Combination antitumor immunotherapy with VEGF and PIGF siRNA via systemic delivery of multi-functionalized nanoparticles to tumor-associated macrophages and breast cancer cells.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the biocompatibility and osteoconductive potential of a high-strength canasite glass ceramic. Glass-ceramic rods were produced using the lost-wax casting technique and implanted in the mid-shafts rabbit femurs. Implants were harvested at 4, 13 and 22 weeks and prepared for light ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： da Rocha Barros VM,Salata LA,Sverzut CE,Xavier SP,van Noort R,Johnson A,Hatton PV

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strangles is an infectious disease caused by Streptococcus equi subspecies equi that affects the upper respiratory tract of the Equidae. The control of this disease seems to be dependent on its earlier detection and prevention, but prolonged animal protection without development of strong and severe side effects has n...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Florindo HF,Pandit S,Gonçalves LM,Videira M,Alpar O,Almeida AJ

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The curing time dependence of the tear energy, tensile strength and ultimate extension ratio of a range of characterized elastomeric impression materials was investigated. This variation of tensile strength and ultimate extension ratio was correlated with the development of the network structure. The tear energy showe...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Cook WD,Liem F,Russo P,Scheiner M,Simkiss G,Woodruff P

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of biohybrid organs (BHO) will benefit from improved membranes regarding transport and cell contacting properties. Here we describe in a first study the development and testing of membranes made of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and polysulfone (PSU) for the immobilisation of kidney epithelial cells. Comparat...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Fey-Lamprecht F,Groth T,Albrecht W,Paul D,Gross U

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) cylindrical hydrogel with a stiffness gradient was prepared using a simple liquid nitrogen (LN2)-contacting gradual freezing and thawing method in order to investigate the effects of substrate stiffness on stem cell differentiation into specific cell types. The prepared cylindrical PVA hydrogel...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kim TH,An DB,Oh SH,Kang MK,Song HH,Lee JH

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy is a promising post-surgical therapy of solid carcinomas confined within the peritoneal cavity, with potential benefits in locoregional and systemic management of residual tumors. In this study, we intended to increase local retention of platinum in the peritoneal cavity over a prolon...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Cho EJ,Sun B,Doh KO,Wilson EM,Torregrosa-Allen S,Elzey BD,Yeo Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Particle-based vaccine delivery systems are under exploration to enhance antigen-specific immunity against safe but poorly immunogenic polypeptide antigens. Chitosan is a promising biomaterial for antigen encapsulation and delivery due to its ability to form nano- and microparticles in mild aqueous conditions thus pre...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Koppolu B,Zaharoff DA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many ways to influence cell activities, and biomaterials with functional groups attached is an attractive method that clearly has the ability to modulate cell behavior. The evidence is clear that biomaterials, with or without growth factors and cells, have resulted in numerous products for the regenerative m...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ratcliffe A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradable poly(anhydride ester) implants in which the polymer backbone breaks down into salicylic acid (SA) were investigated. In this preliminary work, local release of SA from the poly(anhydride esters), thus classified as 'active polymers', on healthy bone and tissue was evaluated in vivo using a mouse model. Degr...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Erdmann L,Macedo B,Uhrich KE

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Translation of micelles from the laboratory to the clinic is limited by a poor understanding of their in vivo fate following administration. In this paper, we establish a robust approach to real-time monitoring of the in vivo stability of micelles using Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET). This characterization m...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Morton SW,Zhao X,Quadir MA,Hammond PT

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted tumor imaging and efficient specific gene delivery in vivo has been one of the main challenges in gene-based cancer diagnosis and therapy. Herein, we engineered a citric acid-based polymer with intrinsical photoluminescence and gene loading capacity to achieve targeted delivery of siRNA and tumor imaging in v...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang M,Guo Y,Xue Y,Niu W,Chen M,Ma PX,Lei B

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis of cancer makes up the vast majority of cancer-related deaths, and it usually initiates from tumor cells invasiveness and develops through tumor neovasculature. In this work, we have fabricated a CD44/neuropilin dual receptor-targeting nanoparticulate system (tLyP-1-HT NPs) with endogenous or FDA approved c...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Liang DS,Zhang WJ,Wang AT,Su HT,Zhong HJ,Qi XR

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic islet transplantation is one of the most promising strategies for patients suffering from type 1 diabetes mellitus, but several therapeutic immunosuppressive medications must be administered simultaneously to protect transplanted islets in the long-term, and these expose patients to the risk of serious comp...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yun Lee D,Hee Nam J,Byun Y

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of tremendous demand for the development and implementation of effective therapeutic strategies, limitations are still associated with doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity. Arjunolic acid (AA) has been shown to possess a multitude of biological functions. The purpose of the present study was to explore whether ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ghosh J,Das J,Manna P,Sil PC

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanotherapeutics have been investigated for years, but only modest survival benefits were observed clinic. This is partially attributed to the short and rapid elimination of nanodrug after intravenous administration. In this study, a long circulation single wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) complex was successfully fabrica...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Xie L,Wang G,Zhou H,Zhang F,Guo Z,Liu C,Zhang X,Zhu L

