Silk Fibroin-Sophorolipid Gelation: Deciphering the Underlying Mechanism.

abstract：:Nanoparticles (NPs) composed of chitosan (CS) and poly(gamma-glutamic acid) (gamma-PGA) were prepared by a simple ionic-gelation method for oral insulin delivery. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra indicated that CS and gamma-PGA were ionized at pH 2.5-6.6, while X-ray diffractograms demonstrated that the crys...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lin YH,Mi FL,Chen CT,Chang WC,Peng SF,Liang HF,Sung HW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-molecule measurements of the interaction of leukocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1), expressed on Jurkat T cells, with intercellular adhesion molecules-1 and -2 (ICAM-1 and ICAM-2) were conducted using atomic force microscopy (AFM). The force spectra (i.e., unbinding force versus loading rate) of both t...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wojcikiewicz EP,Abdulreda MH,Zhang X,Moy VT

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida antarctica Lipase B (CALB) was covalently immobilized onto epoxy-activated macroporous poly(methyl methacrylate) Amberzyme beads (235 microm particle size, 220 A pore size) and nanoparticles (nanoPSG, diameter 68 nm) with a poly(glycidyl methacrylate) outer region. Amberzyme beads allowed CALB loading up to 0....

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chen B,Hu J,Miller EM,Xie W,Cai M,Gross RA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a new design of peptide-polymer conjugates where a polymer chain is covalently linked to the side chain of a helix bundle-forming peptide. The effect of conjugated polymer chains on the peptide structure was examined using a de novo designed three-helix bundle and a photoactive four-helix bundle. Upon attac...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Shu JY,Tan C,DeGrado WF,Xu T

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this investigation was to understand and engineer the interactions between endothelial cells and the electrospun (ES) polyvinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene (PVDF-HFP) nanofiber surfaces and evaluate their potential for endothelialization. Elastomeric PVDF-HFP samples were electrospun to evaluate th...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ahmed F,Dutta NK,Zannettino A,Vandyke K,Choudhury NR

更新日期：2014-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (mAb) are a major focus of the pharmaceutical industry, and polyclonal immunoglobulin G (IgG) therapy is used to treat a wide variety of health conditions. As some individuals require mAb/IgG therapy their entire life, there is currently a great desire to formulate antibodies for bolus injection ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gong Y,Soleymani Abyaneh H,Drossis N,Niederquell A,Kuentz M,Leroux JC,de Haan HW,Gauthier MA

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we have shown that the amphiphilic decyl esters of both D- and L-tyrosine (DELT) self-assemble in aqueous solution above their critical micelle concentration values to form long rodlike structures that can be enzymatically polymerized. In the current study, we have examined the self-assembled structures of...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Marx KA,Lee JS,Sung C

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogels are able to mimic the basic three-dimensional (3D) biological, chemical, and mechanical properties of native tissues. Since hyaluronic acid (HA) is a chief component of human extracellular matrix (ECM), it represents an extremely attractive starting material for the fabrication of scaffolds for tissue engine...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kufelt O,El-Tamer A,Sehring C,Schlie-Wolter S,Chichkov BN

更新日期：2014-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogels are attracting increasing attention due to their potential use in various fields. However, most of the existing hydrogels have limitations in either dissipating mechanical energy or maintaining high stretchability under deformation, thus do not possess high mechanical properties. Herein, poly(vinyl alcohol) ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chen W,Li N,Ma Y,Minus ML,Benson K,Lu X,Wang X,Ling X,Zhu H

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequential copolymerizations of trimethylene carbonate (TMC) and l-lactide (LLA) were performed with 2,2-dibutyl-2-stanna-1,3-oxepane as a bifunctional cyclic initiator. The block lengths were varied via the monomer/initiator and via the TMC/l-lactide ratio. The cyclic triblock copolymers were transformed in situ into...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Pospiech D,Komber H,Jehnichen D,Häussler L,Eckstein K,Scheibner H,Janke A,Kricheldorf HR,Petermann O

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of poly(methyl methacrylate-co-methacryloxysuccinimide-graft-poly(ethylene glycol)) (PMMA-co-PMASI-g-PEG) via living free radical polymerization provides a convenient route to well-defined amphiphilic graft copolymers having a controllable number of reactive functional groups, variable length PEG grafts,...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Pressly ED,Rossin R,Hagooly A,Fukukawa K,Messmore BW,Welch MJ,Wooley KL,Lamm MS,Hule RA,Pochan DJ,Hawker CJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antifreeze glycoproteins (AFGPs) are a subclass of biological antifreezes found in deep sea Teleost fish. These compounds have the ability to depress the freezing point of the organism such that it can survive the subzero temperatures encountered in its environment. This physical property is very attractive for the cr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Liu S,Wang W,Moos Ev,Jackman J,Mealing G,Monette R,Ben RN

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of molecular weight (Lc) and field strength (E) on conformation of polymer chains and their density are investigated at the surface and bulk of a driven chain system in three dimensions with a Monte Carlo simulation. As the polymer chains deposit on the surface, a linear density gradient develops in low field....

