Novel bilayer wound dressing composed of silicone rubber with particular micropores enhanced wound re-epithelialization and contraction.

abstract：:In the present study, the effects of a calcium magnesium silicate bioactive ceramic (akermanite) on proliferation and osteoblastic differentiation of human bone marrow stromal cells (hBMSC) have been investigated and compared with the classical ceramic (beta-tricalcium phosphate, beta-TCP). Akermanite and beta-TCP dis...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Sun H,Wu C,Dai K,Chang J,Tang T

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple approach to the mechanical modulation of layer-by-layer (LbL) films is through manipulation of the film assembly. Here, we report results based on altering the salt concentration during film assembly and its effect on film rigidity. Based on changes in film rigidity, cell adhesion characteristics and transfec...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Blacklock J,Vetter A,Lankenau A,Oupický D,Möhwald H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The water absorption characteristics of resins, upon which many composite filling materials are based, have been studied. In general, the equilibrium uptake is less than that predicted from the water absorption of composite filling materials, if it is assumed that the polymer alone absorbs the water. Also, whereas the...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Braden M,Davy KW

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two vinyl sulfone functionalized crosslinkers were developed for the purpose of preparing degradable poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogels (EMXL and GABA-EMXL hydrogels). A self-elimination degradation mechanism in which an N-terminal residue of a glutamine is converted to pyroglutamic acid with subsequent release of ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Deshmukh M,Singh Y,Gunaseelan S,Gao D,Stein S,Sinko PJ

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the recently developed surface modification technique, free amino groups have been introduced onto polyester-type polyurethane (PU) scaffolds. The introduction of these free amino groups increases the surface energy and provides a convenient way to further immobilize bioactive species such as gelatin, collagen o...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhu Y,Gao C,He T,Shen J

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal invasion through the mesothelial cell layer is a hallmark of ovarian cancer metastasis. Using tissue engineering technologies, we recreated an ovarian tumor microenvironment replicating this aspect of disease progression. Ovarian cancer cell-laden hydrogels were combined with mesothelial cell-layered melt e...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Loessner D,Rockstroh A,Shokoohmand A,Holzapfel BM,Wagner F,Baldwin J,Boxberg M,Schmalfeldt B,Lengyel E,Clements JA,Hutmacher DW

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of processing-introduced flaws and heat treatment on the strength degradation of the dental core material has recently been observed. However, there are insufficient studies which investigate the role of grinding, grinding orientation, sandblasting, polishing and heat treatment on the strength of In-Cera...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Guazzato M,Albakry M,Quach L,Swain MV

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platinum nanoparticle-doped chitosan (CHIT) solution can be easily prepared by treating the CHIT solution with aqueous H2PtCl6 solution followed by chemical reduction of Pt(IV) with NaBH4. Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) are then dispersed in the nanoparticle-doped solution. The resulting Pt-CNT-CHIT material bri...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yang M,Yang Y,Yang H,Shen G,Yu R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the hydrophobic interaction with biomembranes, PFVYLI (PFV), a hydrophobic penetration peptide (HPP), was initially introduced to modify doxorubicin-loaded stealth-sustained liposomes (PFV-SSLs-DOX) against different breast cancer cell phenotypes irrespective of their receptor expression or antigen presence. ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Cai D,Gao W,He B,Dai W,Zhang H,Wang X,Wang J,Zhang X,Zhang Q

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard solution-depletion method is implemented with SDS-gel electrophoresis as a multiplexing, separation-and-quantification tool to measure competition between two proteins (i and j) for adsorption to the same hydrophobic adsorbent particles (either octyl sepharose or silanized glass) immersed in binary-protei...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Barnthip N,Parhi P,Golas A,Vogler EA

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of biochemical signaling to derive smooth muscle cells (SMCs) from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) has been explored, but the induction of a fully functional SMC phenotype remains to be a major challenge. Cell morphology has been shown to regulate MSC differentiation into various lineages, including SMCs. We eng...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yeh YT,Wei J,Thorossian S,Nguyen K,Hoffman C,Del Álamo JC,Serrano R,Li YJ,Wang KC,Chien S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New light-activation units equipped with high-illuminant blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have recently been proposed as a replacement for the halogen units that are widely used in dentistry to polymerize light-cured resins. The photoinitiators in light-cured dental resins, typified by the camphorquinone (CQ)/amine p...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Teshima W,Nomura Y,Tanaka N,Urabe H,Okazaki M,Nahara Y

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three types of bioactive polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)-based bone cement containing nano-sized titania (TiO2) particles were prepared, and their mechanical properties and osteoconductivity are evaluated. The three types of bioactive bone cement were T50c, ST50c, and ST60c, which contained 50 wt% TiO2, and 50 and 60 wt...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Goto K,Tamura J,Shinzato S,Fujibayashi S,Hashimoto M,Kawashita M,Kokubo T,Nakamura T

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical application of calcium phosphate cements (CPCs) composed of tetracalcium phosphate and dicalcium phosphate anhydrous has been limited because of its longer setting time, so that we developed the CPC in which the setting time was shortened to approximately 10 min. Aiming at clinical application, we evaluat...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Hoshikawa A,Fukui N,Fukuda A,Sawamura T,Hattori M,Nakamura K,Oda H

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyapatite ceramics with zirconia dispersion from fine powders synthesized hydrothermally were post-sintered at 1000-1300 degrees C under 200 MPa of argon for 1 h without capsules, after normal sintering in air at 1200 degrees C for 3 h. Densification was most significant with post-sintering at 1200 degrees C. Fra...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ioku K,Yoshimura M,Somiya S

