Biocompatibility of plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposited poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) films for biomimetic replication of the intestinal basement membrane.

abstract：:In a previous study, we have reported chemical synthesis of novel aliphatic poly(butylene succinate-co-cyclic carbonate) P(BS-co-CC)s bearing various functionalizable carbonate building blocks, and this work will continue to present our new studies on their enzymatic degradation and in vitro cell biocompatibility assa...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yang J,Tian W,Li Q,Li Y,Cao A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite great potential, the delivery of genetic materials into cells or tissues of interest remains challenging owing to their susceptibility to nuclease degradation, lack of permeability to the cell membrane, and short in vivo half-life, which severely restrict their widespread use in therapeutics. To surmount these...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Le TMD,Duong HTT,Thambi T,Giang Phan VH,Jeong JH,Lee DS

更新日期：2018-08-13 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：:Although micelles are commonly used for drug delivery purposes, their long-term fate is often unknown due to photobleaching of the fluorescent labels or the use of toxic materials. Here, we present a metal-free, nontoxic, nonbleaching, fluorescent micelle that can address these shortcomings. A simple, yet versatile, p...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zaquen N,Lu H,Chang T,Mamdooh R,Lutsen L,Vanderzande D,Stenzel M,Junkers T

更新日期：2016-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed protein-based hydrogels have been prepared by blending gelatin (G) with amorphous Bombyx mori silk fibroin (SF) and promoting beta-crystallization of SF via subsequent exposure to methanol or methanol/water solutions. The introduction of beta crystals in SF serves to stabilize the hydrogel network and extend the...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gil ES,Frankowski DJ,Spontak RJ,Hudson SM

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cellulose macromonomer, N-(15-methacryloyloxypentadecanoyl)-tri-O-acetyl-beta-cellulosylamine (CTA-C15-MA (2); M(2)) with number averaged degree of polymerization (DP(n)) = 13), was copolymerized with methyl methacrylate (MMA; M(1)) to give cellulosic copolymer with CTA side chains, PMMA-g-(CTA-C15) (3-A). An absolu...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Enomoto-Rogers Y,Kamitakahara H,Takano T,Nakatsubo F

更新日期：2009-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The competing mechanisms that regulate adhesion of bacteria to surfaces and subsequent biofilm formation remain unclear, though nearly all studies have focused on the role of physical and chemical properties of the material surface. Given the large monetary and health costs of medical-device colonization and hospital-...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lichter JA,Thompson MT,Delgadillo M,Nishikawa T,Rubner MF,Van Vliet KJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the wide interest raised by lung administration of nanoparticles (NPs) for the treatment of various diseases, little information is available on their effect toward the airway epithelial barrier function. In this study, the potential damage of the pulmonary epithelium upon exposure to poly(lactide-co-glycolide...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mura S,Hillaireau H,Nicolas J,Kerdine-Römer S,Le Droumaguet B,Deloménie C,Nicolas V,Pallardy M,Tsapis N,Fattal E

更新日期：2011-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing new protein-based materials with a programmable assembly is of great scientific interest and technological importance. Inspired by nature's use of post-translational modifications (PTMs) to control the function and location of proteins, we have leveraged lipidation-the PTM of proteins with lipids-to synthes...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hossain MS,Liu X,Maynard TI,Mozhdehi D

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports on the successful preparation and characterization of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) surface-modified with polylactide (PLA) and poly(butylene succinate) (PBS) binary mixed homopolymer brushes. Their synthesis was designed as a three-step procedure combining polyester synthesis and surface-modifica...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mincheva R,Jasmani L,Josse T,Paint Y,Raquez JM,Gerbaux P,Eyley S,Thielemans W,Dubois P

更新日期：2016-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics of bacterial colonies is complex in nature because it correlates the behavior of numerous individual cells in space and time and is characterized by emergent properties such as virulence or antibiotics resistance. Because there is no clear-cut evidence that periodic swarming of P. mirabilis colonies is ru...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lahaye E,Aubry T,Kervarec N,Douzenel P,Sire O

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of neuropeptides, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), or growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), with a cationic carbosilane dendrimer forms dendriplexes with antitumoral behavior in advanced prostate cancer cells PC3. At the concentrations used for dendriplexes formation, the free peptides were prot...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Sánchez-Milla M,Muñoz-Moreno L,Sánchez-Nieves J,Malý M,Gómez R,Carmena MJ,de la Mata FJ

更新日期：2019-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Partially benzylamidated, amphipathic poly(gamma-glutamic acid) (BzPGA) was synthesized from poly(gamma-glutamic acid) (PGA) and benzylamine by direct amidation in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). Benzylamine and PGA were heated in DMSO for 1 to 26 h at temperatures between 110 and 130 degrees C, producing derivatives of va...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Novak L,Banyai I,Fleischer-Radu JE,Borbély J

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hierarchical nanocomposite films with Pd-PdO nanoparticles anchored uniformly on the inner surface of TiO2 nanotubes were achieved through a stepwise bioredox/artificial oxygenation approach by using the natural eggshell membrane (ESM) as a template. The Pd content ratio of Pd-PdO loading could be arbitrarily varied f...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Su H,Dong Q,Han J,Zhang D,Guo Q

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A way to convert the volume change of a biochemo-mechanical gel into the change in liquid column length was developed. Our trial sensor device consisted of a small compartment for incorporating the gel, a flow channel with a filled dye solution, and a poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) diaphragm by which the gel and the dy...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Suzuki H,Kumagai A,Ogawa K,Kokufuta E