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Foo GM,Pandey RB

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An underwater bioadhesive generally comprises a multiprotein complex that provides a molecular basis for self-assembly. We report here a new class of self-assembling peptide inspired by a 20 kDa barnacle cement protein. Studies on the chemically synthesized 24-residue peptide have revealed that (1) it underwent irreve...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Nakano M,Shen JR,Kamino K

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the thermodynamic and dynamic behavior of multistranded β-lactoglobulin protein fibrils in water, by combining static, dynamic, and depolarized dynamic light scattering (SLS, DLS, DDLS), small angle neutron scattering (SANS), rheology, and cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM). We ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Bolisetty S,Harnau L,Jung JM,Mezzenga R

更新日期：2012-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cationic spherical polyelectrolyte brushes (SPBs) were synthesized by photoemulsion polymerization, consisting of a polystyrene core with a diameter around 80 nm and a poly(2-aminoethylmethacrylate hydrochloride) (PAEMH) shell with a thickness from 10 to 50 nm densely grafted on the core surface. The binding of variou...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wang S,Chen K,Li L,Guo X

更新日期：2013-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Regenerated silk fibroin (RSF) fibers were obtained by extruding a concentrated aqueous silk fibroin solution into an ammonium sulfate coagulation bath. A custom-made simplified industrial-type wet-spinning device with continuous mechanical postdraw was used. The effect of dope concentration, coagulation bath, extrusi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yan J,Zhou G,Knight DP,Shao Z,Chen X

更新日期：2010-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Strategies to prevent the uptake of modified low density lipoproteins (LDLs) by immune cells, a major trigger of inflammation and atherogenesis, are challenged by complex interfacial factors governing LDL receptor-mediated uptake. We examine a new approach based on a family of "nanoblockers", which are designed to exa...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chnari E,Nikitczuk JS,Wang J,Uhrich KE,Moghe PV

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome for glioblastoma patients remains dismal for its invariably recrudesces within 2 cm of the resection cavity. Local immunotherapy has the potential to eradicate the residual infiltrative component of these tumors. Here, we report the development of a biodegradable hydrogel containing therapeutic T lymphocyt...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tsao CT,Kievit FM,Ravanpay A,Erickson AE,Jensen MC,Ellenbogen RG,Zhang M

更新日期：2014-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduction-sensitive shell-sheddable glyco-nanoparticles were designed and developed based on poly(ε-caprolactone)-graft-SS-lactobionic acid (PCL-g-SS-LBA) copolymer for efficient hepatoma-targeting delivery of doxorubicin (DOX). PCL-g-SS-LBA was prepared by ring-opening copolymerization of ε-caprolactone and pyridyl d...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chen W,Zou Y,Meng F,Cheng R,Deng C,Feijen J,Zhong Z

更新日期：2014-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of a microvasculature is regulated in large part by cell-cell interactions. Ephrins and their Eph receptors mediate cell adhesion, repulsion, and migration, all critical processes in angiogenesis. (1) Here we use a covalently immobilized ephrinA1, conjugated to poly(ethylene glycol), to induce vessel for...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Saik JE,Gould DJ,Keswani AH,Dickinson ME,West JL

更新日期：2011-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of three types of liposomes (egg yolk phosphatidylcholine (EPC) without modification and EPC vesicles containing cross-linked N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) networks of low and a high concentration inside the vesicles) were analyzed by static and dynamic light scattering. Upon polymerization the network w...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Stauch O,Schubert R,Savin G,Burchard W

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：:New type of N-glycosylated peptides having periodic sequence of -[X-Gln(beta-D-GlcNAc)-Aib]- [X = L-Glu(OMe), L-Lys(Ac), L-Ala; Aib = alpha-aminoisobutyric acid] were synthesized by polymerization of glycosylated tripeptides with an active ester methods using Cl(-+)H(3)N-L-Glu(OMe)-Gln[beta-D-GlcNAc(Ac)(3)]-Aib-ONp (N...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Takasu A,Horikoshi S,Hirabayashi T

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major ampullate silk, also known as dragline silk, is one of the strongest biomaterials known. This silk is composed of two proteins, major ampullate spidroin 1 (MaSp1) and major ampullate spidroin 2 (MaSp2). Only partial cDNA sequences have been obtained for these proteins, and these sequences are toward the C-termin...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Motriuk-Smith D,Smith A,Hayashi CY,Lewis RV

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles are widely used as nanoprobes for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Water-soluble iron oxide nanoparticles were synthesized by coating iron oxide nanoparticles with a hydrophilic, biocompatible, biodegradable poly(amino acid) derivative, poly(2-hydroxyethyl aspartamide) graft...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yang HM,Park CW,Woo MA,Kim MI,Jo YM,Park HG,Kim JD

更新日期：2010-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of polymers that are both bactericidal and biocompatible would have many applications and are currently of research interest. Following the development of strongly bactericidal copolymers of 4-vinylpyridine and poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate, biocompatibility assays have been completed...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Stratton TR,Howarter JA,Allison BC,Applegate BM,Youngblood JP

更新日期：2010-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Dragline silk from orb-weaving spiders is a copolymer of two large proteins, major ampullate spidroin 1 (MaSp1) and 2 (MaSp2). The ratio of these proteins is known to have a large variation across different species of orb-weaving spiders. NMR results from gland material of two different species of spiders, N. clavipe...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： An B,Jenkins JE,Sampath S,Holland GP,Hinman M,Yarger JL,Lewis R

更新日期：2012-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Alditol bearing chitosans have shown the ability to reduce silver ions in mild conditions and without addition of exogenous reducing agents. The ion reduction induces the formation of a lactone moiety on the polysaccharide (Fetizon reaction) without causing C-C bond cleavage on the polyol. The close and multivalent ar...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Donati I,Travan A,Pelillo C,Scarpa T,Coslovi A,Bonifacio A,Sergo V,Paoletti S

更新日期：2009-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrospinning of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC)/poly(lactic acid) (PLA) emulsions has been demonstrated to be an effective dispersion and alignment method to control assembly of CNC into continuous composite ultrafine fibers. CNC-PLA nanocomposite random-fiber mats and aligned-fiber yarns were prepared by emulsion ele...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Li Y,Ko FK,Hamad WY

更新日期：2013-11-11 00:00:00