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the synthesis and characterization of dendrimer-entrapped gold nanoparticles (Au DENPs) modified by polyethylene glycol (PEG) with enhanced biocompatibility for computed tomography (CT) imaging applications. In this study, amine-terminated poly(amidoamine) dendrimers of generation 5 (G5.NH(2)) modified by PE...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Peng C,Zheng L,Chen Q,Shen M,Guo R,Wang H,Cao X,Zhang G,Shi X

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrophilic nature of hydrogel matrices makes them disadvantageous to entrap poorly soluble therapeutic agents and greatly restricts their applications as drug-delivery systems. In this study, we demonstrated that sustained delivery of lipophilic drugs in hydrogel-based devices can be readily achieved by enhancing...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Chen MC,Tsai HW,Liu CT,Peng SF,Lai WY,Chen SJ,Chang Y,Sung HW

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To prevent bone metastasis, we developed polyethylene glycol (PEG)-conjugated aspartic acid (Asp)-modified liposomes (PEG-Asp-Lipo) as a bone-targeting carrier of paclitaxel (PTX) by using Asp-modified 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DPPE-Asp). The affinity of Asp-modified liposomes to hydroxyapatite...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yamashita S,Katsumi H,Hibino N,Isobe Y,Yagi Y,Tanaka Y,Yamada S,Naito C,Yamamoto A

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Branched poly ethylene imine (PEI) has been considered as the most efficient non-viral gene transfection agent. However, its clinical application is confined due to cytotoxicity. In the present study, we tried to enhance transfection efficiency and reduce toxicity of PEI by conjugating it with arginine modified oligo(...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Morris VB,Sharma CP

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An insulin delivery system that self-regulates blood glucose levels has the potential to limit hypoglycemic events and improve glycemic control. Glucose-responsive insulin delivery systems have been developed by coupling glucose oxidase with a stimuli-responsive biomaterial. However, the challenge of achieving desirab...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Volpatti LR,Facklam AL,Cortinas AB,Lu YC,Matranga MA,MacIsaac C,Hill MC,Langer R,Anderson DG

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adsorption of chondroitin-4-sulphate (C4S) and heparin onto titanium has been studied in the absence and presence of bovine serum albumin (BSA). Isotherm data (0.02 M calcium acetate, pH 6.8) have shown that BSA in solution and BSA-coated titanium result in decreased adsorption for both C4S and heparin. For the BS...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Hughes Wassell DT,Embery G

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nanotopography and nanoscale geometry of the extra-cellular matrix (ECM) are important regulators of cell adhesion, motility and fate decision. However, unlike the sensing of matrix mechanics and ECM density, the molecular processes regulating the direct sensing of the ECM nanotopography and nanoscale geometry are...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Di Cio S,Iskratsch T,Connelly JT,Gautrot JE

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver diseases can be caused by viral infection, metabolic disorder, alcohol consumption, carcinoma or injury, chronically progressing to end-stage liver disease or rapidly resulting in acute liver failure. In either situation, liver transplantation is most often sought for life saving, which is, however, significantl...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhang J,Zhao X,Liang L,Li J,Demirci U,Wang S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For cardiovascular biomaterials, thrombosis, thromboembolism and vascular graft occlusion are believed to be precipitated by the adsorption of proteins containing adhesive ligands for platelets. Polyethylene-glycol-diisocyanate (PEG-diisocyanate, 3400 MW) may potentially react with protein amines to form molecular bar...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Deible CR,Petrosko P,Johnson PC,Beckman EJ,Russell AJ,Wagner WR

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scaffold design plays a crucial role in developing graft-based regenerative strategies, especially when intended to be used in a highly ordered nerve tissue. Here we describe a hybrid matrix approach, which combines the structural properties of collagen (type I) with the epitope-presenting ability of peptide amphiphil...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Sur S,Pashuck ET,Guler MO,Ito M,Stupp SI,Launey T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly oriented hydroxyapatite coatings (HACs) were obtained on titanium substrates through a radio-frequency thermal plasma spraying (TPS) method. XRD patterns showed that the HACs had crystallites with [001] preferred orientation vertical to the coating's surface. XRD results also indicated that tetracalcium phospha...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Inagaki M,Kameyama T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two commercially available amalgam alloy powders (one lathe-cut, the other spherical) were characterized in terms of density, surface area, particle size distribution and appearance under the scanning electron microscope. A third, experimental alloy powder, prepared by electrodeposition, was subjected to a similar ana...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Davies EH,Kuhn AT

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the potential protective role of fullerenol C60(OH)24 on doxorubicin-induced liver toxicity using in vivo (female Sprague-Dawley rats) and in vitro (human hepatocellular carcinoma - HepG2; colorectal adenocarcinoma cell lines - Caco-2) approaches. The first (healthy control) an...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Injac R,Perse M,Obermajer N,Djordjevic-Milic V,Prijatelj M,Djordjevic A,Cerar A,Strukelj B

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT) are widely commended for tumor treatment recently, they still suffer severe challenges due to the non-specificity of photothermal agents (PTAs)/photosensitizers (PSs) and hypoxic tumor microenvironment. Here, an oxygen independent biomimetic nanoplatfo...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhang C,Liu WL,Bai XF,Cheng SX,Zhong ZL,Zhang XZ

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of biocompatible photopolymerizing polymers for biomedical and tissue engineering applications has the potential to reduce the invasiveness and cost of biomaterial implants designed to repair or augment tissues. However, more information is needed about the cellular toxicity of the compounds and initia...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Williams CG,Malik AN,Kim TK,Manson PN,Elisseeff JH

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00