Selective localization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes in poly(epsilon-caprolactone)/polylactide blend.

abstract：:The pressure and temperature dependence of the cloud point transition of an aqueous solution of an elastin-like polypeptide (MGLDGSMG(VPGIG)40VPLE), prepared by bacterial expression of the corresponding artificial gene, was measured. A temperature-pressure diagram was constructed over a wide range of conditions. The (...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tamura T,Yamaoka T,Kunugi S,Panitch A,Tirrell DA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new route for the design of renewable hydrogels is presented. The soluble waste from masonite production was isolated, fractionized, and upgraded. The resulting hemicellulose rich fraction was alkenyl-functionalized and used in the preparation of covalently cross-linked hydrogels capable of sustained release of inco...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Albertsson AC,Voepel J,Edlund U,Dahlman O,Söderqvist-Lindblad M

更新日期：2010-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, generation 5 (G5) polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers with two different surface groups, G4.5-COOH and G5-OH, were investigated for their protective effects on pancreas injury in a caerulein-induced acute pancreatitis (AP) mouse model. Both dendrimers significantly decreased pathological changes in the pa...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tang Y,Han Y,Liu L,Shen W,Zhang H,Wang Y,Cui X,Wang Y,Liu G,Qi R

更新日期：2015-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutral cellulose nanocrystals dispersed in water were shown in a previous work to stabilize oil/water interfaces and produce Pickering emulsions with outstanding stability, whereas sulfated nanocrystals obtained from cotton did not show interfacial properties. To develop a better understanding of the stabilization me...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kalashnikova I,Bizot H,Cathala B,Capron I

更新日期：2012-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Biocatalytic pulp fibers were prepared using surface functionalization of bleached kraft pulp with amino groups (F) and further immobilization of a cross-linked glucose oxidase (G*) from Aspergillus niger. The cross-linked enzymes (G*) were characterized using X-ray spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscop...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Vega Erramuspe IB,Fazeli E,Näreoja T,Trygg J,Hänninen P,Heinze T,Fardim P

更新日期：2016-10-10 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：:Structural properties of different polypeptide multilayer nanofilms fabricated at neutral pH have been analyzed by UV spectroscopy, circular dichroism spectroscopy (CD), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The various peptides studied exhibit a strong tendency to adopt a beta sheet conformation in the ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhang L,Haynie DT

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is an important challenge for bone repair to effectively deliver growth factors and at the same time to prevent and cure inflammation without obvious pathogen resistance. We designed a kind of antibacterial peptide-mimetic alternating copolymers (PMACs) to effectively inhibit and kill both Gram-positive and Gram-ne...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhou C,Yuan Y,Zhou P,Wang F,Hong Y,Wang N,Xu S,Du J

更新日期：2017-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharide-functionalized shell cross-linked (SCK) polymer micelles designed as polyvalent nanoscaffolds for selective interactions with receptors on Gram negative bacteria were constructed from mixed micelles composed of poly(acrylic acid-b-methyl acrylate) and mannosylated poly(acrylic acid-b-methyl acrylate). The m...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Joralemon MJ,Murthy KS,Remsen EE,Becker ML,Wooley KL

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lignin-carbohydrate complexes (LCCs) were prepared in quantitative yield from spruce wood and from the corresponding kraft and oxygen-delignified pulps and were separated into different fractions on the basis of their carbohydrate composition. To obtain an understanding of the differences in lignin structure and react...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lawoko M,Henriksson G,Gellerstedt G

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(3-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) has been synthesized and characterized by gel permeation chromatography, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, NMR spectroscopy, and thermal analysis. The polymer is a chemically amplified photoresist. Arrays of lines with 25 microm width and 25 microm spacing wer...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： He W,Gonsalves KE,Pickett JH,Halberstadt C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of guluronate oligomers on the barrier properties of mucous matrices was investigated in terms of the mobility of nanoparticles in mucous matrices by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), cellular uptake of nanoparticles in mucus secreting cells (HT29-MTX), and mucin matrix architecture by scan...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Nordgård CT,Nonstad U,Olderøy MØ,Espevik T,Draget KI

更新日期：2014-06-09 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：:We examined the antibacterial and hemolytic activities in a series of amphiphilic block and random copolymers of poly(vinyl ether) derivatives prepared by base-assisting living cationic polymerization. Block and random amphiphilic copolymers with similar monomer compositions showed the same level of activity against ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Oda Y,Kanaoka S,Sato T,Aoshima S,Kuroda K

