Enhancing biocompatibility of D-oligopeptide hydrogels by negative charges.

abstract：:Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been applied to study the interactions between hydrophobic and hydrophilic faces of ordered cellulose chains and a single layer of graphene in explicit aqueous solvent. The hydrophobic cellulose face is predicted to form a stable complex with graphene. This interface remains so...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Alqus R,Eichhorn SJ,Bryce RA

更新日期：2015-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-molecule measurements of the interaction of leukocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1), expressed on Jurkat T cells, with intercellular adhesion molecules-1 and -2 (ICAM-1 and ICAM-2) were conducted using atomic force microscopy (AFM). The force spectra (i.e., unbinding force versus loading rate) of both t...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wojcikiewicz EP,Abdulreda MH,Zhang X,Moy VT

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the synthesis of hydrophilic poly(poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) (PmPEGMA) and hydrophobic poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) caspofungin conjugates by a post-polymerization modification of copolymers containing 10 mol % pentafluorophenyl methacrylate (PFPMA), which were obtained via revers...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Alex J,González K,Kindel T,Bellstedt P,Weber C,Heinekamp T,Orasch T,Guerrero-Sanchez C,Schubert US,Brakhage AA

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, 6-phosphogluconic trisodium salt (6-PG-Na+) is introduced as a new aqueous and nontoxic cross-linking agent to obtain ionic hydrogels. Here, it is shown the formation of hydrogels based on chitosan cross-linked with 6-PG-Na+. This formulation is obtained by ionic interaction of cationic groups of polymer...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Martínez-Martínez M,Rodríguez-Berna G,Gonzalez-Alvarez I,Hernández MJ,Corma A,Bermejo M,Merino V,Gonzalez-Alvarez M

更新日期：2018-04-09 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 lipid bilayer was deposited on a 3 μm diameter polystyrene (PS) bead via hydrophobic anchoring of bicelles containing oxyamine-bearing cholesteric moieties reacting with the aldehyde functionalized bead surface. Discoidal bicelles were formed by mixing dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC), dihexanoylphosphatidylcho...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Saleem Q,Zhang Z,Petretic A,Gradinaru CC,Macdonald PM

更新日期：2015-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:AQ-Pal14 is a 30-residue polypeptide that was designed to form an α-helical coiled coil that contains a metal-binding 4-pyridylalanine residue on its solvent-exposed surface. However, characterization of this peptide shows that it exists as a three-stranded coiled coil, not a two-stranded one as predicted from its des...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zaytsev DV,Xie F,Mukherjee M,Bludin A,Demeler B,Breece RM,Tierney DL,Ogawa MY

更新日期：2010-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between positively charged poly(amido amine) (PAMAM) dendrimers of generation 4 and DNA has been investigated for two DNA lengths; 2000 basepairs (bp; L = 680 nm) and 4331 bp (L = 1472.5 nm) using a theoretical model by Schiessel for a semiflexible polyelectrolyte and hard spheres. The model was modifi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Qamhieh K,Nylander T,Ainalem ML

更新日期：2009-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel aptamer modified thermosensitive liposome was designed as an efficient magnetic resonance imaging probe. In this paper, Gd-DTPA was encapsulated into an optimized thermosensitive liposome (TSL) formulation, followed by conjugation with AS1411 for specific targeting against tumor cells that overexpress nucleoli...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhang K,Liu M,Tong X,Sun N,Zhou L,Cao Y,Wang J,Zhang H,Pei R

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) is extensively used for biomedical applications due to its low cost, ease of fabrication, high durability and flexibility, oxygen permeability, and self-healing properties. PDMS, however, has some significant drawbacks. PDMS endures unacceptably high levels of nonspecific protein fouling...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Keefe AJ,Brault ND,Jiang S

更新日期：2012-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanoconfined self-assemblies within aerosol nanoparticles and control of the secondary structures are shown here upon ionically complexing poly(L-lysine) (PLL) with dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid (DBSA) surfactant and using solvents chloroform, 1-propanol, or dimethylformamide. Different solvent volatilities and drying t...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Rahikkala A,Junnila S,Vartiainen V,Ruokolainen J,Ikkala O,Kauppinen E,Raula J

更新日期：2014-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of calcite prism architecture in the prismatic layer of the mollusk shell involves the participation of a number of different proteins. One protein family, Asprich, has been identified as a participant in amorphous calcium carbonate stabilization and calcite architecture in the prismatic layer of the mol...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ndao M,Keene E,Amos FF,Rewari G,Ponce CB,Estroff L,Evans JS

更新日期：2010-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Shear flow is indirectly implicated in amyloid formation in vitro. Despite the association between amyloid fibrils and disease, and the prevalence of flow in physiological systems, the effect of this parameter is uncharacterized. We designed a novel Couette cell to quantitatively investigate shear exposure during fibr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hill EK,Krebs B,Goodall DG,Howlett GJ,Dunstan DE

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microgels based on poly(vinyl alcohol), PVA, grafted with methacrylate side chains, MA, incorporating N-isopropylacrylamide, NiPAAm, monomer, were prepared by water-in-water emulsion polymerization method. These systems exhibit a spherical shape and a volume-phase transition, that is, shrinking, below physiological te...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ghugare SV,Mozetic P,Paradossi G

