Glutathione-Sensitive Hyaluronic Acid-SS-Mertansine Prodrug with a High Drug Content: Facile Synthesis and Targeted Breast Tumor Therapy.

abstract：:Heparin, a sulfated polysaccharide derived from animal sources, is the most commonly used parenteral anticoagulant drug, but it suffers from significant safety and supply issues. Herein, we describe the preparation of heparin mimetic homo- and copolymers via the reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Nahain AA,Ignjatovic V,Monagle P,Tsanaktsidis J,Vamvounis G,Ferro V

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibacterial nanodevices could bring coatings of plastic materials and wound dressings a big step forward if the release of the antibacterial agents could be triggered by the presence of the bacteria themselves. Here, we show that novel hyaluronic acid (HA)-based nanocapsules containing the antimicrobial agent polyhe...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Baier G,Cavallaro A,Vasilev K,Mailänder V,Musyanovych A,Landfester K

更新日期：2013-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrophobic methacrylic monomers were polymerized in aqueous media using methylated (1.8)-beta-cyclodextrin (MeCD) additives. Hydrophobic monomers tert-butyl methacrylate (tBuMA), cyclohexyl methacrylate (CMA), and 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate (2EHMA) were each dissolved in chloroform with MeCD. Chloroform was then evapo...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Madison PH,Long TE

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:pH-dependent release from monoolein (MO) cubic phase was obtained by taking advantage of complex coacervation between hydrophobically modified alginate (HmAL) and hydrophobically modified silk fibroin (HmSF) in the water channels. The degree of coacervation was investigated at pH 3.0 by a light scattering method and t...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kwon TK,Kim JC

更新日期：2011-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The maintenance of hepatocyte phenotype and functions remains as a great challenge in the generation of functional liver tissue and in vitro model for drug metabolism studies. The use of hepatocyte coculture systems plays essential roles in the establishment of cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix communications si...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Liu Y,Li H,Yan S,Wei J,Li X

更新日期：2014-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A cellulose-chitin hybrid polysaccharide having alternatingly beta(1-->4)-linked D-glucose (Glc) and N-acetyl-d-glucosamine (GlcNAc) was synthesized via two modes of enzymatic polymerization. First, a sugar oxazoline monomer of Glcbeta(1-->4)GlcNAc (1) was designed as a transition-state analogue substrate (TSAS) monom...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kobayashi S,Makino A,Matsumoto H,Kunii S,Ohmae M,Kiyosada T,Makiguchi K,Matsumoto A,Horie M,Shoda S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible stereoselective complexes were spontaneously obtained from mixing acetonitrile solutions of enatiomeric d-poly(lactic acid) (d-PLA), l-poly(lactic acid) (l-PLA), and leuprolide, a l-configured nonapeptide LHRH analogue. The complex spontaneously aggregated and precipitated in high yields (>90%) from acetoni...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Slager J,Domb AJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polyethylene glycol (PEG) retinylamine (Ret-NH2) conjugate PEG-GFL-NH-Ret with a glycine-phenylalanine-leucine (GFL) spacer was synthesized for controlled oral delivery of Ret-NH2 to treat retinal degenerative diseases, including Stargardt disease (STGD) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The peptide spacer...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yu G,Wu X,Ayat N,Maeda A,Gao SQ,Golczak M,Palczewski K,Lu ZR

更新日期：2014-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosensitive supramolecular micelles, a combination of intermolecular hydrogen bonds between complementary adenine (A) and uracil (U) groups and a blend of two types of supramolecular polymers, can stably self-assemble into structurally stable, spherical micelles in aqueous solution before and after photoirradiation...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Abebe Alemayehu Y,Tewabe Gebeyehu B,Cheng CC

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Computationally designed peptides form desired antiparallel, tetrameric coiled-coil bundles that hierarchically assemble into a variety of well-controlled nanostructures depending on aqueous solution conditions. The bundles selectively self-assemble into different structures: nanotubes, platelets, or needle-like struc...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tian Y,Polzer FB,Zhang HV,Kiick KL,Saven JG,Pochan DJ

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:New aspects concerning the mechanism of formation of chitosan physical hydrogels without any cross-linking agent were studied. The gelation took place during the evaporation of a hydroalcoholic solution of chitosan. We first demonstrated that it was possible to form a physical hydrogel from a hydrochloride form of chi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Boucard N,Viton C,Domard A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dextran surface grafting density was systematically varied via a two-step process involving SiO(2) amination by aminopropyltriethoxy silane (APTES) followed by oxidized dextran (M(w) = 110 kDa) chemisorption. Dextran oxidation kinetics with sodium metaperiodate (NaIO(4)) were quantified by (1)H NMR and pH measurements...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Miksa D,Irish ER,Chen D,Composto RJ,Eckmann DM

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino groups were covalently introduced onto a polycaprolactone (PCL) surface by the reaction between 1,6-hexanediamine and the ester groups of PCL. The occurrence of the aminolysis and the introduction of free NH(2) groups were verified qualitatively by fluorescence spectroscopy, where rhodamine B isothiocyanate was ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhu Y,Gao C,Liu X,Shen J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of quaternary ammonium (QA)-functionalized silica nanoparticles with and without nitric oxide (NO) release capabilities is described. Glycidyltrialkylammonium chlorides of varied alkyl chain lengths (i.e., methyl, butyl, octyl, and dodecyl) were tethered to the surface of amine-containing silica nanopart...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Carpenter AW,Worley BV,Slomberg DL,Schoenfisch MH

