Coiled coil peptides and polymer-peptide conjugates: synthesis, self-assembly, characterization and potential in drug delivery systems.

abstract：:Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and glycoproteins are vital components of the extracellular matrix, directing cell proliferation, differentiation, and migration and tissue homeostasis. Here, we demonstrate supramolecular GAG-like glycopeptide nanofibers mimicking bioactive functions of natural hyaluronic acid molecules. Sel...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ustun Yaylaci S,Sardan Ekiz M,Arslan E,Can N,Kilic E,Ozkan H,Orujalipoor I,Ide S,Tekinay AB,Guler MO

更新日期：2016-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) requires the intracellular delivery of RNA molecules to initiate the neutralization of targeted mRNA molecules, inhibiting the expression or translation of the targeted gene. Current polymers and lipids that are used to deliver RNA molecules are generally required to be positively charged, to a...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Jiang Z,Cui W,Prasad P,Touve MA,Gianneschi NC,Mager J,Thayumanavan S

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a facile method to amine functionalize and subsequently fluorescently label polymethacrylamides synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. RAFT-generated poly(N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide-b-N-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl] methacrylamide) (poly(HPMA-b-DMAPMA)),...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： York AW,Scales CW,Huang F,McCormick CL

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The self-assembly properties of fibrous proteins such as collagen are frequently used to form three-dimensional scaffolds. In this study we investigated the effect of nonuniform alternating and static electric-fields on the self-assembly properties of a dilute solution of vimentin. In the presence of both types of fie...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Colbourne TR,Hill IG,Kreplak L

更新日期：2009-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a facile method of generating ultradense poly(l-lysine)-graft-poly(ethylene glycol) (PLL-g-PEG) surface by using high temperature alone, which in turn provides dramatic improvement in resisting nonspecific bioadsorption. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) revealed that the surface graft density increased...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ogaki R,Zoffmann Andersen O,Jensen GV,Kolind K,Kraft DC,Pedersen JS,Foss M

更新日期：2012-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:These studies illustrate synthetic paths to covalently attach T1 and Φ11 bacteriophages (phages) to inert polymeric surfaces while maintaining the bacteriophage's biological activities capable of killing deadly human pathogens. The first step involved the formation of acid (COOH) groups on polyethylene (PE) and polyte...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Pearson HA,Sahukhal GS,Elasri MO,Urban MW

更新日期：2013-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel poly(epsilon-caprolactone)-organosiloxane hybrid material containing calcium salt (Si-O-PCL) was prepared and evaluated as a bioactive and degradable bone substitute material. The Si-O-PCL hybrid was synthesized by the end-capping of 3-isocyanatopropyl triethoxysilane with alpha,omega-hydroxyl PCL following so...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Rhee SH,Lee YK,Lim BS,Yoo JJ,Kim HJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The resistance developed by life-threatening bacteria toward conventional antibiotics has become a major concern in public health. To combat antibiotic resistance, there has been a significant interest in the development of antimicrobial cationic polymers due to the ease of synthesis and low manufacturing cost compare...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Nimmagadda A,Liu X,Teng P,Su M,Li Y,Qiao Q,Khadka NK,Sun X,Pan J,Xu H,Li Q,Cai J

更新日期：2017-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Gelatin microspheres are well-known for their capacity to release growth factors in a controlled manner, but gelatin microspheres do not calcify in the absence of so-called bioactive substances that induce deposition of calcium phosphate (CaP) bone mineral. This study has investigated if CaP nanocrystals can be incorp...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Leeuwenburgh SC,Jo J,Wang H,Yamamoto M,Jansen JA,Tabata Y

更新日期：2010-10-11 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：:We report an enzyme-based method for the in situ entrapment of cells within a biopolymeric hydrogel matrix. Specifically, we used a calcium-independent microbial transglutaminase that is known to cross-link proteins and observed that it catalyzes the formation of gels from a pre-gel solution containing 10% gelatin and...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chen T,Small DA,McDermott MK,Bentley WE,Payne GF

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elegant elasticity and toughness of muscles that are controlled by myofilament sliding, highly elastic springlike properties of titin, and Ca2+-induced conformational change of the troponin complex have been a source of inspiration to develop advanced materials for simulating elastic muscle motion. Herein, a highl...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhao L,Zhang X,Luo Q,Hou C,Xu J,Liu J

更新日期：2020-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrospinning is a simple and versatile technique of producing polymeric fibers ranging from submicron to micron in diameter. Incorporation of bioactive agents into the fibers could make a biofunctional tissue engineering scaffold. In this study, we investigated the feasibility of encapsulating human beta-nerve grow...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chew SY,Wen J,Yim EK,Leong KW

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of Vitamin E (vitE)-labeled PEIs (PEI-vitEn) were synthesized and showed excellent complexation ability with plasmid DNA (pDNA). The cellular uptake of PEI-vitEn/pDNA complexes was greatly enhanced with the increase of vitE labeling, which is much better than that of control PEI25 in three different cell line...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Liu J,Feng M,Liang D,Yang J,Tang X

更新日期：2016-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoexcited TiO2 degrades biomolecules such as nucleic acids, cell membrane proteins, and enzymes. Stabilization of enzyme activity against the deactivation caused by the combination of TiO2-UV is essential if we are to develop novel hybrid materials exhibiting photocatalytic and biocatalytic activities useful for de...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lele BS,Russell AJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhancing the molecular orientation of the regenerated silk fibroin (RF) up to a level comparable to the native silk is highly challenging. Our novel and promising strategy for the poststretching process is (1) creating at first an α-helix-HFIP complex with a hexagonal packing as an intermediate state and then (2) str...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yoshioka T,Tashiro K,Ohta N

