Protection of SK-N-MC cells against β-amyloid peptide-induced degeneration using neuron growth factor-loaded liposomes with surface lactoferrin.

abstract：:Hydrogel materials that display inherent activity against bacteria can be used to directly treat accessible wounds to prevent or kill existing infection. Hydrogels composed of self-assembling β-hairpin peptides, having a high content of arginine, were found to be extremely effective at killing both gram-positive and g...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Veiga AS,Sinthuvanich C,Gaspar D,Franquelim HG,Castanho MA,Schneider JP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cells play a major role in the adaptive immune response by producing antigen-specific antibodies against pathogens and imparting immunological memory. Following infection or vaccination, antibody-secreting B cells and memory B cells are generated in specialized regions of lymph nodes and spleens, called germinal cen...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Roh KH,Song HW,Pradhan P,Bai K,Bohannon CD,Dale G,Leleux J,Jacob J,Roy K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Articular cartilage injuries do not heal and large defects result in osteoarthritis with major personal and socioeconomic costs. Osteochondral transplantation is an effective treatment for large joint defects but its use is limited by the inability to store cartilage for long periods of time. Cryopreservation/vitrific...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Jomha NM,Elliott JA,Law GK,Maghdoori B,Forbes JF,Abazari A,Adesida AB,Laouar L,Zhou X,McGann LE

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The performance of implantable biomaterials derived from decellularized tissue, including encouraging results with skeletal muscle, suggests that the extracellular matrix (ECM) derived from native tissue has promising regenerative potential. Yet, the supply of biomaterials derived from donated tissue will always be li...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Hurd SA,Bhatti NM,Walker AM,Kasukonis BM,Wolchok JC

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sub-micron particles of bioactive glass (SMBGs) with composition 85 mol% SiO(2) and 15 mol% CaO were synthesised and characterised. Bioactivity was demonstrated by the formation of calcium apatite following 5 days immersion in simulated body fluid (SBF). The effect of a 24 h exposure of SMBGs (100 μg/ml, 150 μg/ml, 20...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Labbaf S,Tsigkou O,Müller KH,Stevens MM,Porter AE,Jones JR

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Designing biomaterial scaffolds remains a major challenge in tissue engineering. Key to this challenge is improved understanding of the relationships between the scaffold properties and its degradation kinetics, as well as the cell interactions and the promotion of new matrix deposition. Here we present the use of non...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Rice WL,Firdous S,Gupta S,Hunter M,Foo CW,Wang Y,Kim HJ,Kaplan DL,Georgakoudi I

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newly developed bone equivalent hydroxyapatite was derived from veterinary bone (VHAP). Sections of 1 cm of six rabbit mandibles were equally replaced by this VHAP graft. Radiological studies by X-ray were performed pre-operatively, immediately, and 1, 2 and 3 months post-operatively. The graft host-bone interface w...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Abdel-Fattah WI,Osiris WG,Mohamed SS,Khalil MR

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to analyze the roles of two non-invasive techniques, bone scintigraphy and resonance frequency analysis (RFA), in the osseointegration assessment. Sixty implants with sandblasted/acid-etched (SA) or machined (MA) surface were placed into the distal femur condyles of 30 rabbits. At 1, 2, 4,...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhou Y,Jiang T,Qian M,Zhang X,Wang J,Shi B,Xia H,Cheng X,Wang Y

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(vinyl alcohol)-heparin hydrogels with varying water content were synthesized for use as sensor catheter membranes. Films were cast from aqueous mixtures of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA), a photosensitive cross-linker p-diazonium diphenyl amine polymer (PA), glutaraldehyde (GA) and heparin. After drying, the films wer...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Brinkman E,van der Does L,Bantjes A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system of nanoparticles of mixed lipid monolayer shell and biodegradable polymer core was developed for targeted delivery of anticancer drugs with Docetaxel as a model drug, which provide targeting versatility with a quantitative control of the targeting effect by adjusting the lipid component ratio of the mixed lip...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Liu Y,Li K,Pan J,Liu B,Feng SS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An urgent unmet need exists for early-stage treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI). Currently methylprednisolone is the only therapeutic agent used in clinics, for which the efficacy is controversial and the side effect is well-known. We demonstrated functional restoration of injured spinal cord by self-assembled nanop...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wu W,Lee SY,Wu X,Tyler JY,Wang H,Ouyang Z,Park K,Xu XM,Cheng JX

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue engineering requires the use of polymeric scaffolds that mimic many roles of extracellular matrices (ECM) in the body. Controlling cell-scaffold interactions is one of the most critical parameters for regulating cell phenotype in tissue engineering, and a peptide with the sequence of RGD has been widely exploit...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Lee JW,Park YJ,Lee SJ,Lee SK,Lee KY

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two kinds of layered atelocollagen materials cross-linked with hexamethylene diisocyanate (HMDIC), starch dialdehyde and glyoxal were enzymatically treated by bacterial collagenase. Evaluating collagenase digestion assay for these material showed progressive differences, particularly in the group of samples cross-link...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Vizárová K,Bakos D,Rehákova M,Petríkova M,Panáková E,Koller J

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting delivery system has been widely used in packaging drugs for medical therapies attributed to its high efficiency and efficacy. A Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) formula consisting of Herba Epimedii has previously been shown to effectively treat postmenopausal osteoporosis. We have subsequently found that i...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Huang L,Wang X,Cao H,Li L,Chow DH,Tian L,Wu H,Zhang J,Wang N,Zheng L,Yao X,Yang Z,Qin L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microfabricated devices possessing magnetic properties are of great utility in bioanalytical microdevices due to their controlled manipulation with external magnets. Current methods for creating magnetic microdevices yield a low-transparency material preventing light microscopy-based inspection of biological specimens...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Gach PC,Sims CE,Allbritton NL

