Folic acid conjugated nanoparticles of mixed lipid monolayer shell and biodegradable polymer core for targeted delivery of Docetaxel.

abstract：:We investigated the bioactivity of new chitosan-based multi-membrane hydrogel (MMH) architectures towards chondrocyte-like cells. The microstructure of the hydrogels constituting the membranes precludes any living cell penetration, whereas their lower scale architecture allows the protein diffusion. The biological beh...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ladet SG,Tahiri K,Montembault AS,Domard AJ,Corvol MT

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with high mortality and morbidity with no effective treatment available at present, which greatly escalates the risk of chronic kidney disease. Nanotechnology-based drug delivery for targeting renal tubules offers a new strategy for AKI treatment but remains challenging due to t...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yu H,Lin T,Chen W,Cao W,Zhang C,Wang T,Ding M,Zhao S,Wei H,Guo H,Zhao X

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Islet-like cells derived from embryonic stem (ES) cells may be a promising therapeutic option for future diabetes treatment. Here, we demonstrated a five-stage protocol with adding exendin-4 instead of nicotinamide finally could generate islet-like cells from human embryonic stem (ES) cells. Immunofluorescence analysi...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Mao GH,Chen GA,Bai HY,Song TR,Wang YX

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The engineering of functional skeletal muscle tissue substitutes holds promise for the treatment of various muscular diseases and injuries. However, no tissue fabrication technology currently exists for the generation of a relatively large and thick bioartificial muscle made of densely packed, uniformly aligned, and d...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Bian W,Bursac N

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcutaneous immunization (TCI) is an attractive vaccination method compared with conventional injectable vaccines because it is easier to administer without pain. We developed a dissolving microneedle patch (MicroHyala, MH) made of hyaluronic acid and showed that transcutaneous vaccination using MH induced a strong...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Hirobe S,Azukizawa H,Hanafusa T,Matsuo K,Quan YS,Kamiyama F,Katayama I,Okada N,Nakagawa S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Menisci are one of the most commonly injured parts of the knee with a limited healing potential. This study focuses on fabrication and characterization of biomimetic surfaces for meniscal tissue engineering. To achieve this, a combination of hyaluronic acid/chitosan (HA/CH) mutilayers with covalently immobilized major...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Tan GK,Dinnes DL,Butler LN,Cooper-White JJ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the potential of acellular dermal matrix as a carrier for delivery of stem cells to the site of soft tissue defect in a murine skin injury model and to determine the potential of stem cells delivered via such an approach to successfully engraft, survive and differentiate lo...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Altman AM,Matthias N,Yan Y,Song YH,Bai X,Chiu ES,Slakey DP,Alt EU

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined treatment using nonviral agent-mediated enzyme/prodrug therapy and immunotherapy had been proposed as a powerful alternative method of cancer therapy. The present study was aimed to evaluate the cytotoxicity in vitro and the therapeutic efficacy in vivo when the cytosine deaminase/5-fluorocytosine (CD/5-FC) a...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Liang B,He ML,Chan CY,Chen YC,Li XP,Li Y,Zheng D,Lin MC,Kung HF,Shuai XT,Peng Y

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：:In regenerative medicine, accumulating evidence demonstrates that the property of substrates monitors neural stem cells behavior. However, how stem cells sense and interpret biochemical and topographical cues remains elusive. This study aimed to explore the mechanism how nanofibrous scaffold modulated stem cells behav...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang Y,Yao M,Zhou J,Zheng W,Zhou C,Dong D,Liu Y,Teng Z,Jiang Y,Wei G,Cui X

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to influence the direction of polymerization of a self-assembling biomolecular system has the potential to generate materials with extremely high anisotropy. In biological systems where highly-oriented cellular populations give rise to aligned and often load-bearing tissue such organized molecular scaffold...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Saeidi N,Sander EA,Ruberti JW

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell processes, including growth cones, respond to biophysical cues in their microenvironment to establish functional tissue architecture and intercellular networks. The mechanisms by which cells sense and translate biophysical cues into directed growth are unknown. We used photopolymerization to fabricate methacrylat...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Li S,Tuft BW,Xu L,Polacco MA,Clarke JC,Guymon CA,Hansen MR

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen in vertebrate animals is often arranged in alternating lamellae or in bundles of aligned fibrils which are designed to withstand in vivo mechanical loads. The formation of these organized structures is thought to result from a complex, large-area integration of individual cell motion and locally-controlled sy...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Saeidi N,Karmelek KP,Paten JA,Zareian R,DiMasi E,Ruberti JW

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of hirudin, a known inhibitor of thrombin, was evaluated for whole blood samples in terms of platelet deposition/adhesion to a non-biological test surface (tetrafluoroethylene-propylene copolymer), adenosine diphosphate (ADP) release and reduction in platelet count during laminar shear flow for a shear rate...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Alkhamis TM,Beissinger RL,Chediak JR

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) including poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) (PHBHHx) were found to induce chondrogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and preserve chondrocytic phenotype as well as support chondrocytes-specific extracellular matrix (ECM) secretion. In this study, mouse MSCs cultur...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yan C,Wang Y,Shen XY,Yang G,Jian J,Wang HS,Chen GQ,Wu Q

