Optical spectroscopy to investigate the structure of regenerated Bombyx mori silk fibroin in solution.

abstract：:Peptide self-assembly is a facile route to the development of bioorganic hybrid materials that have sophisticated nanostructures toward diverse applications. Here, we report the synthesis of self-assembled peptide (Fmoc-diphenylalanine, Fmoc-FF)/graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) hydrogels for light harvesting and biom...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ko JW,Choi WS,Kim J,Kuk SK,Lee SH,Park CB

更新日期：2017-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymers have opposing effects on lipid membrane integrity: they can behave either as membrane sealants or as membrane permeabilizers. To gain insights into their biomembrane activities, the fundamental interactions between a series of PEO-based polymers and phospholipid vesicles were investigat...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wang JY,Marks J,Lee KY

更新日期：2012-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:As with many other biosourced colloids, chitin nanocrystals (ChNCs) can form liquid crystalline phases with chiral nematic ordering. In this work, we demonstrate that it is possible to finely tune the liquid crystalline behavior of aqueous ChNC suspensions finely. Such control was made possible by carefully studying h...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Narkevicius A,Steiner LM,Parker RM,Ogawa Y,Frka-Petesic B,Vignolini S

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomimetic nanoengineering built through integrating the specific cell membrane with artificially synthetic nanomedicines represents one of the most promising directions for the actualization of personalized therapy. For addressing the technical hurdle against the development of this biomimetic technology, the present...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhu J,Zhang M,Zheng D,Hong S,Feng J,Zhang XZ

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Solutions of glucose, cellobiose and microcrystalline cellulose in the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methyl-imidazolium ([C2mim][OAc]) have been examined using pulsed-field gradient (1)H NMR. Diffusion coefficients of the cation and anion across the temperature range 20-70 °C have been determined for a range of concentration...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ries ME,Radhi A,Keating AS,Parker O,Budtova T

更新日期：2014-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraneuronal aggregation of the intrinsically disordered protein α-synuclein is at the core of Parkinson's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. Several reports show that the concentration of salts in the medium heavily affects its aggregation rate and fibril morphology, but a characterization of the indiv...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ramis R,Ortega-Castro J,Vilanova B,Adrover M,Frau J

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A new PPF-BCN/hyPCL32-N3 injectable system that can be cross-linked by catalyst-free, strain promoted alkyne-azide cycloaddition (SPAAC) click chemistry was developed for tissue engineering applications. The system consisted of two components: PPF-BCN, poly(propylene fumarate) (PPF) functionalized with (1R,8S,9s)-bicy...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Liu X,Miller AL 2nd,Xu H,Waletzki BE,Lu L

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcium-binding sites of calbindin D(9k) have a helix-loop-helix motif. In this study, the helix motifs were replaced by several Ala-Gly repeating regions designed on the basis of the primary sequences of several silk fibroins. The synthesized peptides were treated with several organic solvents to modify the secon...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Asakura T,Hamada M,Nakazawa Y,Ha SW,Knight DP

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structures of three pectic arabinogalactans, one from Vernonia kotschyana (Vk2a) and two from Cochlospermum tinctorium (Ct50A1 and Ct50A2), and their complement fixation and induction of B cell proliferation in vitro were compared. The polysaccharide Vk2a expressed potent biological activity in both assays compared wi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Nergard CS,Kiyohara H,Reynolds JC,Thomas-Oates JE,Matsumoto T,Yamada H,Patel T,Petersen D,Michaelsen TE,Diallo D,Paulsen BS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By monitoring the thermally driven displacements of imbedded polystyrene microspheres via video fluorescence microscopy, we quantified the microstructural and micromechanical heterogeneities of wheat gliadin suspensions. We found that the degree of heterogeneity of the suspensions, as measured by the width and skewnes...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Xu J,Tseng Y,Carriere CJ,Wirtz D

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maintenance of hepatocyte phenotype and functions remains as a great challenge in the generation of functional liver tissue and in vitro model for drug metabolism studies. The use of hepatocyte coculture systems plays essential roles in the establishment of cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix communications si...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Liu Y,Li H,Yan S,Wei J,Li X

更新日期：2014-03-10 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：:This paper describes the synthesis and characterization of a novel organic polymer coating for the prevention of the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on the solid surface of three-dimensional objects. Substrata were encapsulated with polyterpenol thin films prepared from terpinen-4-ol using radio frequency plasma enha...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Bazaka K,Jacob MV,Truong VK,Wang F,Pushpamali WA,Wang JY,Ellis AV,Berndt CC,Crawford RJ,Ivanova EP

更新日期：2010-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid-like fibrils are prepared from protein in the lab by controlled heat treatments, yet these must be further assembled to match the desirable mechanical and structural properties of biological fibers. Here, β-lactoglobulin fibrils were incorporated into poly(ethylene oxide) fibers of 40-180 nm diameter by electr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chen D,Narayanan N,Federici E,Yang Z,Zuo X,Gao J,Fang F,Deng M,Campanella OH,Jones OG

