone exhibited excellent biocompatiblity, high porosity and have an interconnecting porous structure allowing for bone ingrowth. However, the main mineral constitution of sintered bovine bone-hydroxyapatite (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2, HAP) seems to be too stable in vivo. For improving its bioactivity,...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Lin FH,Liao CJ,Chen KS,Sun JS

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanocomposite of hydroxyapatite (HAP) surface-grafted with poly(l-lactide) (PLLA) (g-HAP) shows a wide application for bone fixation materials due to its improved interface compatibility, mechanical property and biocompatibility in our previous study. In this paper, a 3-D porous scaffold of g-HAP/poly(lactide-co-glyco...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhang P,Hong Z,Yu T,Chen X,Jing X

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Developing repair strategies for osteochondral tissue presents complex challenges due to its interfacial nature and complex zonal structure, consisting of subchondral bone, intermediate calcified cartilage and the superficial cartilage regions. In this study, the long term ability of a multi-layered biomimetic collage...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Levingstone TJ,Ramesh A,Brady RT,Brama PAJ,Kearney C,Gleeson JP,O'Brien FJ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the engineering and true axial stress-strain behavior of smooth cylindrical and shallow and deep notched cylindrical test specimens, under applied axial tensile loading using non-contacting methods, of both conventional and highly crosslinked ultra-high molecular weight polyethylenes (UHMWPEs). The...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Sobieraj MC,Kurtz SM,Rimnac CM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombomodulin (TM) is a newly described endothelial cell-associated protein that functions as a potent natural anticoagulant by converting thrombin from a procoagulant protease to an anticoagulant. In this study, focussing on the application of TM for biomedical materials, recombinant human TM (hTM) was immobilized o...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kishida A,Ueno Y,Fukudome N,Yashima E,Maruyama I,Akashi M

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of disability and socioeconomic loss worldwide. However, the current pharmacological approaches used to treat OA are largely palliative. Being the hallmark of OA, the cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM) destruction and abnormal homeostasis is gaining more attention as a therapeuti...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Peng Z,Sun H,Bunpetch V,Koh Y,Wen Y,Wu D,Ouyang H

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliable single unit neuron recordings from chronically implanted microelectrode arrays (MEAs) are essential tools in the field of neural engineering. However, following implantation, MEAs undergo a foreign body response that functionally isolates them from the brain and reduces the useful longevity of the array. We t...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Cassar IR,Yu C,Sambangi J,Lee CD,Whalen JJ 3rd,Petrossians A,Grill WM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat treatment of an MgO-CaO-SiO2-P2O5 glass gave a glass ceramic containing crystalline apatite (Ca10(PO4)6O,F2] and beta-wollastonite (CaO,SiO2) in an MgO-CaO-SiO2 glassy matrix. It showed bioactivity and a fairly high mechanical strength which decreased only slowly, even under load-bearing conditions in the body. I...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kokubo T

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contractile tissues such as myocardium, functional properties are directly related to the cellular orientation and elongation. Thus, tissue engineering of functional cardiac patches critically depends on our understanding of the interaction between multiple guidance cues such as topographical, adhesive or electrica...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Au HT,Cheng I,Chowdhury MF,Radisic M

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples of linear (additionally crosslinked) p(HEMA) with different amounts of fibrillar collagen were implanted into the popliteal region of rats. After 3 month, the implanted materials were harvested and examined by SEM. The implants underwent marked structural or morphological changes. While the fibrillar collagen ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Stol M,Cífková I,Tyrácková V,Adam M

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recapitulation of the cellular microenvironment of the heart, which promotes cell contraction, remains a key challenge in cardiac tissue engineering. We report here on our work, where for the first time, a 3-dimensional (3D) spring-like fiber scaffold was fabricated, successfully mimicking the coiled perimysial fibers...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Fleischer S,Feiner R,Shapira A,Ji J,Sui X,Daniel Wagner H,Dvir T

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyelectrolyte complexes (PEC) were prepared from chitosan as the polycation and several synthesized functional anion polysaccharides, and their effects on cell attachment, morphology, proliferation and differentiation were estimated using normal human osteoblasts (NHOst). After a 1-week incubation, PEC made from pol...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Nagahata M,Nakaoka R,Teramoto A,Abe K,Tsuchiya T

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoclasts resorb bone at surfaces, leaving behind pits and trails where both mineral and organic phases of bone have been dissolved. Rough surface structures are deliberately imparted to synthetic implants, in order to improve osseointegration. The aim of this study is to characterize osteoclastic resorption pits on...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Hefti T,Frischherz M,Spencer ND,Hall H,Schlottig F

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first report on a series of studies of the crystallinity of bone tissues. The measurements were done at the microfocused diffraction beamline at ERSF (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility) as a feasibility test on various aspects on microdiffraction analysis. Beside the crystal structure, crystallite si...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Rindby A,Voglis P,Engström P

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to develop radiopaque iodinated emulsions for use as CT blood pool contrast agents. Three hydrophobic iodinated oils were synthesized based on the 2,3,5-triiodobenzoate moiety and formulated into emulsions using either phospholipids or amphiphilic polymers, i.e. Pluronic F68 and poly(bu...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： de Vries A,Custers E,Lub J,van den Bosch S,Nicolay K,Grüll H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive approaches to assess tissue function could improve significantly current methods to diagnose diseases and optimize engineered tissues. In this study, we describe a two-photon excited fluorescence microscopy approach that relies entirely on endogenous fluorophores to dynamically quantify functional metabol...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Quinn KP,Bellas E,Fourligas N,Lee K,Kaplan DL,Georgakoudi I

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermosensitive "micellar hydrogel" is prepared based on poly(ε-caprolactone-co- 1,4,8-trioxa[4.6]spiro-9-undecanone)-b-poly(ethylene glycol)- b-poly(ε-caprolactone- co-1,4,8-trioxa[4.6]spiro-9-undecanone) (PECT) triblock copolymer. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) is adopted to explore its assembly (form...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Huang P,Song H,Zhang Y,Liu J,Cheng Z,Liang XJ,Wang W,Kong D,Liu J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00