Phage-bacterium war on polymeric surfaces: can surface-anchored bacteriophages eliminate microbial infections?

abstract：:High molecular weight trimethylene carbonate (TMC) and epsilon-caprolactone (CL) (co)polymers were synthesized. Melt pressed (co)polymer films were cross-linked by gamma irradiation (25 kGy or 50 kGy) in vacuum, yielding gel fractions of up to 70%. The effects of copolymer composition and irradiation dose on the cytot...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Bat E,Plantinga JA,Harmsen MC,van Luyn MJ,Zhang Z,Grijpma DW,Feijen J

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitosan-dendrimer hybrids having various functional groups such as carboxyl, ester, and poly(ethylene glycol) groups were prepared successfully using dendrimer acetal by reductive N-alkylation. The synthetic procedure could be accomplished by one-step reaction without organic solvent. The degree of substitution of de...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Sashiwa H,Yajima H,Aiba S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the synthesis of PEG-coated, core-cross-linked polymeric micelles (CCPMs) derived from an amine-terminated amphiphilic block copolymer, poly(PEG-methacrylate)-b-poly(triethoxysilyl propylmethacrylate). The block copolymer self-assembled to form micellar nanoparticles, and a Cy-7-like near-infrared fluorescen...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yang Z,Zheng S,Harrison WJ,Harder J,Wen X,Gelovani JG,Qiao A,Li C

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic and natural mucoadhesive biomaterials in optimized galenical formulations are potentially useful for the transmucosal delivery of active ingredients to improve their localized and prolonged effects. Chitosans (CS) have potent mucoadhesive characteristics, but the exact mechanisms underpinning such interactio...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Menchicchi B,Fuenzalida JP,Bobbili KB,Hensel A,Swamy MJ,Goycoolea FM

更新日期：2014-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious diseases remain one of the leading causes of death worldwide despite the tremendous effort devoted to the design and development of antimicrobial agents. However, the decrease in the effectiveness of some antibiotics is often associated with the development of drug resistance by pathogen. This leads to an u...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Nguyen D,Nguyen TK,Rice SA,Boyer C

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanocellulose-based self-standing films are becoming a substrate for flexible electronics, diagnostics, and sensors. Strength and surface chemistry are vital variables for these film-based endeavors, the former is one of the assets of nanocellulose. To contribute to the latter, nanocellulose films are tuned with a sid...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Nypelö T,Amer H,Konnerth J,Potthast A,Rosenau T

更新日期：2018-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Combining molecular weight distribution (MWD) data for linear chains of debranched starch from capillary electrophoresis and from size exclusion chromatography (SEC) with detection by differential refractive index and by multi-angle laser light scattering has enabled Mark-Houwink parameters to be determined for linear...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Castro JV,Ward RM,Gilbert RG,Fitzgerald MA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In tissue engineering, incorporation of bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) into biomaterial scaffolds is an attractive strategy to stimulate bone repair. However, suboptimal release of BMP-2 remains a great concern, which may cause unfavorable bone formation as well as severe inflammation. In this study, genipin-cro...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhang Q,Tan K,Zhang Y,Ye Z,Tan WS,Lang M

更新日期：2014-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics of silk protein in the presence and absence of water has been investigated by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy (DRS). The silk fibroin film cast from its water solution contains 4-7 wt % bound water molecules, which can be removed by dehydration at 165 °C. Temperature and frequency scans were performed ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yu L,Hu X,Kaplan D,Cebe P

更新日期：2010-10-11 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：:An increase in hyaluronan (HA) synthesis, cellular uptake, and metabolism occurs during the remodeling of tissue microenvironments following injury and during disease processes such as cancer. We hypothesized that multimodality HA-based probes selectively target and detectably accumulate at sites of high HA metabolism...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Veiseh M,Breadner D,Ma J,Akentieva N,Savani RC,Harrison R,Mikilus D,Collis L,Gustafson S,Lee TY,Koropatnick J,Luyt LG,Bissell MJ,Turley EA

更新日期：2012-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Exendin-4 (EX4), a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist that regulates blood glucose levels, has been used in the management of type-2 diabetes mellitus. EX4 can be PEGylated to improve its antidiabetic effects by enhancing its stability and extending the circulation half-life. Here, to determine whether ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lee W,Park EJ,Kwak S,Lee KC,Na DH,Bae JS

更新日期：2016-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Double-network (DN) hydrogels are fabricated from poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) (PEOXA)-peptide conjugates, which can be enzymatically crosslinked in the presence of Sortase A (SA), and physical networks of alginate (Alg), yielding matrices with improved mechanical properties with respect to the corresponding PEOXA and Al...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Trachsel L,Johnbosco C,Lang T,Benetti EM,Zenobi-Wong M

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) can direct cellular processes by interacting with proteins of the extracellular matrix (ECM). In this study we characterize the interaction profiles of chemically sulfated hyaluronan (HA) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) derivatives with bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) and investiga...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hintze V,Samsonov SA,Anselmi M,Moeller S,Becher J,Schnabelrauch M,Scharnweber D,Pisabarro MT