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome for glioblastoma patients remains dismal for its invariably recrudesces within 2 cm of the resection cavity. Local immunotherapy has the potential to eradicate the residual infiltrative component of these tumors. Here, we report the development of a biodegradable hydrogel containing therapeutic T lymphocyt...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tsao CT,Kievit FM,Ravanpay A,Erickson AE,Jensen MC,Ellenbogen RG,Zhang M

更新日期：2014-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research indicates that the progression of Parkinson's disease can start from neurons of the enteric nervous system, which are in close contact with the gastrointestinal epithelium: α-synuclein molecules can be transferred from these epithelial cells in a prion-like fashion to enteric neurons. Thin mucus layers...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Marczynski M,Rickert CA,Semerdzhiev SA,van Dijk WR,Segers-Nolten IMJ,Claessens MMAE,Lieleg O

更新日期：2019-12-09 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：:Poor cell survival in vitro and in vivo is one of the key challenges in tissue engineering. Prosurvival therapeutic proteins, such as insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), can promote cell viability but require controlled delivery systems due to their short half-lives and rapid clearance. Biocompatible materials are c...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Parker J,Mitrousis N,Shoichet MS

更新日期：2016-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymatic glyco-modification of transparent cellulose films with lactose was achieved by nonaqueous biocatalysis, and rat hepatocyte attachment behavior to the lactose-modified cellulose films was investigated. Regenerated cellulose films were incubated with lactose using a surfactant-enveloped cellulase in lithium ch...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Esaki K,Yokota S,Egusa S,Okutani Y,Ogawa Y,Kitaoka T,Goto M,Wariishi H

更新日期：2009-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Visible light-induced hydrogelation is attractive for various biomedical applications. In this study, hydrogels of alginate with phenolic hydroxyl groups (Alg-Ph) were obtained by irradiating a solution containing the polymer, ruthenium II trisbipyridyl chloride ([Ru(bpy)3]2+) and sodium persulfate (SPS), with visible...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Sakai S,Kamei H,Mori T,Hotta T,Ohi H,Nakahata M,Taya M

更新日期：2018-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Regenerated silk fibroin (RSF) fibers were obtained by extruding a concentrated aqueous silk fibroin solution into an ammonium sulfate coagulation bath. A custom-made simplified industrial-type wet-spinning device with continuous mechanical postdraw was used. The effect of dope concentration, coagulation bath, extrusi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yan J,Zhou G,Knight DP,Shao Z,Chen X

更新日期：2010-01-11 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：:Despite recent advances in tumor treatment through cancer immunotherapy, the efficacy of this approach remains to be improved. Looking forward to high rates of objective clinical response, cancer immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy has gained increasing attention recently. Here, we constructed liposomes with matr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Liu Y,Chen XG,Yang PP,Qiao ZY,Wang H

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:New applications in regenerative biotechnology require the ability to understand and control protein-surface interactions on micrometer and submicrometer length scales. Evidence presented here shows that micropatterned amphiphilic comb polymer films exhibit a pretreatment-dependent behavior with respect to protein ads...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhang Z,Ma H,Hausner DB,Chilkoti A,Beebe TP Jr

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitin nanocrystal aqueous dispersions were prepared by acid hydrolysis of crude chitin from crab shells. The resulting dispersions were studied with small deformation oscillatory experiments and polarized optical microscopy under different conditions of nanocrystal concentration, ionic strength, pH, and temperature. ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tzoumaki MV,Moschakis T,Biliaderis CG

更新日期：2010-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioresponsive poly(amidoamine)s (PAA)s are currently under development as endosomolytic polymers for intracellular delivery of proteins and genes. Here for the first time, small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is used to systematically investigate the pH-dependent conformational change of an endosomolytic polymer, the...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Griffiths PC,Paul A,Khayat Z,Wan KW,King SM,Grillo I,Schweins R,Ferruti P,Franchini J,Duncan R

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:Poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) is extensively used for biomedical applications due to its low cost, ease of fabrication, high durability and flexibility, oxygen permeability, and self-healing properties. PDMS, however, has some significant drawbacks. PDMS endures unacceptably high levels of nonspecific protein fouling...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Keefe AJ,Brault ND,Jiang S

更新日期：2012-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiblock copolymers (MBCs) are fascinating in the field of biology-polymer chemistry interfaces. Synthesizing libraries of MBCs with tailor-made functionality is challenging as it involves multiple steps. Herein, a simple synthesis, analogous to polyurethane/Michael addition reactions, has been introduced to obtain ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Nutan B,Kumar A,Jewrajka SK

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Polypeptide-based formulations that undergo liquid to hydrogel transitions upon change in temperature have become desirable targets since they can be mixed with cells or injected into tissues as liquids, and subsequently transform into rigid scaffolds or depots. Such materials have been challenging to prepare using sy...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhang S,Alvarez DJ,Sofroniew MV,Deming TJ

更新日期：2015-04-13 00:00:00