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nanoscale materials properties of bone apatite crystals have been implicated in breast cancer bone metastasis and their interactions with extracellular matrix proteins are likely involved. In this study, we used geologic hydroxyapatite (HAP, Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2), closely related to bone apatite, to investigate how HAP...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wu F,Chen W,Gillis B,Fischbach C,Estroff LA,Gourdon D

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AuCu and AuAg alloys (30 at. % Au) have been immersed in aqueous solutions of chloride and sulphide with additions of protein (mucin). The surfaces of the alloys were subsequently analysed by means of ESCA and compared with previous and similar tests without addition of mucin. No noticeable effect of the mucin additio...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Herø H,Hultquist G,Odén A

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) is an emerging imaging modality, due to the low cost of the imagers as well as their efficiency in establishing high-resolution (1-100 μm) three-dimensional images of small laboratory animals and facilitating rapid, structural and functional in vivo visualization. However use of a ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Li X,Anton N,Zuber G,Zhao M,Messaddeq N,Hallouard F,Fessi H,Vandamme TF

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to evaluate the influence of storage conditions on the shelf-life of porcine bioprosthetic valves. Fifty-five unimplanted porcine bioprostheses have been evaluated. The valves were stored in 0.5% buffered glutaraldehyde solution for different periods of time (7, 23 and 32 months). Twenty-eigh...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Julien M,Létouneau DR,Marois Y,Cardou A,King MW,Guidoin R,Chachra D,Lee JM

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of endothelial cell (EC) and smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation following vascular interventions is critical to clinical efficacy. Our laboratory has developed a method of impregnating biomaterials with suspensions containing bioactive proteins resulting in the capability of differentially modulatin...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Greisler HP,Gosselin C,Ren D,Kang SS,Kim DU

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is widely known as an effective vasodilator at low concentrations. Drug delivery systems combined with NO can dilate blood vessels surrounding tumor tissues, and the drug accumulation in tumors is accelerated by the enhanced permeability and retention effect, leading to an improvement in the anti-tum...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kang Y,Kim J,Park J,Lee YM,Saravanakumar G,Park KM,Choi W,Kim K,Lee E,Kim C,Kim WJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incorporation of growth factors into new methylidene malonate 2.1.2-based biocompatible polymeric blends of oligomers and polymers to improve their stability and controlled release was investigated. Five growth factors were used in this study: FGF2, PDGF, TGF-beta, NGF and GM-CSF. Formulation in poly(methylidene m...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Désiré L,Mysiakine E,Bonnafous D,Couvreur P,Sagodira S,Breton P,Fattal E

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of latex particles, having different sizes and surface structures, were prepared and the dependence of phagocytosis of latex particles by leucocytes on the particle size and surface potential was investigated by measuring the oxygen consumption of leucocytes. Most of the phagocytic behaviour in the initial st...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kawaguchi H,Koiwai N,Ohtsuka Y,Miyamoto M,Sasakawa S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficient generation of integration- and xeno-free iPSCs is a prerequisite for their use in clinical applications. Furthermore, non-invasiveness of somatic cell acquisition for iPSC generation is another factor to consider. In this study, we established a practical, simple, and convenient method to generate integr...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Lee KI,Kim HT,Hwang DY

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioactive glass is used as both a bone filler and as a coating on implants, and has been advocated as a potential osteogenic scaffold for tissue engineering. Rat-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) show elevated levels of alkaline phosphatase activity when grown on 45S5 bioactive glass as compared to standard tissue...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Reilly GC,Radin S,Chen AT,Ducheyne P

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ortho esters) with a low glass transition temperature are semi-solid materials so that therapeutic agents can be incorporated at room temperature, without the use of solvents, by a simple mixing procedure. When molecular weights are limited to < 5 kDa, such materials are directly injectable using a needle size no...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Helle J,Barr J,Ng SY,Shen HR,Schwach-Abdellaoui K,Gurny R,Vivien-Castioni N,Loup PJ,Baehni P,Mombelli A

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical therapy is the most favored form of treatment for whitening against hyper-pigmentation and sunburn because it lends itself to self-administration, patient compliance and an absence of systemic adverse effects. However, high-molecular-weight, hydrophilic chemicals are difficult to use as transdermal delivery dr...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ookubo N,Michiue H,Kitamatsu M,Kamamura M,Nishiki T,Ohmori I,Matsui H

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is an important biological messenger involved in the treatment of bacterial infections, but its controlled and targeted release in bacterial infections remains a major challenge. Herein, an intelligent NO nanogenerator triggered by near-infrared (NIR) light is constructed for targeted treatment of P....

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wu Y,Deng G,Jiang K,Wang H,Song Z,Han H

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Notorious bacterial biofilms are becoming severe threats to public health worldwide. As the important component in biofilm extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), extracellular DNA (eDNA) has been manifested to connect different EPS components and bacteria together, leading biofilms hard to eliminate. Herein a serie...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Liu Z,Wang F,Ren J,Qu X

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliable single unit neuron recordings from chronically implanted microelectrode arrays (MEAs) are essential tools in the field of neural engineering. However, following implantation, MEAs undergo a foreign body response that functionally isolates them from the brain and reduces the useful longevity of the array. We t...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Cassar IR,Yu C,Sambangi J,Lee CD,Whalen JJ 3rd,Petrossians A,Grill WM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00