更新日期：2014-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A library-orientated approach is used to gain understanding of the interactions of well-defined nanoparticles with primary human endothelial cells, which are a key component of the vasculature. Fifteen sequentially modified gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) based on three different core sizes (18, 35, 65 nm) and five polymer...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Freese C,Gibson MI,Klok HA,Unger RE,Kirkpatrick CJ

更新日期：2012-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Two linear alpha-(1,4)-D-glucans substrates, of degrees of polymerization DP approximately 150 and 6000, were exposed to maize starch-branching enzyme IIa (mSBEIIa) in vitro. The resulting branched alpha-glucans and their constituent chains (obtained by debranching) were analyzed by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) an...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hernández JM,Gaborieau M,Castignolles P,Gidley MJ,Myers AM,Gilbert RG

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:Selectively spooling single plasmid DNA (pDNA), as a giant polyelectrolyte, into a nanosized toroidal structure or folding it into a rod-like structure has been accomplished by polyion complexation with block catiomers to form polymeric micelles in varying NaCl concentrations. The interactive potency between the pDNA ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Li Y,Osada K,Chen Q,Tockary TA,Dirisala A,Takeda KM,Uchida S,Nagata K,Itaka K,Kataoka K

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A well-defined fluorescent conjugated polyfluorene with pendant lactopyranosyl ligands was easily prepared through Cu(I)-catalyzed azide/alkyne "click" ligation and Suzuki coupling polymerization. As a fluorescent multivalent model system of glycoconjugates, the polymer was first used for studies of metal ion-mediated...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chen Q,Cui Y,Zhang TL,Cao J,Han BH

更新日期：2010-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Wheat arabinoxylan was treated with two α-arabinofuranosidases exhibiting different mode of action to create three different polymeric substrates. These three substrate preparations were characterized by xylopyranose backbone sugars that are (1) singly substituted by arabinose at C2 or C3, (2) doubly substituted by ar...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Littunen K,Mai-Gisondi G,Seppälä J,Master ER

更新日期：2017-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent advances in tumor treatment through cancer immunotherapy, the efficacy of this approach remains to be improved. Looking forward to high rates of objective clinical response, cancer immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy has gained increasing attention recently. Here, we constructed liposomes with matr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Liu Y,Chen XG,Yang PP,Qiao ZY,Wang H

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphiphilic ABC triblock copolymers composed of monomethoxy-capped poly(ethylene glycol) (MPEG), poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (DMA), and poly(2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (DEA) have been synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). These copolymers dissolve molecularly in acidic aque...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tang Y,Liu SY,Armes SP,Billingham NC

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone fractures constitute a major cause of morbidity and mortality especially in the elderly. Complications associated with osteoporosis drugs and the age of the patient slow bone turnover and render such fractures difficult to heal. Increasing the speed of fracture repair by administration of a fracture-targeted bone...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Low SA,Galliford CV,Yang J,Low PS,Kopeček J

更新日期：2015-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We created the dual-responsive nanovehicle that can effectively combine and abundantly utilize magnetic and glutathione (GSH)-reductive triggers to control the drug delivery and achieve more intelligent and powerful targeting. In the nanovehicles, paramagnetic fullerene (C60@CTAF) was prepared via one-step modificatio...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wang L,Wang Y,Hao J,Dong S

更新日期：2017-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlling self-assembly is critical to the advancement of nanotechnology. A rugged or crenated assembly energy surface can redirect assembly off path. By using a defined starting point and an energy surface made rough by a strong association energy, we can impose entirely new assembly paths and products. Normally, t...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Burns K,Mukherjee S,Keef T,Johnson JM,Zlotnick A

更新日期：2010-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogel scaffolds are used in biomedicine to study cell differentiation and tissue evolution, where it is critical to control the delivery of chemical cues both spatially and temporally. While large molecules can be physically entrapped in a hydrogel, moderate molecular weight therapeutics must be tethered to the hyd...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Griffin DR,Schlosser JL,Lam SF,Nguyen TH,Maynard HD,Kasko AM

更新日期：2013-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid films of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) containing a hydrated ionic liquid, choline dihydrogen phosphate (CDP), were prepared by a solvent-casting method. Thermal properties, aggregation structure, thermal molecular motion, and tensile properties of CDP-containing DNA films were examined by thermogravimetry (TG), w...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Morimitsu Y,Matsuno H,Ohta N,Sekiguchi H,Takahara A,Tanaka K

更新日期：2020-02-10 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：:Stability of four dissimilar basic proteins (chymotrypsinogen A, ribonuclease A, cytochrome c, lysozyme) in the complex with four polyanions (heparin, poly(vinylsulfate), poly(4-styrene-sulfonate), Nafion) has been studied by differential scanning calorimetry. The polyanions were chosen because of their different char...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Sedlák E,Fedunová D,Veselá V,Sedláková D,Antalík M

更新日期：2009-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to adopt at least two different stable conformations is a common feature of proteins involved in many neurodegenerative diseases. The involved molecules undergo a conformational transition from native, mainly helical states to insoluble amyloid structures that have high β-sheet content. A detailed characte...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gerling UI,Brandenburg E,von Berlepsch H,Pagel K,Koksch B

更新日期：2011-08-08 00:00:00