Synthetic high-density lipoprotein-like nanoparticles potently inhibit cell signaling and production of inflammatory mediators induced by lipopolysaccharide binding Toll-like receptor 4.

abstract：:Chemotherapeutic agents often cause severe side effects because they produce a similar cytotoxicity in both cancerous and healthy cells. In this study, a rational strategy was implemented to take advantage of a combination of both tumor microenvironment-sensitive polypeptides (TMSP) and folate to create a more selecti...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Gao W,Xiang B,Meng TT,Liu F,Qi XR

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although folate exhibits many advantages over other targeting ligands, it has one major defect: poor water solubility. Once it was conjugated to hydrophilic drug carrier such as N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide (HPMA) copolymer, the hydrophobic folate may be buried inside the random polymer coil and not exposed to b...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Li L,Yang Q,Zhou Z,Zhong J,Huang Y

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial extracellular matrix proteins, genetically engineered from elastin- and fibronectin-derived repeating units, were crosslinked with hexamethylene diisocyanate in dimethylsulfoxide. The resulting hydrogel films were transparent, uniform, and highly extensible. Their tensile moduli depended on crosslinker conc...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Nowatzki PJ,Tirrell DA

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, isothermal microcalorimetry (IMC) was utilized to measure the exothermic heat flow from specimens of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), that had been sterilized by various standard methods, under simulated shelf storage (air at 25 degrees C, 30% r.h.) and simulated implantation (phosphate...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Charlebois SJ,Daniels AU,Lewis G

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix systems used to study complex three-dimensional (3D) cellular processes like mammary epithelial tissue morphogenesis and tumorigenesis ex vivo often require ill-defined biological components, which lead to poor reproducibility and a lack of control over physical parameters. In this study, a well-defined, tunabl...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Nowak M,Freudenberg U,Tsurkan MV,Werner C,Levental KR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The significant drawbacks and lack of success associated with current methods to treat critically sized nerve defects have led to increased interest in neural tissue engineering. Conducting polymers show great promise due to their electrical properties, and in the case of polypyrrole (PPY), its cell compatibility as w...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Xu H,Holzwarth JM,Yan Y,Xu P,Zheng H,Yin Y,Li S,Ma PX

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tarsal repair is an important part for eyelid reconstruction. Presently traditional clinic treatments do not produce satisfactory repair effects. The key is to find a proper tarsal repair material. Microbial poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) (PHBHHx) was studied for application as tarsal substitute in this...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhou J,Peng SW,Wang YY,Zheng SB,Wang Y,Chen GQ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue engineering scaffolds with complex geometries can provide an architecture that directs tissue formation. Drug delivery from these scaffolds to promote regeneration is often challenging due to the complex fabrication processes. Surface-mediated DNA delivery from multiple channel bridges was applied to deliver li...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： De Laporte L,Yan AL,Shea LD

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to precisely pattern embryonic stem (ES) cells in vitro into predefined arrays/geometries may allow for the recreation of a stem cell niche for better understanding of how cellular microenvironmental factors govern stem cell maintenance and differentiation. In this study, a new gelatin-based laser direct-w...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Raof NA,Schiele NR,Xie Y,Chrisey DB,Corr DT

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:We report here the development of a chitosan/beta-glycerophosphate(Ch/beta-GP) thermo-sensitive gel to deliver ellagic acid (EA) for cancer treatment. The properties of the Ch/beta-GP gels were characterized regarding chemical structure, surface morphology, and viscoelasticity. In vitro EA release rate from the EA loa...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kim S,Nishimoto SK,Bumgardner JD,Haggard WO,Gaber MW,Yang Y

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo properties of a new kind of calcium phosphate cement were investigated in this study. Calcium phosphate cement was implanted as paste into femoral bone and dorsal muscle of dogs for 3 and 6 months, and as prehardened form into thigh muscles of dogs for 1, 2 and 6 months. Histology was performed on thin un-...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yuan H,Li Y,de Bruijn JD,de Groot K,Zhang X

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The management of trauma-associated nerve defects is difficult because of the absence of autologous donor motor or sensory nerves. Pre-clinical development and clinical experience has shown that damaged nerves can be surgically repaired using a tubular conduit interposed across the defect. Acceptable patient outcomes ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Sierpinski P,Garrett J,Ma J,Apel P,Klorig D,Smith T,Koman LA,Atala A,Van Dyke M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the cellular microenvironment, growth factor gradients are crucial in dictating cell fate. Towards developing materials that capture the native microenvironment we engineered biomimetic films that present gradients of matrix-bound bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP-2 and BMP-7). To this end layer-by-layer films compo...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Almodóvar J,Guillot R,Monge C,Vollaire J,Selimović S,Coll JL,Khademhosseini A,Picart C

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silica nanoparticles (SiO2-NPs) has been extensively exploited in biomedical fields and mostly designed to enter the circulatory system, however, few studies focused on the potential adverse effects of SiO2-NPs exposure on the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that serves as a critical barrier between the central nervous syst...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Liu X,Sui B,Sun J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubular vessels for tissue engineering are typically fabricated using a molding, dipping, or electrospinning technique. While these techniques provide some control over inner and outer diameters of the tube, they lack the ability to align the polymers or fibers of interest throughout the tube. This is an important asp...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Lovett ML,Cannizzaro CM,Vunjak-Novakovic G,Kaplan DL