更新日期：2011-10-10 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：:The molecular recognition features of a DNA-sensitive fluorescent bioconjugate capable of targeting a specific DNA sequence with high efficiency are described. The bioconjugate combines a polypeptide from the Tc3 transposase DNA-binding domain with the dsDNA-sensitive fluorophore thiazole orange. Fluorescence spectros...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Thompson M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cellulose-chitin hybrid polysaccharide having alternatingly beta(1-->4)-linked D-glucose (Glc) and N-acetyl-d-glucosamine (GlcNAc) was synthesized via two modes of enzymatic polymerization. First, a sugar oxazoline monomer of Glcbeta(1-->4)GlcNAc (1) was designed as a transition-state analogue substrate (TSAS) monom...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kobayashi S,Makino A,Matsumoto H,Kunii S,Ohmae M,Kiyosada T,Makiguchi K,Matsumoto A,Horie M,Shoda S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, sequential approach for creation of hydrolytically degradable poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogels has been developed and characterized. The chemistry involves an initial step growth polymerization reaction between PEG-diacrylate and dithiothreitol (DTT) to form acrylate-terminated (-PEG-DTT-)n PEG chains, ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hudalla GA,Eng TS,Murphy WL

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：: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：:A strategy is presented that exploits the ability of synthetic polymers of different nature to disturb the strong self-assembly capabilities of amyloid based β-sheet forming peptides. Following a convergent approach, the peptides of interest were synthesized via solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) and the polymers vi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Dehn S,Castelletto V,Hamley IW,Perrier S

更新日期：2012-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogels are supramolecular assemblies with both solute transport properties like liquids and mechanical properties like elastomers. To date, every type of biomolecules except ribonucleic acid (RNA), is capable of forming a hydrogel. Here, we report an RNA that forms a hydrogel by self-assembly. This RNA is originall...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Huang Z,Kangovi GN,Wen W,Lee S,Niu L

更新日期：2017-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major drawbacks found in most bone tissue engineering approaches developed so far consists in the lack of strategies to promote vascularisation. Some studies have addressed different issues that may enhance vascularisation in tissue engineered constructs, most of them involving the use of growth factors (GF...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Santo VE,Frias AM,Carida M,Cancedda R,Gomes ME,Mano JF,Reis RL

更新日期：2009-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrospinning for the formation of nanoscale diameter fibers has been explored for high-performance filters and biomaterial scaffolds for vascular grafts or wound dressings. Fibers with nanoscale diameters provide benefits due to high surface area. In the present study we explore electrospinning for protein-based bi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Jin HJ,Fridrikh SV,Rutledge GC,Kaplan DL

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we report on an ATP-responsive low-molecular-weight polyethylenimine (LMW-PEI)-based supramolecular assembly. It formed via host-guest interaction between PEI (MW = 1.8 kDa)-α-cyclodextrin (α-CD) conjugates and PEI1.8k-phenylboronic acid (PBA) conjugates. The host-guest interaction between PEI1.8k-α-CD a...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Jiang C,Qi Z,Jia H,Huang Y,Wang Y,Zhang W,Wu Z,Yang H,Liu J

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyrotaxanes, a family of rod-shaped nanomaterials comprised of noncovalent polymer/macrocycle assemblies, are being used in a growing number of materials and biomedical applications. Their physiochemical properties can vary widely as a function of composition, potentially leading to different in vivo performance out...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Collins CJ,Mondjinou Y,Loren B,Torregrosa-Allen S,Simmons CJ,Elzey BD,Ayat N,Lu ZR,Thompson D

更新日期：2016-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD, residues 146-231) of the HIV-1 capsid (CA) protein plays an important role in the CA-CA dimerization and viral assembly of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Disrupting the native conformation of the CA is essential for blocking viral capsid formation and viral replication. Thu...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yu X,Wang Q,Yang JC,Buch I,Tsai CJ,Ma B,Cheng SZ,Nussinov R,Zheng J

更新日期：2009-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of selectivity and low solubility of many chemotherapeutics impels the development of different biocompatible nanosized drug carriers. Amphiphilic block copolymers, composed of a hydrophilic and hydrophobic domain, show great potential because of their small size, large solubilizing power and loading capacity...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kasmi S,Louage B,Nuhn L,Van Driessche A,Van Deun J,Karalic I,Risseeuw M,Van Calenbergh S,Hoogenboom R,De Rycke R,De Wever O,Hennink WE,De Geest BG

更新日期：2016-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:For efficient reversal of multidrug resistance (MDR) in chemotherapy for breast cancer, multifunctional self-assembled nanoparticles (MSN) based on a new amphiphilic copolymer consisting of bioreducible poly[bis(2-hydroxylethyl)-disulfide-diacrylate-β-tetraethylenepentamine] and polycaprolactone (PBD-PCL) were constru...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yin Q,Shen J,Zhang Z,Yu H,Chen L,Gu W,Li Y

更新日期：2013-07-08 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