Smart PEGylation of trypsin.

abstract：:Supramolecular nanogel, a physically cross-linked nanosize hydrogel, spontaneously self-assembles in aqueous solution via secondary interactions and is thus of great interest in nanomedicine as a drug carrier. We developed a versatile method for supramolecular nanogel self-assembled by electrostatic interaction betwee...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kim K,Bae B,Kang YJ,Nam JM,Kang S,Ryu JH

更新日期：2013-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hollow poly(6-O-acryloyl-alpha-D-galactopyranose) (PAGP) nanospheres were prepared in a facile manner using the RAFT (reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer) process. Initially, an amphiphilic block copolymer, poly(lactide)-block-poly(6-O-acryloyl-alpha-D-galactopyranose) (PLA-b-PAGP), was synthesized using ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ting SR,Gregory AM,Stenzel MH

更新日期：2009-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel approach for the preparation of nano- and microcapsules in aqueous solutions by using thermoresponsive polymer (TRP) templates (mesoglobules) is described. The method comprised three steps: formation of mesoglobules, coating the templates by seeded radical copolymerization, followed by core dissolution and cor...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Haladjova E,Toncheva-Moncheva N,Apostolova MD,Trzebicka B,Dworak A,Petrov P,Dimitrov I,Rangelov S,Tsvetanov CB

更新日期：2014-12-08 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：:Human serum albumin (HSA) is known to exist as N (pH approximately 7), B (pH approximately 9), and F (pH approximately 3.5) isomeric forms and an equilibrium intermediate state (I) accumulate in the urea induced unfolding pathway of HSA around 4.8-5.2 M urea concentrations. These states displayed characteristic struct...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ahmad B,Parveen S,Khan RH

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent years have seen rapid growth in utilizing vegetable oils to derive a wide variety of polymers to replace petroleum-based polymers for minimizing environmental impact. Nonedible castor oil (CO) can be extracted from castor plants that grow easily, even in an arid land. CO is a promising source for developing sev...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chakraborty I,Chatterjee K

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy faces challenges, including poor aqueous solubility of the drugs, and cardiotoxicity. Micellar drug delivery systems (DDS) are used to encapsulate anticancer drugs for better therapeutic effects, however, with poor loading content. Herein, we synthesized a micellar DDS using γ-benzyloxy substituted poly(ε...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Soltantabar P,Calubaquib EL,Mostafavi E,Biewer MC,Stefan MC

更新日期：2020-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-assembled hydrogen-bonded networks of the polysaccharide pectin, a mechanically functional component of plant cell walls, have been of recent interest as biomimetic exemplars of physical gels, and the microrheological and strain-stiffening behaviors have been previously investigated. Despite this detailed rheolog...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mansel BW,Chu CY,Leis A,Hemar Y,Chen HL,Lundin L,Williams MA

更新日期：2015-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodegradable aliphatic polyesters such as poly(lactide) and poly(ε-caprolactone), largely used in tissue engineering applications, lack suitable functional groups and biological cues to enable interactions with cells. Because of the ubiquity of thiol groups in the biological environment and the pliability of thiol ch...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Fuoco T,Finne-Wistrand A,Pappalardo D

更新日期：2016-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic lethality is a molecular-targeted therapy for selective killing of cancer cells. We exploited a lethal interaction between superoxide dismutase 1 inhibition and Bloom syndrome gene product (BLM) defect for the treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC) cells (HCT 116) with a customized lung cancer screen-1-loaded ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gupta A,Ahmad A,Singh H,Kaur S,K M N,Ansari MM,Jayamurugan G,Khan R

更新日期：2018-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic shear oscillation measurements at small strain were used to characterize the viscoelastic properties and related differences in the molecular structure of hydrogels based on gelatin methacrylamide. Gelatin was derivatized with methacrylamide side groups and was subsequently cross-linked by radical polymerizati...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Van Den Bulcke AI,Bogdanov B,De Rooze N,Schacht EH,Cornelissen M,Berghmans H

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nature of the hydration of proteins and the subsequent implications for functionality is a matter of importance in both pharmaceutical and food applications. Most published studies rely on the use of one technique and attempt to characterize the system. Few studies have used combinations of techniques. In this pap...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Almutawah A,Barker SA,Belton PS

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) copolymers having a significantly higher glass transition temperature (T(g)) than that of high molar mass PLA homopolymers (typically 60 +/- 5 degrees C) were prepared. Lactic acid was copolymerized with 1,4:3,6-dianhydro-D-glucitol (isosorbide, ISB) and succinic acid (SA-2), 1,2,3,4-butanetetr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Inkinen S,Stolt M,Södergård A

更新日期：2010-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogels with pH-sensitive poly(acrylic acid) (PAAc) chains and biodegradable acryloyl-poly(-caprolactone)-2-hydroxylethyl methacrylate (AC-PCL-HEMA) chains were designed and synthesized. The morphology of hydrogel was observed by scanning electron microscopy. The degradation of the hydrogel in the presence of Pseudo...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wu DQ,Sun YX,Xu XD,Cheng SX,Zhang XZ,Zhuo RX

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:Relative to normal cells, tumor cells lack adequate capability of reactive oxygen scavenging. Thus, tumor cells can be selectively killed by increasing the concentration of reactive oxygen species in tumor tissue. In this report, we construct an integrated multifunctional polymeric nanoparticle which can selectively i...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wang Y,Yin W,Ke W,Chen W,He C,Ge Z

