Sulfated Dendritic Polyglycerol Is a Potent Complement Inhibitor.

abstract：:A multifunctional macromolecular thiol (TPVA) obtained by esterification of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) with 3-mercaptopropionic acid was characterized by a combination of NMR, IR, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and was used as a wheat gluten (WG) reactive modifier. ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Dicharry RM,Ye P,Saha G,Waxman E,Asandei AD,Parnas RS

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A His-tagged coiled coil stem loop peptide with stable secondary structure was designed and biosynthesized. A series of oligopeptides related to the EBV envelope glycoprotein 350/220 N-terminal nonapeptide as potential CD21 receptor-binding epitopes were engineered into the loop region of the peptide scaffold. It was ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tang A,Kopecek J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of moisture content and temperature on water diffusion into a modified high amylose (< or = 90%) maize thermoplastic starch blend was investigated. Gravimetric and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies were conducted to elucidate the diffusion mechanism and diffusion coefficients for this system. The dif...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Russo MA,Strounina E,Waret M,Nicholson T,Truss R,Halley PJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-based polymers are increasingly being used in biomaterial applications because of their ease of customization and potential monodispersity. These advantages make protein polymers excellent candidates for bioanalytical applications. Here we describe improved methods for producing drag-tags for free-solution con...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lin JS,Albrecht JC,Meagher RJ,Wang X,Barron AE

更新日期：2011-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanocellulose-based self-standing films are becoming a substrate for flexible electronics, diagnostics, and sensors. Strength and surface chemistry are vital variables for these film-based endeavors, the former is one of the assets of nanocellulose. To contribute to the latter, nanocellulose films are tuned with a sid...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Nypelö T,Amer H,Konnerth J,Potthast A,Rosenau T

更新日期：2018-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady state shear flow of different types of cellulose (microcrystalline, spruce sulfite and bacterial) dissolved in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate was studied in a large range of concentrations (0-15%) and temperatures (0-100 degrees C). Newtonian flow was recorded for all experimental conditions; these viscosi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gericke M,Schlufter K,Liebert T,Heinze T,Budtova T

更新日期：2009-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanical and melt flow properties of two thermoplastic potato starch materials with different amylose contents were evaluated. The materials were prepared by mixing starch, glycerol, and water, mainly in the weight proportions of 10:3:4.5. Compression molding was used to produce sheets/films with a thickness in ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Thunwall M,Boldizar A,Rigdahl M

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poloxamer thermoresponsive gels are widely explored in controlled drug delivery. Nevertheless, these gels possess inadequate mechanical properties, poor bioadhesiveness, and high permeability to water. To overcome these issues, we blended mucoadhesive hyaluronic acid (HA) with poloxamer analogs. This study aimed to in...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mayol L,Biondi M,Quaglia F,Fusco S,Borzacchiello A,Ambrosio L,La Rotonda MI

更新日期：2011-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A stepwise anticancer drug delivery system based on an injectable supramolecular hydrogel was presented. In this system, poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(acrylic acid) (PEG-b-PAA) block copolymer nanoparticles containing cisplatin were released by erosion of the hydrogels and then the cisplatin was released from the nanop...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhu W,Li Y,Liu L,Chen Y,Wang C,Xi F

更新日期：2010-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogels with pH-sensitive poly(acrylic acid) (PAAc) chains and biodegradable acryloyl-poly(-caprolactone)-2-hydroxylethyl methacrylate (AC-PCL-HEMA) chains were designed and synthesized. The morphology of hydrogel was observed by scanning electron microscopy. The degradation of the hydrogel in the presence of Pseudo...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wu DQ,Sun YX,Xu XD,Cheng SX,Zhang XZ,Zhuo RX

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biodegradable aliphatic polyesters such as poly(lactide) and poly(ε-caprolactone), largely used in tissue engineering applications, lack suitable functional groups and biological cues to enable interactions with cells. Because of the ubiquity of thiol groups in the biological environment and the pliability of thiol ch...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Fuoco T,Finne-Wistrand A,Pappalardo D

更新日期：2016-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:C13-dipeptides that did not gel on their own were found to form hydrogels when combined with mixtures (coassembly). At pH = 4.6, by mixing negatively charged C13-WD (C13-WD2- and/or C13-WD-) with C13-KW or C13-YK, where the side chain of K carried positive charge, two composite hydrogels with different mechanical prop...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hu T,Zhang Z,Euston SR,Geng M,Pan S

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen is a versatile structural molecule in nature and is used as a building block in many highly organized tissues, such as bone, skin, and cornea. The functionality and performance of these tissues are controlled by their hierarchical organization ranging from the molecular up to macroscopic length scales. In the...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Masic A,Bertinetti L,Schuetz R,Galvis L,Timofeeva N,Dunlop JW,Seto J,Hartmann MA,Fratzl P

更新日期：2011-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The new combinations of monomers presented in this work were evaluated in order to create an elastic material for potential application in soft tissue engineering. Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) of trimethylene carbonate (TMC) with L-lactide (LLA) and 1,5-dioxepan-2-one (DXO) have been synthesized using a cyclic five-...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Andronova N,Albertsson AC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent developments in ionic liquid electrolytes for cellulose or biomass dissolution has also allowed for high-resolution 1H and 13C NMR on very high molecular weight cellulose. This permits the development of advanced liquid-state quantitative NMR methods for characterization of unsubstituted and low degree of subst...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： King AWT,Mäkelä V,Kedzior SA,Laaksonen T,Partl GJ,Heikkinen S,Koskela H,Heikkinen HA,Holding AJ,Cranston ED,Kilpeläinen I