更新日期：2012-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue regeneration involves versatile types of cells. The accumulation and disorganized behaviors of undesired cells impair the natural healing process, leading to uncontrolled immune response, restenosis, and/or fibrosis. Cell-selective surfaces and interfaces can have specific and positive effects on desired types ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhang H,Zheng X,Ahmed W,Yao Y,Bai J,Chen Y,Gao C

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A modular approach to engineering cross-linked elastic biomaterials is presented for fine-tuning of material mechanical and biological properties. The three components, soluble elastin, hyaluronic acid, and silk fibroin, contribute with different features to the overall properties of the final material system. The ela...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Serban MA,Kluge JA,Laha MM,Kaplan DL

更新日期：2010-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue engineering approaches need biomaterials with suitable properties to provide an appropriate environment for cell attachment and growth. The performance of these biomaterials can be greatly enhanced through the incorporation of bioactive agents. For this reason, we developed chitosan films with cell-attachment a...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Abarrategi A,Civantos A,Ramos V,Sanz Casado JV,López-Lacomba JL

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Images of high methoxyl orange pectin deposited from solution and high methoxyl sugar acid gels (HMSAG) were obtained by atomic force microscopy (AFM) in the tapping mode. For the first time, images of pectin deposited from water revealed that the transition from pectin networks to individual molecules or aggregates t...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Fishman ML,Cooke PH,Chau HK,Coffin DR,Hotchkiss AT Jr

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spiders spin their silk from an aqueous solution to a solid fiber in ambient conditions. However, to date, the assembly mechanism in the spider silk gland has not been satisfactorily explained. In this paper, we use molecular dynamics simulations to model Nephila clavipes MaSp1 dragline silk formation under shear flow...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Giesa T,Perry CC,Buehler MJ

更新日期：2016-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A strategy to manipulate the disulfide bond breaking triggered unfolding, and subsequently assembly of human serum albumin (HSA) in a lipophilic drug-dependent manner is present. In this study, the hydrophobic region, a molecular switch of the HSA, was regulated to form HSA-paclitaxel (HSA-PTX) nanoparticles by a faci...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gong G,Xu Y,Zhou Y,Meng Z,Ren G,Zhao Y,Zhang X,Wu J,Hu Y

更新日期：2012-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research indicates that the progression of Parkinson's disease can start from neurons of the enteric nervous system, which are in close contact with the gastrointestinal epithelium: α-synuclein molecules can be transferred from these epithelial cells in a prion-like fashion to enteric neurons. Thin mucus layers...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Marczynski M,Rickert CA,Semerdzhiev SA,van Dijk WR,Segers-Nolten IMJ,Claessens MMAE,Lieleg O

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-assembly of protein-polymer bioconjugates presents an elegant strategy for controlling nanostructure and orientation of globular proteins in functional materials. Recent work has shown that genetic fusion of globular protein mCherry to an elastin-like polypeptide (ELP) yields similar self-assembly behavior to the...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mills CE,Michaud Z,Olsen BD

更新日期：2018-07-09 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：:There is a distinct need for antimicrobial compounds that can act at surfaces without leaching into the environment. Such materials should be easy to synthesize, be easy to apply to surfaces, and display reasonable levels of antimicrobial and antifungal activity. Here we describe such a surface-active compound and dem...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ravikumar T,Murata H,Koepsel RR,Russell AJ

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an efficient approach to develop cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) hybrids with magnetically responsive Fe3O4 nanoparticles that were synthesized using the (Fe3+/Fe2+) coprecipitation. After 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl radical (TEMPO)-catalyzed oxidation of CNC, carbodiimide (EDC/NHS) was used for coupli...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Guo J,Filpponen I,Johansson LS,Mohammadi P,Latikka M,Linder MB,Ras RH,Rojas OJ

更新日期：2017-03-13 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：:Cocontinuous phase structures of immiscible polymers can be developed under appropriate melt-blending conditions. Because of the presence of interfacial tension, such cocontinuous structures start to coarsen when heated to a temperature higher than the melting/softening temperature of both phases. In this study, a met...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yao D,Zhang W,Zhou JG

更新日期：2009-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The barrier functions of the stratum corneum and the epidermal layers present a tremendous challenge in achieving effective transdermal delivery of drug molecules. Although a few reports have shown that poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers are effective skin-penetration enhancers, little is known regarding the fundamen...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yang Y,Sunoqrot S,Stowell C,Ji J,Lee CW,Kim JW,Khan SA,Hong S

更新日期：2012-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphiphilic ABC triblock copolymers composed of monomethoxy-capped poly(ethylene glycol) (MPEG), poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (DMA), and poly(2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (DEA) have been synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). These copolymers dissolve molecularly in acidic aque...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tang Y,Liu SY,Armes SP,Billingham NC

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low molecular weight random copolymers bearing protonated primary amine groups and hydrophobic alkyl groups in the side chains were synthesized and their activities against E. coli , S. aureus , human red blood cells, and human epithelial carcinoma cells (HEp-2) were quantified. The mole fraction of alkyl side chains ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Palermo EF,Sovadinova I,Kuroda K

更新日期：2009-11-09 00:00:00