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Lignin is a natural, renewable biopolymer synthesized by plants. It is a macromolecule consisting of aromatic structures with high density of functional groups making it an ideal precursor for the design of sustainable biomaterials for applications such as drug delivery. The rational design of these materials requires...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Salentinig S,Schubert M

更新日期：2017-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Biocompatible photoresponsive materials are of interest for targeted drug delivery, tissue engineering, 2D and 3D protein patterning, and other biomedical applications. We prepared light degradable hydrogels using a natural alginate polysaccharide cross-linked with iron(III) cations. The "hard" iron(III) cations used ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Narayanan RP,Melman G,Letourneau NJ,Mendelson NL,Melman A

更新日期：2012-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(beta-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) modified with different amounts of pentaerythritol ethoxylate (PEE) has been synthesized using Ralstonia eutropha. The growth kinetics and the synthesis of PHB in the presence of PEE were modeled using appropriate differential equations for the mass balance of the two-stage process. Th...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Jenzsch M,Volk N,Kressler J,Scholz C

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding human serum albumin (HSA) of three polyoxometalates (POMs) with the Wells-Dawson structure, alpha(2)-[P2W17O61]10- (abbreviated as alpha(2)-P2W17) and two of its metal-substituted derivatives, alpha(2)-[NiP2W17O61]8- and alpha(2)-[CuP2W17O61]8- (alpha(2)-P2W17Ni and alpha(2)-P2W17Cu, respectively) was studied ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhang G,Keita B,Craescu CT,Miron S,de Oliveira P,Nadjo L

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequential copolymerizations of trimethylene carbonate (TMC) and l-lactide (LLA) were performed with 2,2-dibutyl-2-stanna-1,3-oxepane as a bifunctional cyclic initiator. The block lengths were varied via the monomer/initiator and via the TMC/l-lactide ratio. The cyclic triblock copolymers were transformed in situ into...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Pospiech D,Komber H,Jehnichen D,Häussler L,Eckstein K,Scheibner H,Janke A,Kricheldorf HR,Petermann O

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major ampullate silk, also known as dragline silk, is one of the strongest biomaterials known. This silk is composed of two proteins, major ampullate spidroin 1 (MaSp1) and major ampullate spidroin 2 (MaSp2). Only partial cDNA sequences have been obtained for these proteins, and these sequences are toward the C-termin...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Motriuk-Smith D,Smith A,Hayashi CY,Lewis RV

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We study the self-assembly of genetically engineered protein-based triblock copolymers consisting of a central pH-responsive silk-like middle block (S(H)n, where S(H) is a silk-like octapeptide, (GA)3GH and n is the number of repeats) flanked by hydrophilic random coil outer blocks (C2). Our previous work has already ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Beun LH,Storm IM,Werten MW,de Wolf FA,Cohen Stuart MA,de Vries R

更新日期：2014-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A temperature-responsive hydrogel composed of aqueous methylcellulose (MC) blended with distinct concentrations of PBS was prepared and characterized. The developed MC hydrogel underwent a sol-gel reversible transition upon heating or cooling at approximately 32 degrees C. This temperature-responsive hydrogel was empl...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yang MJ,Chen CH,Lin PJ,Huang CH,Chen W,Sung HW

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To devise a sensitive cellulase assay based on substrates having most of the physical characteristics of native cellulose, 5-(4,6-dichlorotriazinyl)aminofluorescein (DTAF) was used as a grafting agent to prepare suspensions of fluorescent microfibrils from bacterial cellulose. These suspensions were digested by a seri...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Helbert W,Chanzy H,Husum TL,Schülein M,Ernst S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the fields of surgery and regenerative medicine, it is crucial to understand the interactions of proteins with the biomaterials used as implants. Protein adsorption directly influences cell-material interactions in vivo and, as a result, regulates, for example, cell adhesion on the surface of the implant. Therefore...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Schönwälder SM,Bally F,Heinke L,Azucena C,Bulut ÖD,Heißler S,Kirschhöfer F,Gebauer TP,Neffe AT,Lendlein A,Brenner-Weiß G,Lahann J,Welle A,Overhage J,Wöll C

更新日期：2014-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the synthesis and characterization of polymer-peptide conjugates to be used as infection-resistant coating for biomaterial implants and devices. Antiadhesive polymer brushes composed of block copolymer Pluronic F-127 (PF127) were functionalized with antimicrobial peptides (AMP), able to kill bacte...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Muszanska AK,Rochford ET,Gruszka A,Bastian AA,Busscher HJ,Norde W,van der Mei HC,Herrmann A

更新日期：2014-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of increasing water composition on the rheological and microstructural behavior of a ternary cellulose acetate (CA)/N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA)/water system is examined. Addition of water to the CA/DMA system results in enhanced steady shear viscosity and dynamic viscoelastic properties and ultimately to ph...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Appaw C,Gilbert RD,Khan SA,Kadla JF

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric DNA containing parallel (ps) and antiparallel (aps) duplex elements as well as poly-dC tracts were designed and synthesized. Oligonucleotide duplexes with ps chain orientation containing reverse Watson-Crick dA-dT base pairs and short d(C)2 tails are stabilized under slightly acidic conditions by hemiprotonat...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mei H,Budow S,Seela F

更新日期：2012-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A successful strategy for the immobilization of rennet from Mucor miehei has been developed. The strategy is based on the immobilization of the enzyme, via their sugar chains at high ionic strength on aminated supports having primary amino groups with a very low pK value. The rennet was covalently immobilized via suga...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Pessela BC,Torres R,Fuentes M,Mateo C,Fernandez-Lafuente R,Guisán JM

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00