Mechanical properties, drug eluting characteristics and in vivo performance of a genipin-crosslinked chitosan polymeric stent.

abstract：:We report here the study of the biocompatibility of a bone graft material, the Pyrost, using a previously established in vitro model of human osteoblasts. The effect of this material on cell proliferation was evaluated by the MTS assay. Results indicated the absolute absence of cytotoxic or cytostatic effect of Pyrost...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Josset Y,Oum'hamed Z,Zarrinpour A,Lorenzato M,Adnet JJ,Laurent-Maquin D

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-assembly is a prominent phenomenon observed in nature. Inspired by this thermodynamically favorable approach, several natural and synthetic materials have been investigated to develop functional systems for various biomedical applications, including drug delivery. Furthermore, layered self-assembled systems provi...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Sarode A,Annapragada A,Guo J,Mitragotri S

更新日期：2020-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to platinum agents is challenging in cancer treatment with platinum drugs. Such resistant cells prevent effective platinum accumulation intracellular and alter cellular adaptations to survive from cytotoxicity by regulating corresponding proteins expression. Ideal therapeutics should combine resolution to t...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yu C,Ding B,Zhang X,Deng X,Deng K,Cheng Z,Xing B,Jin D,Ma P,Lin J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personalized oncology significantly relies on the development of cancer theranostic agents to integrate cancer therapeutics and diagnostics. Current most common strategy for development of such multifunctional agents requires multistep chemical conjugation with cancer targeted ligands, contrast agents and therapeutic ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Luo S,Tan X,Qi Q,Guo Q,Ran X,Zhang L,Zhang E,Liang Y,Weng L,Zheng H,Cheng T,Su Y,Shi C

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly-γ-glutamic acid (γ-PGA) is an anionic polypeptide secreted by Bacillus sp. that has been shown to activate immune cells through interactions with toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4). However, its ability to induce the type I interferon (IFN) response has not yet been characterized. Here, we demonstrate that γ-PGA induces...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Lee W,Lee SH,Ahn DG,Cho H,Sung MH,Han SH,Oh JW

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Right femoral, cortical bone osteotomies of 42 rabbits were fixed with fibrillated, self-reinforced (SR) poly-L-lactide (PLLA) rods, 4.5 mm in diameter. Follow-up times were from 3 to 48 wk. None of the rods broke during this period. There was one non-union at three weeks and one non-union at 12 weeks. Radiographic, h...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Manninen MJ,Pohjonen T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium phosphate (CaP) ceramics are the main raw materials used to elaborate blocks or granules for bone substitutes. In this study, injectable bone substitutes (IBS) were developed for applications in orthopedic or dental surgery. Sterile, ready-to-use composite containing CaP granules (biphasic calcium phosphate, B...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Schmitt M,Weiss P,Bourges X,Amador del Valle G,Daculsi G

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Large-scale expansion of highly functional adult human mesenchymal stem cells (aMSCs) remains technologically challenging as aMSCs lose self renewal capacity and multipotency during traditional long-term culture and their quality/quantity declines with donor age and disease. Identification of culture conditions enabli...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ng CP,Sharif AR,Heath DE,Chow JW,Zhang CB,Chan-Park MB,Hammond PT,Chan JK,Griffith LG

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of squalane-dissolved fullerene-C60 (Sql-fullerene) on macrophage activation and adipose conversion with oxidative stress were studied using an inflammatory adipose-tissue equivalent (ATE) and OP9 mouse stromal preadipocyte-U937 lymphoma cell co-culture systems. Differentiation of OP9 cells was initiated by in...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Xiao L,Aoshima H,Saitoh Y,Miwa N

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topographical features on the nanometer scale are known to influence cellular behavior. The response of specific cell types to various types of surface structures is currently still being investigated. Alumina ceramics play an important role as biomaterials, e.g., in medical and dental applications. In this study, we ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wittenbrink I,Hausmann A,Schickle K,Lauria I,Davtalab R,Foss M,Keller A,Fischer H

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of electrospun ultrafine fibres from biodegradable and biocompatible polymers has created exciting opportunities for biomedical applications. Fibre meshes with high surface area, suitable porosity and stiffness have been produced. Despite desirable structural and topographical properties, for most synt...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Duque Sánchez L,Brack N,Postma A,Pigram PJ,Meagher L

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal rat calvarial osteoblasts were cultured in 90% porous, 75:25 poly(DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) foam scaffolds for up to 56 days to examine the effects of the cell seeding density, scaffold pore size, and foam thickness on the proliferation and function of the cells in this three-dimensional environment....

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ishaug-Riley SL,Crane-Kruger GM,Yaszemski MJ,Mikos AG

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages are multifunctional immune cells with diverse physiological functions such as fighting against infection, influencing progression of pathologies, maintaining homeostasis, and regenerating tissues. Macrophages can be induced to adopt distinct polarized phenotypes, such as classically activated pro-inflammat...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kang H,Zhang K,Wong DSH,Han F,Li B,Bian L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic implantation of microelectrodes into the cortex has been shown to lead to inflammatory gliosis and neuronal loss in the microenvironment immediately surrounding the probe, a hypothesized cause of neural recording failure. Caspase-1 (aka Interleukin 1β converting enzyme) is known to play a key role in both infl...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kozai TD,Li X,Bodily LM,Caparosa EM,Zenonos GA,Carlisle DL,Friedlander RM,Cui XT

