Photosensitive Supramolecular Micelles with Complementary Hydrogen Bonding Motifs To Improve the Efficacy of Cancer Chemotherapy.

abstract：:The oxidation reaction of regenerated cellulose fibers mediated by N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) and various cocatalysts at room temperature for different time intervals and various amounts of low concentration sodium hypochlorite solution has been investigated to produce oxidized cellulose (OC), a biocompatible and bio...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Coseri S,Nistor G,Fras L,Strnad S,Harabagiu V,Simionescu BC

更新日期：2009-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Control of the photoluminescence properties of cellulose is conducted by introduction of conducting polymers including fluorene (F) and 3-hexylthiophene (3HT) on cellulose surface through FeCl3 oxidative polymerization. The UV-vis absorption peak of cellulose grafted with the 3-hexylthiophene and fluorene copolymer wa...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Phung Hai TA,Sugimoto R

更新日期：2017-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The manufacture of biodegradable materials from agricultural sources is a real challenge, because of environmental concerns and the need to make full use of resources. Cottonseed is an important protein source that could be used in nonfood applications, as a substitute for synthetic polymers. For the first time, the v...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Grevellec J,Marquié C,Ferry L,Crespy A,Vialettes V

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) can direct cellular processes by interacting with proteins of the extracellular matrix (ECM). In this study we characterize the interaction profiles of chemically sulfated hyaluronan (HA) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) derivatives with bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) and investiga...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hintze V,Samsonov SA,Anselmi M,Moeller S,Becher J,Schnabelrauch M,Scharnweber D,Pisabarro MT

更新日期：2014-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanoparticles (NPs) with high drug loading and pH-responsivity were prepared by nanoprecipitation of a hydrophobic polymer-drug conjugate (PDC). The PDC, polylactide-graft-doxorubicin (PLA-g-DOX), was synthesized by azide-alkyne click reaction to transform acetylene-functionalized PLA into PLA-graft-aldehyde (PLA-g-AL...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yu Y,Chen CK,Law WC,Weinheimer E,Sengupta S,Prasad PN,Cheng C

更新日期：2014-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunological detection has been developed into a sensitive and versatile technique and is based on two requisite elements: targeting antibodies and an indicator, usually in the form of horseradish peroxidase or alkaline phosphatase. The specificity and turnover rate of these enzymes provide an efficient means of sign...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wurtzler EM,Wendell D

更新日期：2014-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Saccharide-functionalized shell cross-linked (SCK) polymer micelles designed as polyvalent nanoscaffolds for selective interactions with receptors on Gram negative bacteria were constructed from mixed micelles composed of poly(acrylic acid-b-methyl acrylate) and mannosylated poly(acrylic acid-b-methyl acrylate). The m...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Joralemon MJ,Murthy KS,Remsen EE,Becker ML,Wooley KL

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Materials with fungi-bioinspired surface have been designed to host ergosterol-binding polyene antibiotics and to release them via a competitive mechanism only when fungi are present in the medium. Silicone rubber (SR) surfaces were endowed with selective loading and fungi-triggered release of polyene antifungal agent...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Segura T,Puga AM,Burillo G,Llovo J,Brackman G,Coenye T,Concheiro A,Alvarez-Lorenzo C

更新日期：2014-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:New pH-responsive polymersomes for active anticancer oligonucleotide delivery were prepared from triblock copolymers. The delivery systems were formed by two terminal hydrophilic blocks, PEG and polyglycerolmethacrylate (poly-GMA), and a central weakly basic block, polyimidazole-hexyl methacrylate (poly-ImHeMA), which...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gallon E,Matini T,Sasso L,Mantovani G,Armiñan de Benito A,Sanchis J,Caliceti P,Alexander C,Vicent MJ,Salmaso S

更新日期：2015-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The helical coiled coil is a well-studied folding motif that can be used for the design of nanometer-sized bioinspired fibrous structures with potential applications as functional materials. A two-component system of coiled coil based model peptides is investigated, which forms, under acidic conditions, uniform, hundr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Brandenburg E,Berlepsch HV,Leiterer J,Emmerling F,Koksch B

更新日期：2012-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A three-dimensional structure consisting of poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) nanofibers covered by periodically spaced PCL crystal lamellae, a self-induced nanohybrid shish-kebab (SINSK) structure, was created using electrospinning followed by a self-induced crystallization. The resulting structure that resembles the nanoto...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wang X,Salick MR,Wang X,Cordie T,Han W,Peng Y,Li Q,Turng LS

更新日期：2013-10-14 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：:Block copolypeptides, which combine the self-assembly of block copolymers and the highly ordered 3D structures of proteins, are potential candidates for novel supramolecular structures and biotech applications, such as biosensors, tissue engineering, and selective drug delivery. The synthesis of model block copolypept...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Aliferis T,Iatrou H,Hadjichristidis N