更新日期：2018-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Photo-crosslinkable dendritic macromolecules are attractive materials for the preparation of cartilage tissue engineering scaffolds that may be optimized for in situ formation of hydrated, mechanically stable, and well-integrated hydrogel scaffolds supporting chondrocytes and chondrogenesis. We designed and synthesize...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Söntjens SH,Nettles DL,Carnahan MA,Setton LA,Grinstaff MW

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complement system plays an important role in innate and adaptive immunity, which suggests that complement activation could be exploited as a potential strategy for vaccine adjuvants. Here we explored the potential of chitosan-based microparticles (CS-NH2 MPs) as a vaccine adjuvant with an active surface for comple...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Liu Y,Yin Y,Wang L,Zhang W,Chen X,Yang X,Xu J,Ma G

更新日期：2013-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical application of holmium-loaded poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) microspheres for the radionuclide treatment of liver malignancies requires in depth understanding of the degradation characteristics of the microspheres. To this end, an in-vitro degradation study was conducted. PLLA-microspheres with and without Ho...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zielhuis SW,Nijsen JF,Krijger GC,van het Schip AD,Hennink WE

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cells have a large amount of ROS (reactive oxygen species) because of disturbed ROS homeostasis. Cancer cells therefore undertake redox adaptation to drive proliferation in tumor environments and even survive during anticancer treatment by upregulating endogenous antioxidants. As one of antioxidant defense syst...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Noh J,Jung E,Lee J,Hyun H,Hong S,Lee D

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A wool fiber sample was submitted to chemical-free steam explosion in view of potential exploitation of keratin-based industrial and farm wastes. Fiber keratin was converted into a dark-yellow sludge that was submitted to phase separation by filtration, centrifugation, and precipitation of the soluble materials from t...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tonin C,Zoccola M,Aluigi A,Varesano A,Montarsolo A,Vineis C,Zimbardi F

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:We have found that dialysis of 5 mg/mL collagen solution into the phosphate solution with a pH of 7.1 and an ionic strength of 151 mM [corrected] at 25 °C results in a collagen gel with a birefringence and tubular pores aligned parallel to the growth direction of the gel. The time course of averaged diameter of tubula...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Furusawa K,Sato S,Masumoto J,Hanazaki Y,Maki Y,Dobashi T,Yamamoto T,Fukui A,Sasaki N

更新日期：2012-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] (P(3HB))-degrading marine bacterium (strain NK-1, JCM10458) was isolated from the Pacific Ocean deep-sea floor (1165 m in depth) in Japan. The organism was a motile and Gram negative, aerobic, and rod-shaped bacterium, and its DNA had a guanine-plus-cytosine content of 57.7 mol%. On the b...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kasuya K,Mitomo H,Nakahara M,Akiba A,Kudo T,Doi Y

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we have applied an electrospinning method to control wettability and further hydrophobic modification of a hydrophobic polymer mat of poly(vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene). A correlation between the processing parameters, rheological properties of polymer solutions, and electrospinning ability...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ahmed F,Choudhury NR,Dutta NK,Zannettino A,Knott R

更新日期：2013-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the right conditions, some biological systems can maintain high viability after being frozen and thawed, but many others (e.g., organs and many mammalian cells) cannot. To increase the rates of post-thaw viability and widen the library of living cells and tissues that can be stored frozen, an improved understand...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Burkey AA,Hillsley A,Harris DT,Baltzegar JR,Zhang DY,Sprague WW,Rosales AM,Lynd NA

更新日期：2020-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutually complementary, self-repulsive oligopeptide pairs were designed to coassemble into viscoelastic hydrogels. Peptide engineering was combined with biophysical techniques to investigate the effects of temperature on the structural and mechanical properties of the resulting hydrogels. Biophysical characterizations...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ramachandran S,Taraban MB,Trewhella J,Gryczynski I,Gryczynski Z,Yu YB

更新日期：2010-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases plague human health because of the lack of transplantable small-diameter blood vessel (SDBV) grafts. Although expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) has the potential to be used as a biocompatible material for SDBV grafts, long-term patency is still the biggest challenge. As discussed in this...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wang D,Xu Y,Lin YJ,Yilmaz G,Zhang J,Schmidt G,Li Q,Thomson JA,Turng LS

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Copolymers of (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid (HB) and epsilon-caprolactone (CL) with a composition ranging from 28 to 81 mol % of HB were synthesized by transesterification of the corresponding homopolymers in solution in the presence of 4-toluenesulfonic acid. The copolyesters were characterized with regard to their molec...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Impallomeni G,Giuffrida M,Barbuzzi T,Musumarra G,Ballistreri A

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor targeting has revolutionized cancer research, especially active cellular targeting of nanoparticles, where they are specifically homed to the pathological site to deliver the therapeutics. This strategy, which involves the utilization of affinity ligands on the surface of the nanocarriers, minimizes the nonspeci...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Raveendran R,Chen F,Kent B,Stenzel MH

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The design of functional systems with sizes in the nanometer range is a key challenge in fields such as biomedicine, nanotechnology, and engineering. Some of the most promising materials nowadays consist of self-assembling peptides or peptide-polymer hybrid materials because of their versatility and the resulting prop...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mikhalevich V,Craciun I,Kyropoulou M,Palivan CG,Meier W

更新日期：2017-11-13 00:00:00