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of disability and socioeconomic loss worldwide. However, the current pharmacological approaches used to treat OA are largely palliative. Being the hallmark of OA, the cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM) destruction and abnormal homeostasis is gaining more attention as a therapeuti...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Peng Z,Sun H,Bunpetch V,Koh Y,Wen Y,Wu D,Ouyang H

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we used deoxyribozyme (DNAzyme) functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) to catalytically silence tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in vivo as a potential therapeutic for myocardial infarction (MI). Using primary macrophages as a model, we demonstrated 50% knockdown of TNF-α, which was not attainable usi...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Somasuntharam I,Yehl K,Carroll SL,Maxwell JT,Martinez MD,Che PL,Brown ME,Salaita K,Davis ME

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the morphological effect of phase-separated block copolymer surfaces composed of poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC)) (PMPC) and poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) on protein adsorption and cell adhesion behavior. We observed three different types of phase-separated surface morphologies by T...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Seo JH,Matsuno R,Takai M,Ishihara K

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of hydrogels composed of varying fractions of dodecyl methacrylate (DM) and 2,3-dihydroxypropyl methacrylate (GM) were prepared using ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as the cross-linking agent. The study found that for a series of gels with the same monomer ratio, bulk hydration could be controlled by ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Haigh R,Rimmer S,Fullwood NJ

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioactive composites composed of hydroxyapatite containing glass (HA-G) as a coating and titanium (Ti) or titanium alloy implants as a substrate were prepared by the Cullet method. This method results in the HA-G coating layer on the substrate with a compositional gradient in HA concentration. The results of in vitro ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yamada K,Imamura K,Itoh H,Iwata H,Maruno S

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maximum capacity of a hydrophobic adsorbent is interpreted in terms of square or hexagonal (cubic and face-centered-cubic, FCC) interfacial packing models of adsorbed blood proteins in a way that accommodates experimental measurements by the solution-depletion method and quartz-crystal-microbalance (QCM) for the h...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kao P,Parhi P,Krishnan A,Noh H,Haider W,Tadigadapa S,Allara DL,Vogler EA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personalized oncology significantly relies on the development of cancer theranostic agents to integrate cancer therapeutics and diagnostics. Current most common strategy for development of such multifunctional agents requires multistep chemical conjugation with cancer targeted ligands, contrast agents and therapeutic ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Luo S,Tan X,Qi Q,Guo Q,Ran X,Zhang L,Zhang E,Liang Y,Weng L,Zheng H,Cheng T,Su Y,Shi C

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biologic scaffolds composed of extracellular matrix (ECM) have been used to facilitate the repair and reconstruction of a variety of tissues in clinical and pre-clinical studies. The clinical utility of such scaffolds can be limited by the geometric and mechanical properties of the tissue or organ from which the ECM i...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Freytes DO,Martin J,Velankar SS,Lee AS,Badylak SF

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimuli-responsive nanoparticles hold great promise for drug delivery to improve the safety and efficacy of cancer therapy. One of the most investigated stimuli-responsive strategies is to induce drug release by heating with laser, ultrasound, or electromagnetic field. More recently, cryosurgery (also called cryothera...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang H,Agarwal P,Liang Y,Xu J,Zhao G,Tkaczuk KHR,Lu X,He X

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose oxidase was immobilized into photographic gelatin hardened by chromium(III) sulphate. The enzyme-gelatin mixture was coated on polyester film strips which allowed easy and simple handling during assays. The effect of gelatin and cross-linker concentrations on water content and enzymatic activity was studied. T...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Elçin YM,Akbulut U

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study has examined the efficacy of a polymer microarray platform to screen a library of polyurethanes for applications such as human skeletal progenitor cell isolation and surface modification of tissue engineering scaffolds to enhance skeletal cell growth and differentiation. Analysis of polyurethane micr...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Tare RS,Khan F,Tourniaire G,Morgan SM,Bradley M,Oreffo RO

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The composition, presentation, and spatial orientation of extracellular matrix molecules and growth factors are key regulators of cell behavior. Here, we used self-assembling peptide nanofiber gels as a modular scaffold to investigate how fibronectin-derived adhesion ligands and different modes of epidermal growth fac...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Mehta G,Williams CM,Alvarez L,Lesniewski M,Kamm RD,Griffith LG

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combined treatment using nonviral agent-mediated enzyme/prodrug therapy and immunotherapy had been proposed as a powerful alternative method of cancer therapy. The present study was aimed to evaluate the cytotoxicity in vitro and the therapeutic efficacy in vivo when the cytosine deaminase/5-fluorocytosine (CD/5-FC) a...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Liang B,He ML,Chan CY,Chen YC,Li XP,Li Y,Zheng D,Lin MC,Kung HF,Shuai XT,Peng Y

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stromal/stem cell (MSC)-based therapy is a promising approach for the treatment of heart failure. However, current MSC-delivery methods result in poor donor cell engraftment, limiting the therapeutic efficacy. To address this issue, we introduce here a novel technique, epicardial placement of bi-layered, a...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kobayashi K,Ichihara Y,Sato N,Umeda N,Fields L,Fukumitsu M,Tago Y,Ito T,Kainuma S,Podaru M,Lewis-McDougall F,Yamahara K,Uppal R,Suzuki K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00