Oriented immobilization of a delicate glucose-sensing protein on silica nanoparticles.

abstract：:Polydimethacrylate resins were prepared by photopolymerization of Bis-GMA, TEGDMA, UDMA or Bis-EMA (4) monomer, initiated by camphoroquinone/N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate system. The study of physical properties of these resins showed that TEGDMA seems to create the most dense polymer network, which however is t...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Sideridou I,Tserki V,Papanastasiou G

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The surface and bulk properties of novel methacrylate polymers prepared by gelling poly(ethyl methacrylate) (PEMA) powder with different ratios of tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate (THFMA) and hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) monomers were investigated. The water adsorption and desorption characteristics of these polyme...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Hutcheon GA,Messiou C,Wyre RM,Davies MC,Downes S

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An advantage of using vesicles (liposomes) as drug delivery carriers is that their pharmacokinetics can be controlled by surface characteristics, which can permit specific delivery of the encapsulated agents to organs or cells in vivo. Here we report a vesicle formulation which targets the bone marrow after intravenou...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Sou K,Goins B,Takeoka S,Tsuchida E,Phillips WT

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent developments in cell culture techniques have made it possible to study the cellular mechanisms involved in carcinogenesis and to apply these methods as screening tools in vitro. This study investigated and compared the ability of the metals most commonly used in orthopedic implants to induce toxicity and neopla...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Doran A,Law FC,Allen MJ,Rushton N

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here a thermal decomposition approach to the synthesis of water-soluble superparamagnetic manganese ferrite (MnFe(2)O(4)) nanoparticles (NPs) for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging applications. In this approach, tetraethylene glycol was utilized as a coordination and stabilization agent, rendering the NPs wate...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yang H,Zhang C,Shi X,Hu H,Du X,Fang Y,Ma Y,Wu H,Yang S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Study of axonal growth and ligand-receptor interactions requires specificity and careful characterization of the biomaterial substrates to which the neurons bind. It would be impossible to predict the effects of important variables such as composition, surface density, spatial distribution, and conformation of the lig...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhang Z,Yoo R,Wells M,Beebe TP Jr,Biran R,Tresco P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The torque-tension characteristics of standard, conical and flanged external fixator pins and a cortical screw were compared using a commercially available testing apparatus. The flanged pin and the screw were similar in behaviour, and converted torque into tension more efficiently than conical and standard external f...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Oni OO,Batchelor JS

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many joint diseases are associated with the deposition of crystals in articular cartilage. Three main types are commonly found: calcium pyrophosphate, calcium hydroxyapatite and monosodium urate. The effects of these articular crystals on the frictional properties and the surface condition of the articular cartilage w...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Clift SE,Harris B,Dieppe PA,Hayes A

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current tissue engineering strategies are focused on the restoration of pathologically altered tissue architecture by transplantation of cells in combination with supportive scaffolds and biomolecules. In recent years, considerable attention has been given to chitosan (CS)-based materials and their applications in the...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Di Martino A,Sittinger M,Risbud MV

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary canine oral mucosal epithelial cells were cultured on temperature-responsive dishes and cell culture inserts to fabricate transplantable epithelial cell sheets. When 3T3 feeder layers and fetal bovine serum were eliminated from dish culture, the harvested cell sheets became significantly more fragile. In contr...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Murakami D,Yamato M,Nishida K,Ohki T,Takagi R,Yang J,Namiki H,Okano T

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computational model based on finite element method (FEM) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is developed to analyse the mechanical stimuli in a composite scaffold made of polylactic acid (PLA) matrix with calcium phosphate glass (Glass) particles. Different bioreactor loading conditions were simulated within the...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Milan JL,Planell JA,Lacroix D

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of electric fields in biological tissues has led to efforts in developing technologies utilizing electrical stimulation for therapeutic applications. Native tissues, such as cartilage and bone, exhibit piezoelectric behavior, wherein electrical activity can be generated due to mechanical deformation. Yet...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Damaraju SM,Shen Y,Elele E,Khusid B,Eshghinejad A,Li J,Jaffe M,Arinzeh TL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogels produced from self-assembling peptides and peptide derivatives are being investigated as synthetic extracellular matrices for defined cell culture substrates and scaffolds for regenerative medicine. In many cases, however, they are less stiff than the tissues and extracellular matrices they are intended to m...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Jung JP,Jones JL,Cronier SA,Collier JH

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As materials are produced at smaller scales, the properties that make them especially useful for biological applications such as drug delivery, imaging or sensing applications also render them potentially harmful. There has been a reasonable amount of work addressing the interactions of biological fluids at material s...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ehrenberg MS,Friedman AE,Finkelstein JN,Oberdörster G,McGrath JL

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein therapeutics targeting inflammatory mediators have shown great promise for the treatment of autoimmunities such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, a significant challenge in this area has been their low in vivo stability and consequently their severely compromised therapeutic efficacy. One such therapeutic...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Pasi S,Kant R,Gupta S,Surolia A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Riboflavin (Rf) and its metabolic analogs flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) are essential for normal cellular growth and function. Their intracellular transport is regulated by the riboflavin carrier protein (RCP), which has been shown to be over-expressed by metabolically active cancer...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Jayapaul J,Arns S,Lederle W,Lammers T,Comba P,Gätjens J,Kiessling F