更新日期：2016-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) was first chemically modified via free radical grafting with maleic anhydride (MA) and the MA-g-PBAT graft copolymer was then used as a matrix material to obtain cellulose nanocrystal (CNC)-reinforced MA-g-PBAT bionanocomposites via reactive extrusion process to accelerat...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kashani Rahimi S,Aeinehvand R,Kim K,Otaigbe JU

更新日期：2017-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-assembly in aqueous solution of two oppositely charged globular proteins, hen egg white lysozyme (LYS) and bovine calcium-depleted α-lactalbumin (apo α-LA), was investigated at pH 7.5. The aggregation rate of equimolar mixtures of the two proteins was determined using static and dynamic light scattering as a func...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Salvatore D,Croguennec T,Bouhallab S,Forge V,Nicolai T

更新日期：2011-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The leading cause of death in the United States is cardiovascular disease. The majority of these cases result from heart failure post-myocardial infarction (MI). We present data providing evidence for use of acetalated dextran (AcDex) microparticles as a delivery vehicle for therapeutics to the heart post-MI. We harne...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Suarez S,Grover GN,Braden RL,Christman KL,Almutairi A

更新日期：2013-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper introduces a chitosan microneedle patch for efficient and sustained transdermal delivery of hydrophilic macromolecules. Chitosan microneedles have sufficient mechanical strength to be inserted in vitro into porcine skin at approximately 250 μm in depth and in vivo into rat skin at approximately 200 μm in de...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chen MC,Ling MH,Lai KY,Pramudityo E

更新日期：2012-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A shortage of available organ donors has created a need for engineered tissues. In this context, polymer-based hydrogels that break down inside the body are often used as constructs for growth factors and cells. Herein, we report imine cross-linked gels where degradation is controllable by the introduction of mixed im...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Boehnke N,Cam C,Bat E,Segura T,Maynard HD

更新日期：2015-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:An efficient process for the synthesis of degradable hydrogels containing octa-betaine ester polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) through efficient thiol-ene and Menschutkin click reactions was developed. The hydrogels exhibited a yield strength of 0.36 MPa and a compressive modulus of 4.38 MPa and displayed ex...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Han J,Chen Q,Shen Y,Liu Z,Hao X,Zhong M,Zhao Z,Bockstaller MR

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:As a means to stimulate wound healing, a hollow fiber membrane system might be placed within a wound bed to provide local and externally regulated controlled delivery of regenerative factors. After sufficient healing, it would be desirable to triggerably degrade these fibers as opposed to pulling them out. Accordingly...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Fu HL,Hong Y,Little SR,Wagner WR

更新日期：2014-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A N,N-dimethylacrylamide-based hydrogel (2) with the new cross-linker (ethylenedioxy) bis[2,2'-(N-acryloylamino)ethane] (1) has been prepared, and its physicochemical properties in aqueous solution were studied. Three different native proteins (lysozyme, bovine serum albumin, and rabbit IgG) were encapsulated within t...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Delgado M,Spanka C,Kerwin LD,Wentworth P Jr,Janda KD

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the first use of laccase-lipase enzymatic reaction for the synthesis of novel perfectly structured alternating copolymers. Initially, six types of complexing agents, linear(A)-linear(B), linear(A)-linear(B)-linear(A), linear-dendritic, dendritic-linear-dendritic, linear-hyperbranched, and hyperbra...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Scheibel DM,Gitsov I

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Inulin, the polydisperse reserve polysaccharide from chicory, has been modified by carbamoylation in organic solvents. The reaction of inulin with a range of alkyl isocyanates resulted, after crystalization, in a variety of carbamoylated inulins from which the interfacial properties were determined. The medium and lon...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Stevens CV,Meriggi A,Peristeropoulou M,Christov PP,Booten K,Levecke B,Vandamme A,Pittevils N,Tadros TF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A challenge in the development of multifunctional drug delivery systems is to establish a reasonable and effective synthetic route for multifunctional polymer preparation. Herein, we propose a unique protocol to prepare multifunctional micelles by a cross-assembly process using three different functional polyurethanes...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Pan Z,Ren Y,Song N,Song Y,Li J,He X,Luo F,Tan H,Fu Q

更新日期：2016-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformational behavior of a long single-chain double-stranded DNA in solutions of free silver ions and silver nanoparticles generated via the reduction of AgNO3 by NaBH4 was monitored by fluorescence and electron microscopies and UV spectroscopy. The interaction of monovalent silver ions with DNA induces shrinkin...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zinchenko AA,Baigl D,Chen N,Pyshkina O,Endo K,Sergeyev VG,Yoshikawa K

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaginal films featuring the pH-dependent release of tenofovir (TFV) were developed for the prevention of sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV). Films based on hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and zein were prepared incorporating different plasticizers [oleic acid, lactic acid, glycerol, and polyeth...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Notario-Pérez F,Cazorla-Luna R,Martín-Illana A,Galante J,Ruiz-Caro R,Sarmento B,das Neves J,Veiga MD

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(L-lactide)-based microspheres having cationic or anionic surfaces were prepared using polydepsipeptide-block-poly(L-lactide)s as surfactants. Polydepsipeptide-block-poly(L-lactide)s having amino or carboxylic acid groups on their side chains were synthesized through anionic ring-opening polymerizations of L-lacti...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ouchi T,Toyohara M,Arimura H,Ohya Y

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00