A multifunctional heptamethine near-infrared dye for cancer theranosis.

abstract：:Microcontact printing (mCP) is employed to generate discontinuous microscale gradients of active fractalkine, a chemokine expressed by endothelial cells near sites of inflammation where it is believed to form concentration gradients descending away from the inflamed area. In vivo, fractalkine is a transmembrane molecu...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Hjortø GM,Hansen M,Larsen NB,Kledal TN

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, five self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) and three polymeric brushes with very low fibrinogen adsorption were prepared. The five SAMs are oligo(ethylene glycol) (OEG), phosphorylcholine (PC), oligo(phosphorylcholine) (OPC), and two mixed positively and negatively charged SAMs of SO(3)(-)/N(+)(CH(3))(3) (SA/...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhang Z,Zhang M,Chen S,Horbett TA,Ratner BD,Jiang S

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silica nanoparticles are widely used platform materials for the immobilization of proteins to realize applications in biomedicine and biotechnology. We here report on the use of a highly delicate protein for the systematic evaluation of routes for the surface modification of multifunctional silica nanoparticles. To in...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Leidner A,Bauer J,Ebrahimi Khonachah M,Takamiya M,Strähle U,Dickmeis T,Rabe KS,Niemeyer CM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porous calcium phosphate ceramics consisting of hydroxyapatite (HA) and tricalcium phosphate (TCP) with different HA to TCP ratio were implanted intramuscularly in rabbits for six months in order to carry out a comparative study on osteogenic activity of the ceramics. Bone formation was detected only in HT73 (HA to TC...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kurashina K,Kurita H,Wu Q,Ohtsuka A,Kobayashi H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the main issues in orthopaedic implant design is the fabrication of scaffolds that closely mimic the biomechanical properties of the surrounding bone. This research reports on a multi-stage rapid prototyping technique that was successfully developed to produce porous titanium scaffolds with fully interconnected...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ryan GE,Pandit AS,Apatsidis DP

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past two decades, in vitro autologous endothelial cell (EC) coverage of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) graft has been developed and clinically applied with success in infrainguinal bypasses. Before endothelialization, the luminal surface of the graft has to be coated with a currently used fibrinolyt...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Fernandez P,Deguette A,Pothuaud L,Belleannée G,Coste P,Bordenave L

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Boiling diluted alkali incubation was found to be an effective way to prepare bioactive Ti6Al4V surfaces, whether polished or not, as indicated in vitro after immersion in two different supersaturated calcification solutions (SCSs). The induction of calcium phosphate (Ca-P) precipitation from the SCSs is most probably...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wen HB,de Wijn JR,Cui FZ,de Groot K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albumin is a promising surface modifier of nanoparticulate drug delivery systems. Serving as a dysopsonin, albumin can protect circulating nanoparticles (NPs) from the recognition and clearance by the mononuclear phagocytic system (MPS). Albumin may also help transport the NPs to solid tumors based on the increased co...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Hyun H,Park J,Willis K,Park JE,Lyle LT,Lee W,Yeo Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanoparticles are attractive as potential drug vectors for the targeting not only of tissues, but also of intracellular organelles, and particularly the acidic endolysosomes created after cell endocytosis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ability of LDH nanoparticles desi...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Li A,Qin L,Zhu D,Zhu R,Sun J,Wang S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of novel cationic star polymers were synthesized by conjugating multiple oligoethylenimine (OEI) arms onto an alpha-cyclodextrin (alpha-CD) core as nonviral gene delivery vectors. The molecular structures of the alpha-CD-OEI star polymers, which contained linear or branched OEI arms with different chain lengt...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yang C,Li H,Goh SH,Li J

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:We investigated whether the post-expansion redifferentiation and cartilage tissue formation capacity of adult human nasal chondrocytes can be regulated by controlled modifications of scaffold composition and architecture. As a model system, we used poly(ethylene glycol)-terephthalate-poly(butylene)-terephthalate block...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Miot S,Woodfield T,Daniels AU,Suetterlin R,Peterschmitt I,Heberer M,van Blitterswijk CA,Riesle J,Martin I

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this work was to investigate new bone formation in macroporous iron foams coated with strontium (FeSr) or bisphosphonate (FeBiP) compared to plain iron foam (Fe) and empty defect in a critical size metaphyseal bone defect model in ovariectomized rats. 60 female rats were subjected to bilateral ovariecto...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ray S,Thormann U,Eichelroth M,Budak M,Biehl C,Rupp M,Sommer U,El Khassawna T,Alagboso FI,Kampschulte M,Rohnke M,Henß A,Peppler K,Linke V,Quadbeck P,Voigt A,Stenger F,Karl D,Schnettler R,Heiss C,Lips KS,Alt V

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia often require surgical defect closure with a patch. Alternatives to native diaphragmatic tissue are critically needed for this paediatric surgery. The clinical efficacy of mesh patches is limited by complications associated with residual foreign material and by hernia recu...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhang XY,Yanagi Y,Sheng Z,Nagata K,Nakayama K,Taguchi T

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anchorage-dependent cells (NRK 49F) were grown at 37 degrees C in serum containing medium on glass coated with a N-isopropyl acrylamide/N-t-butyl acrylamide copolymer (NIPAaM/NTBAM) with a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) of 8 degrees C. After incubating the dishes and adherent cells at 4 degrees C for 1 h, ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Rollason G,Davies JE,Sefton MV