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlorin-core star-shaped block copolymer (CSBC) may self-assemble to form micelles, which act as nanosized photosensitizing agents for photodynamic therapy (PDT) and further encapsulate hydrophobic drugs. This functionalized micellar delivery system is a potential dual carrier for the synergistic combination of photod...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Peng CL,Lai PS,Lin FH,Yueh-Hsiu Wu S,Shieh MJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium phosphates (CaP) and phosphate-based glass (P-glass, xCaO-(0.55-x) Na(2)O-0.45P(2)O(5) composition) composite coatings were obtained on a strong ZrO(2) to improve biocompatibility, the mechanical strength and biological activity. Hydroxyapatite (HA) and P-glass mixed powder slurries were coated on the ZrO(2) s...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kim HW,Georgiou G,Knowles JC,Koh YH,Kim HE

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Each year, hundreds of thousands coronary bypass procedures are performed in the US, yet there currently exists no off-the-shelf alternative to autologous vessel transplant. In the present study, we investigated the use of mouse thrombospondin-2 knockout (TSP2 KO) cells, which secrete a non-thrombogenic and pro-migrat...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kristofik NJ,Qin L,Calabro NE,Dimitrievska S,Li G,Tellides G,Niklason LE,Kyriakides TR

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lingo-1 is selectively expressed on both oligodendrocytes and neurons in the central nervous system (CNS) and serves as a key negative regulator of nerve regeneration, implying a therapeutic target for spinal cord injury (SCI). Here we described a strategy to knock-down Lingo-1 expression in vivo using lentiviral vect...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wu HF,Cen JS,Zhong Q,Chen L,Wang J,Deng DY,Wan Y

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Branched polyesters of the general structure poly[vinyl-3-(dialkylamino)alkylcarbamate-co-vinyl acetate-co-vinyl alcohol]-graft-poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide) have shown potential for nano- and micro-scale drug delivery systems. For further optimization of this polymer class their cytotoxicity needs to be characterize...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Unger F,Wittmar M,Kissel T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface properties of implanted biomaterials can cause fibrotic tissue reactions by stimulating differentiation of host fibroblasts into contractile myofibroblasts. Silk fibroin (SF) protein has been used as biomaterial in pure and blended form. however, its effect on myofibroblast differentiation remains elusive. We ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Acharya C,Hinz B,Kundu SC

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced expression of autophagy regulators has been observed in pathological cartilage in humans and mice. The present study aimed to investigate the synergistic therapeutic effect of promotion of chondrocyte autophagy via exposure to sinomenium (SIN) encapsulated by chitosan microspheres (CM-SIN) and photo-crosslinke...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Chen P,Xia C,Mei S,Wang J,Shan Z,Lin X,Fan S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The overwhelming majority of drugs exert their pharmacological effects after reaching their target sites of action, however, these target sites are mainly located in the cytosol or intracellular organelles. Consequently, delivering drugs to the specific organelle is the key to achieve maximum therapeutic effects and m...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Chen Z,Zhang L,Song Y,He J,Wu L,Zhao C,Xiao Y,Li W,Cai B,Cheng H,Li W

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the material technique recently developed by us, we prepared a micropattern on poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogel to keep background resistant to cell adhesion for a long time, which made examination of differentiation of localized stem cells available. Our micropattern designed in this paper prevented or ensu...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Tang J,Peng R,Ding J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regeneration of the damaged myocardium is one of the most challenging fronts in the field of tissue engineering due to the limited capacity of adult heart tissue to heal and to the mechanical and structural constraints of the cardiac tissue. In this study we demonstrate that an engineered acellular scaffold comprising...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Serpooshan V,Zhao M,Metzler SA,Wei K,Shah PB,Wang A,Mahmoudi M,Malkovskiy AV,Rajadas J,Butte MJ,Bernstein D,Ruiz-Lozano P

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanomaterials conjugated with biomacromolecules, including viruses, have great potential for in vivo applications. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the safety of nanoparticle-conjugated macromolecule biomaterials (Nano-mbio). Although a number of studies have assessed the risks of nanoparticles and macromolecule...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang M,Zheng Z,Meng J,Wang H,He M,Zhang F,Liu Y,Hu B,He Z,Hu Q,Wang H

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three critical aspects of searching for and understanding how to find highly resistant surfaces to protein adhesion are addressed here with specific application to synthetic membrane filtration. They include the (i) discovery of a series of previously unreported monomers from a large library of monomers with high prot...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Gu M,Kilduff JE,Belfort G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a method of foaming a polymer system comprising poly(ethyl methacrylate)/tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate (PEMA/THFMA), characterisation of the resulting porosity and use of the foam for chondrocyte culture. The potential for this polymer system to support cartilage repair has been investigated pre...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Barry JJ,Gidda HS,Scotchford CA,Howdle SM

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous in vivo studies have shown a limited potential for vertical bone regeneration using osteoconductive scaffolds alone. In the present study, we investigated whether the association of adipose-derived adult stem cells (ASCs) with anorganic bovine bone (ABB) scaffold improved bone formation and implant osseointeg...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Pieri F,Lucarelli E,Corinaldesi G,Aldini NN,Fini M,Parrilli A,Dozza B,Donati D,Marchetti C

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to overcome the problem of rapid clearance of the polysaccharide hyaluronic acid (Hyal) in the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA), a 50% cross-linked Hyal hydrogel (Hyal 50%) was synthesised. The 50% refers to the amount of COOH groups of the polysaccharide involved in the cross-linking reaction. i.e. 50% of th...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Barbucci R,Lamponi S,Borzacchiello A,Ambrosio L,Fini M,Torricelli P,Giardino R

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00