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A synthetic peptide, Gly-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser-Pro-Lys (GRGDSPK), which includes the cell-adhesive region of fibronectin, Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD), was covalently bound to a dialdehyde starch (DAS) coating on a polymer surface by reductive amination. The GRGDSPK/DAS-coated surface was characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM)...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Holland J,Hersh L,Bryhan M,Onyiriuka E,Ziegler L

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A poly(urethane urea) (PUU) synthesized from 2,4-toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and polyethylene glycol (PEG) with ethylenediamine (ED) as the chain extender was rendered radiopaque by attaching 3,4,5-triiodobenzoic acid (TIB) onto the polymer backbone. The radiopaque polyurethane obtained was characterized by infra red (...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： James NR,Jayakrishnan A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vivo cellular microenvironment is regulated by a complex interplay of soluble factors and signaling molecules secreted by cells and it plays a critical role in the growth and development of normal and diseased tissues. In vitro systems that can recapitulate the microenvironment at the cellular level are needed ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Chandrasekaran S,Giang UB,King MR,DeLouise LA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone tissue engineering strategies are fundamentally based upon porous scaffold materials that serve as a support for ingrowth of host cells and/or provide a substrate for exogenously delivered cells. Here we report the application of a surface calcium phosphate (CaP) mineral layer to a macroporous polymeric/CaP compo...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Lickorish D,Guan L,Davies JE

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A silicone-based prepolymer was used as the major component for the fabrication of novel ocular devices. Gentamicin sulphate was used as a probe drug, due to its high aqueous solubility and widespread application. Mechanical properties of films containing the drug before and after gamma sterilization and exposure to h...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Bawa R,Nandu M

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this work was to investigate the efficiency of transcellular delivery into Swiss albino mice 3T3 fibroblasts of molecules with various physico-chemical characteristics from ethosomes, phospholipid vesicular carriers containing ethanol. The probes chosen were: 4-(4-diethylamino) styryl-N-methylpyridinium io...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Touitou E,Godin B,Dayan N,Weiss C,Piliponsky A,Levi-Schaffer F

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently showed that the highly organized architecture of the corneal stroma could be reproduced using scaffolds consisting of orthogonally aligned multilayers of collagen fibrils prepared using a high magnetic field. Here we show that such scaffolds permit the reconstruction in vitro of human hemi-corneas (stroma ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Builles N,Janin-Manificat H,Malbouyres M,Justin V,Rovère MR,Pellegrini G,Torbet J,Hulmes DJ,Burillon C,Damour O,Ruggiero F

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Titanium can form a bone-like apatite layer on its surface in SBF when it is treated in NaOH. When pre-treated titanium is exposed to SBF, the alkali ions are released from the surface into the surrounding fluid. The Na+ ions increase the degree of supersaturation of the soaking solution with respect to apatite by inc...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Jonásová L,Müller FA,Helebrant A,Strnad J,Greil P

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic glycoengineering is a powerful technique that can introduce various chemical groups to cellular glycan by treatment of unnatural monosaccharide. Particularly, this technique has enabled many challenging trials for molecular imaging in combination with click chemistry, which provides fast and specific chemica...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yoon HY,Koo H,Kim K,Kwon IC

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) films were treated by oxygen plasma discharge followed by acrylic acid (AA) grafting. The amount of carboxyl groups introduced by the grafting of AA on to the film surfaces was in the range 0.47-9.48 mumol/cm2, depending on the pressure of the plasma chamber during the discharge treatmen...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kang IK,Kwon BK,Lee JH,Lee HB

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacotherapy of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) often fails due to the development of chemoresistance and severe systemic side effects of current regimens limiting dose escalation. Preclinical models comprising all major elements of treatment resistance are urgently needed for the development of new s...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Gronbach L,Wolff C,Klinghammer K,Stellmacher J,Jurmeister P,Alexiev U,Schäfer-Korting M,Tinhofer I,Keilholz U,Zoschke C

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing number of treatments of metastases rely on diagnostics and imaging these days. The facts that the activity of cathepsin B (CB) is markedly linked to the metastatic process and that CB is found highly expressed in the pericellular regions in this process make CB an attractive target for diagnosing metasta...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ryu JH,Na JH,Ko HK,You DG,Park S,Jun E,Yeom HJ,Seo DH,Park JH,Jeong SY,Kim IS,Kim BS,Kwon IC,Choi K,Kim K

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen-specific treatments are highly desirable for autoimmune diseases in contrast to treatments which induce systemic immunosuppression. A novel antigen-specific therapy has been developed which, when administered semi-therapeutically, is highly efficacious in the treatment of the mouse model for multiple sclerosis...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Cho JJ,Stewart JM,Drashansky TT,Brusko MA,Zuniga AN,Lorentsen KJ,Keselowsky BG,Avram D

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene patch is a suitable synthetic material to repair large abdominal wall defects, lack of tissue ingrowth into the patch may give rise to herniation at the fascia-patch interface. This study was undertaken to determine whether perforations and/or ethanol pretreatment improved ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Simmermacher RK,van der Lei B,Schakenraad JM,Bleichrodt RP

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00