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Particle-associated periprosthetic osteolysis remains a major issue in joint replacement. Ongoing bone loss resulting from wear particle-induced inflammation is accompanied by continued attempts at bone repair. Previously we showed that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are recruited systemically to bone exposed to contin...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Gibon E,Yao Z,Rao AJ,Zwingenberger S,Batke B,Valladares R,Smith RL,Biswal S,Gambhir SS,Goodman SB

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wounded tissues and cells may be treated with growth factors and specific genes for the purpose of tissue repair and regeneration. To deliver specific genes into tissues and cells, this study presents the use of fabricated poly (DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanoparticles (NPs) complexed with the cationic polymer...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Park JS,Yang HN,Woo DG,Jeon SY,Park KH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD47, a "don't eat me" signal, is over-expressed on the surface of most tumors that interacts with signal regulatory protein α (SIRPα) on phagocytic cells. By engaging SIRPα, CD47 limits the ability of macrophages to engulf tumor cells, which acts as a major phagocytic barrier. In this study, we developed an exosome-b...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Koh E,Lee EJ,Nam GH,Hong Y,Cho E,Yang Y,Kim IS

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peri-implant bone formation depends on the ability of mesenchymal cells to colonize the implant surface and differentiate into osteoblasts. Human mesenchymal stem cells (HMSCs) undergo osteoblastic differentiation on microstructured titanium (Ti) surfaces in the absence of exogenous factors, but the mechanisms are unk...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Olivares-Navarrete R,Hyzy SL,Park JH,Dunn GR,Haithcock DA,Wasilewski CE,Boyan BD,Schwartz Z

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ideal scaffold that provides a combination of suitable mechanical properties along with biological signals is required for successful ligament/tendon regeneration in mesenchymal stem cell-based tissue engineering strategies. Among the various fibre-based scaffolds that have been used, hybrid fibrous scaffolds compr...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Sahoo S,Toh SL,Goh JC

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work developed a multimodal imaging system by co-encapsulating superparamagnetic iron oxides (IOs) and quantum dots (QDs) in the nanoparticles of poly (lactic acid) - d-α-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate (PLA-TPGS) for concurrent imaging of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the fluorescence im...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Tan YF,Chandrasekharan P,Maity D,Yong CX,Chuang KH,Zhao Y,Wang S,Ding J,Feng SS

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although dendritic nanoparticles have been prepared by many different methods, control over their degree of branching (DB) is still impossible, preventing us from understanding the effect of the DB on the properties of the nanodendrites as cancer therapeutics. Herein, we developed a novel seed-mediated method to prepa...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Qiu P,Yang M,Qu X,Huai Y,Zhu Y,Mao C

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:6-O-Carboxymethylchitin (CM-chitin) was partially deacetylated by alkaline treatment, and the 30% deacetylated product was named CM-DA30 and used for the preparation of microspheres. An aqueous solution of CM-DA30 was added to hexane containing 1% (w/w) sorbitan sesquioleate and emulsified by stirring and sonication, ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Hata H,Onishi H,Machida Y

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Employing equilibrium dialysis, the binding abilities of Cu, Al, Co and Cr ions from corroded Cu-Al and Co-Cr dental casting alloys towards human saliva and two of its gel chromatographic fractions were determined. Results indicate that both Cu and Co bind to human saliva i.e. 0.045 and 0.027 mg/mg protein, respective...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Mueller HJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomedical device-associated infection is one of the most common and problematic complications faced by millions of patients worldwide. The current antibiotic therapy strategies face challenges, the most serious of which is antibiotic resistance. Studies have shown that the systemic level of interleukin 12 (IL-12) dec...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Li B,Jiang B,Boyce BM,Lindsey BA

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermosensitive polymers poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM), poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) (PVCL) and PVCL grafted with amphiphilic poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) chains (PVCL-graft-C11EO42) were prepared and characterized and their putative cytotoxicity was evaluated. The cytotoxicity of these thermosensitive polymers and t...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Vihola H,Laukkanen A,Valtola L,Tenhu H,Hirvonen J

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to develop a new diagnostic and therapeutic approach for the treatment of osteoporosis. Previously, we demonstrated that intraosseous transplantation of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treated-osteoblast-like cells into ovariectomized senescence-accelerated mice (OVX-SAMP8) prevented the developme...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Liu HY,Wu AT,Tsai CY,Chou KR,Zeng R,Wang MF,Chang WC,Hwang SM,Su CH,Deng WP

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the mechanical properties and the atomistic structures of various gelatin hydrogels as a preliminary to using these in bioengineering applications. The hydrogels were investigated as neat materials and as particulate-reinforced composites both in the as-formed state and follo...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Usta M,Piech DL,MacCrone RK,Hillig WB

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic RGD peptide-decorated polymeric micellar-like nanoparticles (MNP) based on PEGylated poly (trimethylene carbonate) (PEG-PTMC) were prepared for active targeting to integrin-rich cancer cells. An amphiphilic diblock copolymer, α-carboxyl poly (ethylene glycol)-poly (trimethylene carbonate) (HOOC-PEG-PTMC), was s...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Jiang X,Sha X,Xin H,Chen L,Gao X,Wang X,Law K,Gu J,Chen Y,Jiang Y,Ren X,Ren Q,Fang X

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of colloidal particles as drug carriers is closely related to their interaction with proteins and enzymes in different body fluids. In the present work, we analysed the interaction phenomenon between lysozyme (LZM), a positively charged enzyme that is highly concentrated in mucosas, and two different drug...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Calvo P,Vila-Jato JL,Alonso MJ

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00