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strategy to light-trigger ionic cross-linking of alginates by incorporating a photosensitive Ca2+ cage (nitr-T) is presented. Upon irradiation, free Ca2+ was released, and this caused gelation of the alginate solution. Addition of Ca2+ "on-demand" allowed us to obtain homogeneous alginate (ALG) gels using concentrat...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Cui J,Wang M,Zheng Y,Rodríguez Muñiz GM,del Campo A

更新日期：2013-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel polymer composites reinforced with an oriented cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) assembly were prepared from suspensions of CNC in aqueous 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) via magnetic field application to the suspensions followed by polymerization treatment. The starting suspensions used at ∼6 wt % CNC separated in...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tatsumi M,Kimura F,Kimura T,Teramoto Y,Nishio Y

更新日期：2014-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Multifunctional cellulose nanocrystals have been synthesized and applied as a new type of glyconanomaterial in lectin binding and bacterial imaging. The cellulose nanocrystals were prepared by TEMPO-mediated oxidation and acidic hydrolysis, followed by functionalization with a quinolone fluorophore and carbohydrate li...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhou J,Butchosa N,Jayawardena HS,Park J,Zhou Q,Yan M,Ramström O

更新日期：2015-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A multiple targeted drug carrying bilayer membrane for preventing an abdominal adhesion is prepared by electrospinning. Two bioactive drugs were successfully incorporated into this bilayer membrane and can be independently released from nanofibrous scaffolds without losing structural integrity and functionality of the...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wang H,Li M,Hu J,Wang C,Xu S,Han CC

更新日期：2013-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel pH and temperature sensitive block copolymer was prepared by adding pH sensitive moiety to temperature sensitive block copolymer. This block copolymer solution showed a reversible sol-gel transition by a small pH change in the range of pH 7.4-8.0 and also by the temperature change in the region of body tempera...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Shim WS,Yoo JS,Bae YH,Lee DS

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of chitosan/chitin samples with DA's varying between 5.2 and 89% was prepared from the reacetylation under soft conditions of a unique chitosan sample allowing the preservation of the chain distribution. The study of the variation of pH for the same concentration of amine groups, at different ionic strengths,...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Sorlier P,Denuzière A,Viton C,Domard A

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to investigate the influence of point mutations on the structural stability of coiled coil fragments of the human hair intermediate filament by molecular dynamics simulations and free energy calculations. Mutations in the helix termination motif of human hair keratin gene hHb6 seem to be...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Danciulescu C,Nick B,Wortmann FJ

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The massive use of antibiotics in healthcare and agriculture has led to their artificial accumulation in natural habitats, which risks the structure and function of the microbial communities in ecosystems, threatens food and water security, and accelerates the development of resistome. Ideally, antibiotics should rema...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zheng W,Anzaldua M,Arora A,Jiang Y,McIntyre K,Doerfert M,Winter T,Mishra A,Ma H,Liang H

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:X-ray analytical techniques are increasingly being used to study manuscripts and works of art on paper, whether with laboratory equipment or synchrotron sources. However, it is difficult to anticipate the impact of X-ray photons on paper- and cellulose-based artifacts, particularly due to the large variety of their co...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gimat A,Schöder S,Thoury M,Missori M,Paris-Lacombe S,Dupont AL

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The storage and transport of cells is a fundamental technology which underpins cell biology, biomaterials research, and emerging cell-based therapies. Inspired by antifreeze and ice-binding proteins in extremophiles, macromolecular (polymer) cryoprotectants are emerging as exciting biomaterials to enable the reduction...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Murray KA,Gibson MI

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Functionally designed elastomeric nanofiber fabrics made of the equimolar copolyester, poly(L-lactide-co-epsilon-caprolactone) (PLCL), with type I collagen or the tri-n-butylamine salt of heparin (heparin-TBA) were co-electrospun using 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP) as a solvent. The co-electrospun fabrics (...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kwon IK,Matsuda T

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two organosolv lignins from different origins, namely, almond shells and maritime pine, were modified by using a nanoclay and nanosilicate. Prior to modification, they were activated via glyoxalation to enhance the reactivity of the lignins and thus ease the introduction of the nanoparticles into their structure. The ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： de Hoyos-Martínez PL,Robles E,Khoukh A,Charrier-El Bouhtoury F,Labidi J

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A stepwise anticancer drug delivery system based on an injectable supramolecular hydrogel was presented. In this system, poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(acrylic acid) (PEG-b-PAA) block copolymer nanoparticles containing cisplatin were released by erosion of the hydrogels and then the cisplatin was released from the nanop...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhu W,Li Y,Liu L,Chen Y,Wang C,Xi F

更新日期：2010-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) with various alkyl ester chain end groups were synthesized by ring-opening polymerization of L-lactide in the presence of zinc alkoxide as a catalyst. The structural effect of chain end groups on the rate of enzymatic and nonenzymatic degradations for amorphous films of PLLA were investigated at...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kurokawa K,Yamashita K,Doi Y,Abe H

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor targeting has revolutionized cancer research, especially active cellular targeting of nanoparticles, where they are specifically homed to the pathological site to deliver the therapeutics. This strategy, which involves the utilization of affinity ligands on the surface of the nanocarriers, minimizes the nonspeci...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Raveendran R,Chen F,Kent B,Stenzel MH

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00