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodegradable polylactide implants allow secure fixation of osteochondral fractures with minimal adverse effects. The goal of this prospective, randomized animal study was to show whether osteoconductive effects can be achieved through the development of poly-L/DL(70/30)lactide composite implants with 10% beta-tricalc...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Prokop A,Jubel A,Hahn U,Dietershagen M,Bleidistel M,Peters C,Höfl A,Rehm KE

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference holds tremendous potential as a therapeutic approach of malignant tumors. However, safe and efficient nanovectors are extremely lack for systemic delivery of small interfering RNA (siRNA). The study aimed to develop a biomimetic nanovector, reconstituted high density lipoprotein (rHDL), mediating targ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ding Y,Wang W,Feng M,Wang Y,Zhou J,Ding X,Zhou X,Liu C,Wang R,Zhang Q

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcification and mechanical failure are the major causes of the loss of cardiac bioprostheses. The chemical treatments used to stabilize the tissue employed are considered to play a fundamental role in the development of these two phenomena, although the problem is multifactorial and the underlying causes are yet to ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Garcia Páez JM,Jorge-Herrero E,Carrera A,Millán I,Rocha A,Calero P,Cordón A,Salvador J,Sainz N,Méndez J,Castillo-Olivares JL

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the ability to induce cell death in certain conditions, the fullerenes (C(60)) are potential anticancer and toxic agents. The colloidal suspension of crystalline C(60) (nano-C(60), nC(60)) is extremely toxic, but the mechanisms of its cytotoxicity are not completely understood. By combining experimental ana...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Markovic Z,Todorovic-Markovic B,Kleut D,Nikolic N,Vranjes-Djuric S,Misirkic M,Vucicevic L,Janjetovic K,Isakovic A,Harhaji L,Babic-Stojic B,Dramicanin M,Trajkovic V

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alginate-polylysine (PLL) capsules are commonly applied for immunoprotection of endocrine tissues. Alginate is composed of mannuronic acid (M) and guluronic acid (G). Different types of alginate have different ratios of G to M, but little is known of the influence of these differences on biocompatibility. Therefore, w...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： De Vos P,De Haan B,Van Schilfgaarde R

更新日期：1997-02-01 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：:Photopolymerizable hydrogels, formed by UV-exposure of photosensitive polymers in the presence of photoinitiators, are widely used materials in tissue engineering research employed for cellular entrapment and patterning. During photopolymerization, the entrapped cells are directly exposed to polymer and photoinitiator...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Fedorovich NE,Oudshoorn MH,van Geemen D,Hennink WE,Alblas J,Dhert WJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:In order to develop a more effective self-etching primer, with a longer lasting shelf life, we designed a self-etching primer comprised of methacrylamide, N-methacryloyl glycine, NMGly. In this study, the hydrolytic stability of the amide portion in the NMGly was examined. The difference in the hydrolytic stability be...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Nishiyama N,Suzuki K,Yoshida H,Teshima H,Nemoto K

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Docetaxel (DOC) produces anti-tumor effects by inducing apoptosis and inhibiting cell growth. However, its clinical application is limited by its hydrophobicity and low biocompatibility. Therefore, improving DOC's water solubility, biocompatibility, and anti-tumor effects are important goals that will improve its clin...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Gao X,Wang S,Wang B,Deng S,Liu X,Zhang X,Luo L,Fan R,Xiang M,You C,Wei Y,Qian Z,Guo G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A general solution of the diffusion equation for gas in polymers is developed by a numerical method. This solution allows diffusion to be calculated in all cases, by gas desorption after an incomplete adsorption, which is not the case for analytical solutions. When the analytical solutions are valid, both types of sol...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Hennebert P

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial infarction (MI) leads to the mass death of cardiomyocytes accompanying with the unfavorable alternation of microenvironment, a fibrosis scar deprived of electrical communications, and the lack of blood supply in the infarcted myocardium. The three factors are inextricably intertwined and thus result in a co...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang W,Tan B,Chen J,Bao R,Zhang X,Liang S,Shang Y,Liang W,Cui Y,Fan G,Jia H,Liu W

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decellularized extracellular matrices (ECM) from in vitro cell cultures can serve as in vivo-like matrix scaffolds for modulating cell-ECM interactions. Macromolecular crowding (MMC), the supplementation of synthetic or naturally occurring molecules resulting in excluded volume effects (EVE), has been demonstrated to ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Prewitz MC,Stißel A,Friedrichs J,Träber N,Vogler S,Bornhäuser M,Werner C

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to develop a polymeric carrier for delivery of anti-tumor drugs and sustained release of these agents in order to optimize anti-tumor activity while minimizing systemic effects. We used oligo(poly(ethylene glycol) fumarate) (OPF) hydrogels modified with small negatively charged molecules, so...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Dadsetan M,Liu Z,Pumberger M,Giraldo CV,Ruesink T,Lu L,Yaszemski MJ

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Besides toxicity tests, biokinetic studies are a fundamental part of investigations to evaluate a safe and sustainable use of nanoparticles. Today, gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) are known to be a versatile tool in different areas such as science, engineering or medicine. In this study, we investigated the biokinetics af...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Lipka J,Semmler-Behnke M,Sperling RA,Wenk A,Takenaka S,Schleh C,Kissel T,Parak WJ,Kreyling WG

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00