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantation of skeletal myoblasts to the heart has been investigated as a means to regenerate and protect the myocardium from damage after myocardial infarction. While several animal studies utilizing skeletal myoblasts have reported positive findings, results from clinical studies have been mixed. In this study we u...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： McGinn AN,Nam HY,Ou M,Hu N,Straub CM,Yockman JW,Bull DA,Kim SW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ether-ether-ketone) (PEEK)s are a group of polymeric biomaterials with excellent mechanical properties and chemical stability. In the present study, we demonstrate the fabrication of an antibiofouling and highly hydrophilic high-density nanometer-scaled layer on the surface of PEEK by photo-induced graft polymeri...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kyomoto M,Moro T,Takatori Y,Kawaguchi H,Nakamura K,Ishihara K

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the hypothesis that bone cements cause changes in the production of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta1) by bone cells, the effects of four acrylic bone cements (Sulfix-60, CMW 1, CMW 2 and CMW 3) were examined using the osteoblast-like cell line MG63. The extracts in MEM of the cements were tested, ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Cenni E,Granchi D,Ciapetti G,Savarino L,Corradini A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wound dressing is critical important for cutaneous wound healing. However, the application of current products is limited due to poor mechanical property, unsuitable water vapor transmission rate (WVTR), poor anti-infective property or poor biocompatibility, etc. In the present study, a microporous silicone rubber mem...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Xu R,Luo G,Xia H,He W,Zhao J,Liu B,Tan J,Zhou J,Liu D,Wang Y,Yao Z,Zhan R,Yang S,Wu J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal infections that are caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria are becoming an ever-growing challenge to human health. To address this challenge, a pH-responsive amphiphilic polymer of polyaniline-conjugated glycol chitosan (PANI-GCS) that can self-assemble into nanoparticles (NPs) in situ is developed. The PANI-GC...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Korupalli C,Huang CC,Lin WC,Pan WY,Lin PY,Wan WL,Li MJ,Chang Y,Sung HW

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy has shown promising treatment effects for a variety of cancers. However, the immune treatment efficiency for solid tumors is limited owing to insufficient infiltration of immune cells into solid tumors. The conversion of tumor-supportive macrophages to tumor-suppressive macrophages, inducing the function...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang Y,Lin YX,Qiao SL,An HW,Ma Y,Qiao ZY,Rajapaksha RP,Wang H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolic disposition and elimination process of the anhydride co-polymer poly[1,3-bis(p-carboxy-phenoxypropane):sebacic acid] 20:80 [P(CPP:Sa)20:80] implanted in the rat brain was studied. Two polymers were prepared, one with [14C]SA and unlabelled CPP, and the other co-polymer with [14C]CPP and unlabelled SA. Wi...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Domb AJ,Rock M,Schwartz J,Perkin C,Yipchuk G,Broxup B,Villemure JG

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene patch is a suitable synthetic material to repair large abdominal wall defects, lack of tissue ingrowth into the patch may give rise to herniation at the fascia-patch interface. This study was undertaken to determine whether perforations and/or ethanol pretreatment improved ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Simmermacher RK,van der Lei B,Schakenraad JM,Bleichrodt RP

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with stable vitiligo can be helped surgically using transplantation of autologous cultured melanocytes, but there is a need for a culture methodology that is free from xenobiotic agents and for a simple way of delivering cultured melanocytes to the patient to achieve pigmentation with good wound healing. The ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Eves PC,Beck AJ,Shard AG,Mac Neil S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work describes the use of aqueous two-phase systems to print cell-containing contractile collagen microdroplets. The fully aqueous conditions enable convenient formation of sub-microliter 'microgels' that are much smaller than otherwise possible to fabricate while maintaining high cell viability. The produced mic...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Moraes C,Simon AB,Putnam AJ,Takayama S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dextran derivatives are biosynthetic polyanionic polymers which exert some of the heparin properties such as regulating the activity of several heparin-binding growth factors. Based on a reproducible synthetic procedure, we have synthesized a new generation of dextran derivatives named dextran methylcarboxylate benzyl...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Vercoutter-Edouart AS,Dubreucq G,Vanhoecke B,Rigaut C,Renaux F,Dahri-Correia L,Lemoine J,Bracke M,Michalski JC,Correia J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adoptive cell transfer of targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells has emerged as a highly promising cancer therapy. The pharmacodynamic action or CAR T cells is closely related to their pharmacokinetic profile; because of this as well as the risk of non-specific action, it is important to monitor their biodis...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Harmsen S,Medine EI,Moroz M,Nurili F,Lobo J,Dong Y,Turkekul M,Pillarsetty NVK,Ting R,Ponomarev V,Akin O,Aras O

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Realizing the potential of human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-based therapy requires the development of defined scalable culture systems with efficient expansion, differentiation and isolation protocols. We report an engineered 3D microfiber system that efficiently supports long-term hPSCs self-renewal under chemicall...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Lu HF,Narayanan K,Lim SX,Gao S,Leong MF,Wan AC

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymph nodes (LNs) are immune organs housing high concentrations of lymphocytes, making them critical targets for therapeutic immunomodulation in a wide variety of diseases. While there is great interest in targeted drug delivery to LNs, many nanoscale drug delivery carriers have limited access to parenchymal resident ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Sestito LF,Thomas SN

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leveraging the multifunctional nature of citrate in chemistry and inspired by its important role in biological tissues, a class of highly versatile and functional citrate-based materials (CBBs) has been developed via facile and cost-effective polycondensation. CBBs exhibiting tunable mechanical properties and degradat...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ma C,Gerhard E,Lu D,Yang J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study of in vitro bioactivity of a sol-gel glass with composition 55% SiO2-41%CaO-4%P2O5 has been carried out by soaking it in a simulated body fluid (SBF) with and without exchange of this solution. When SBF is kept constant (static assay) the solution composition changes, increasing the Ca2+ concentrat...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Rámila A,Vallet-Regí M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00