更新日期：2009-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A strategy to manipulate the disulfide bond breaking triggered unfolding, and subsequently assembly of human serum albumin (HSA) in a lipophilic drug-dependent manner is present. In this study, the hydrophobic region, a molecular switch of the HSA, was regulated to form HSA-paclitaxel (HSA-PTX) nanoparticles by a faci...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gong G,Xu Y,Zhou Y,Meng Z,Ren G,Zhao Y,Zhang X,Wu J,Hu Y

更新日期：2012-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of a single elastin-like peptide GVG(VPGVG)3 in liquid water is studied by computer simulations in the temperature interval between 280 and 440 K. Two main conformational states of the peptide can be distinguished: a rigid conformational state, dominating at low temperatures, and a flexible conformati...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Krukau A,Brovchenko I,Geiger A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cationic spherical polyelectrolyte brushes (SPBs) were synthesized by photoemulsion polymerization, consisting of a polystyrene core with a diameter around 80 nm and a poly(2-aminoethylmethacrylate hydrochloride) (PAEMH) shell with a thickness from 10 to 50 nm densely grafted on the core surface. The binding of variou...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wang S,Chen K,Li L,Guo X

更新日期：2013-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:As with many other biosourced colloids, chitin nanocrystals (ChNCs) can form liquid crystalline phases with chiral nematic ordering. In this work, we demonstrate that it is possible to finely tune the liquid crystalline behavior of aqueous ChNC suspensions finely. Such control was made possible by carefully studying h...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Narkevicius A,Steiner LM,Parker RM,Ogawa Y,Frka-Petesic B,Vignolini S

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the synthesis and characterization of a novel organic polymer coating for the prevention of the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on the solid surface of three-dimensional objects. Substrata were encapsulated with polyterpenol thin films prepared from terpinen-4-ol using radio frequency plasma enha...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Bazaka K,Jacob MV,Truong VK,Wang F,Pushpamali WA,Wang JY,Ellis AV,Berndt CC,Crawford RJ,Ivanova EP

更新日期：2010-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidation-responsive behaviors of OEGylated poly-L-cysteine homopolypeptides, that is, poly(L-EG(x)MA-C)n, were investigated. These poly-L-cysteine derivatives adopted mixed conformation in water, in which the β-sheet accounted for a significant proportion. Upon oxidation, the thioethers in polypeptide side chains...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Fu X,Ma Y,Shen Y,Fu W,Li Z

更新日期：2014-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:By monitoring the thermally driven displacements of imbedded polystyrene microspheres via video fluorescence microscopy, we quantified the microstructural and micromechanical heterogeneities of wheat gliadin suspensions. We found that the degree of heterogeneity of the suspensions, as measured by the width and skewnes...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Xu J,Tseng Y,Carriere CJ,Wirtz D

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoinitiated polymerization remains a robust method for fabrication of hydrogels, as these reactions allow facile spatial and temporal control of gelation and high compatibility for encapsulation of cells and biologics. The chain-growth reaction of macromolecular monomers, such as acrylated PEG and hyaluronan, is co...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： McCall JD,Anseth KS

更新日期：2012-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Low tolerability and tumor selectivity restricts many potent anticancer drugs including mertansine from wide clinical use. Here, glutathione-activatable hyaluronic acid-SS-mertansine prodrug (HA-SS-DM1) was designed and developed to achieve enhanced tolerability and targeted therapy of CD44+ human breast tumor xenogra...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhong P,Zhang J,Deng C,Cheng R,Meng F,Zhong Z

更新日期：2016-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to evaluate the potential of INVITE-based nanomicelles, an amphiphilic polymer constituted by inulin (INU) and vitamin E (VITE), as a platform for improving the biopharmaceutical properties of hydrophobic drugs. For this purpose, curcumin was selected as a model and curcumin-INVITE nanomicelle...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tripodo G,Pasut G,Trapani A,Mero A,Lasorsa FM,Chlapanidas T,Trapani G,Mandracchia D

更新日期：2015-02-09 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：:Owing to their diverse functions and tunable physicochemical properties, peptides are promising alternatives to the conventional gene delivery tools that are available for plant systems. However, peptide-mediated gene delivery is limited by low transfection efficiency in plants because of the insufficient cytosolic tr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Miyamoto T,Tsuchiya K,Numata K

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

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：:A novel linear multifunctional polyethylene glycol (PEG)-dexamethasone (Dex) conjugate (click PEG-Dex) was synthesized using facile Cu(I)-catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition (a click reaction). Dex was conjugated to the click PEG via an acid-labile hydrazone bond to allow the drug release in a pathophysiologic...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Liu XM,Quan LD,Tian J,Laquer FC,Ciborowski P,Wang D

更新日期：2010-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The copper(II) complex formation equilibria of N-(2-carboxyethyl)chitosans with three different degrees of substitution (DS = 0.42, 0.92, and 1.61) were studied in aqueous solution by pH-potentiometric and UV-spectrophotometric techniques. It was demonstrated that the complexation model of CE-chitosans depends on DS: ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Skorik YA,Gomes CA,Podberezskaya NV,Romanenko GV,Pinto LF,Yatluk YG

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the self-assembly of fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-conjugated dialanine (Fmoc-AA) molecules using combined computational and experimental approaches. Fmoc-AA gels were characterized using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), circular dichroism (CD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), and wide-angle ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mu X,Eckes KM,Nguyen MM,Suggs LJ,Ren P

更新日期：2012-11-12 00:00:00