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In marine mussels (Mytilus), byssal threads are made in minutes from prefabricated smectic polymer liquid crystals by a process resembling reaction injection molding. The mesogens in these arrays are known to be natural block copolymers with rodlike collagen cores. Using atomic force microscopy, it was shown that thes...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hassenkam T,Gutsmann T,Hansma P,Sagert J,Waite JH

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) possess vast potential for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. In this study, an injectable hydrogel comprising poly(l-glutamic acid)-graft-tyramine (PLG-g-TA) with tunable microenvironment was developed via enzyme-catalyzed cross-linking and used as an arti...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ren K,Cui H,Xu Q,He C,Li G,Chen X

更新日期：2016-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A well-defined N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide-s-N-(3-aminopropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA-s-APMA) copolymer, synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, was utilized for the rational design of multiconjugates containing both a gene therapeutic, small interfering RNA (siRNA), ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： York AW,Huang F,McCormick CL

更新日期：2010-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing new protein-based materials with a programmable assembly is of great scientific interest and technological importance. Inspired by nature's use of post-translational modifications (PTMs) to control the function and location of proteins, we have leveraged lipidation-the PTM of proteins with lipids-to synthes...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hossain MS,Liu X,Maynard TI,Mozhdehi D

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitosan possesses many characteristics of an ideal gene delivery system. However, the transfection efficiency of conventional chitosans is generally found to be low. In this study, we investigated the self-branching of chitosans as a strategy to improve its gene transfer properties without compromising its safety pro...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Malmo J,Vårum KM,Strand SP

更新日期：2011-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioresponsive poly(amidoamine)s (PAA)s are currently under development as endosomolytic polymers for intracellular delivery of proteins and genes. Here for the first time, small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is used to systematically investigate the pH-dependent conformational change of an endosomolytic polymer, the...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Griffiths PC,Paul A,Khayat Z,Wan KW,King SM,Grillo I,Schweins R,Ferruti P,Franchini J,Duncan R

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study demonstrates the controlled synthesis and biological potential of poly( N-acryloyl-l-methionine methyl sulfonium salt)s (poly(A-Met(S+)-OH)s), which mimic dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), a compound produced by marine algae to protect their proteins. The novel sulfonium-containing zwitterionic poly...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Imamura R,Mori H

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Low tolerability and tumor selectivity restricts many potent anticancer drugs including mertansine from wide clinical use. Here, glutathione-activatable hyaluronic acid-SS-mertansine prodrug (HA-SS-DM1) was designed and developed to achieve enhanced tolerability and targeted therapy of CD44+ human breast tumor xenogra...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhong P,Zhang J,Deng C,Cheng R,Meng F,Zhong Z

更新日期：2016-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel approach for the preparation of nano- and microcapsules in aqueous solutions by using thermoresponsive polymer (TRP) templates (mesoglobules) is described. The method comprised three steps: formation of mesoglobules, coating the templates by seeded radical copolymerization, followed by core dissolution and cor...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Haladjova E,Toncheva-Moncheva N,Apostolova MD,Trzebicka B,Dworak A,Petrov P,Dimitrov I,Rangelov S,Tsvetanov CB

更新日期：2014-12-08 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 conformational behavior of a long single-chain double-stranded DNA in solutions of free silver ions and silver nanoparticles generated via the reduction of AgNO3 by NaBH4 was monitored by fluorescence and electron microscopies and UV spectroscopy. The interaction of monovalent silver ions with DNA induces shrinkin...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zinchenko AA,Baigl D,Chen N,Pyshkina O,Endo K,Sergeyev VG,Yoshikawa K

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dextrin, a glucose polymer with low molecular weight, was used to develop a fully resorbable hydrogel, without using chemical initiators. Dextrin was first oxidized (oDex) with sodium periodate and then cross-linked with adipic acid dihidrazide, a nontoxic cross-linking molecule. Furthermore, a new bidimensional compo...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Molinos M,Carvalho V,Silva DM,Gama FM

更新日期：2012-02-13 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：:Water-soluble conjugated polymers (WCPs) composed of a hydrophobic polythiophene main chain with hydrophilic tertiary amine side-chains can directly self-assemble into sphere-like nano-objects in an aqueous solution due to phase separation between the hydrophilic and hydrophobic segments of the polymeric structure. Du...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Cheng CC,Lai YC,Shieh YT,Chang YH,Lee AW,Chen JK,Lee DJ,Lai JY

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The time-dependent diffusion and mechanical properties of gelatin in solution, in the gel state, and during the sol/gel transition were determined using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) and rheology. The parameters in the experimental design were 2% w/w and 5% w/w gelatin concentration; 15, 20, and 25...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hagman J,Lorén N,Hermansson AM

更新日期：2010-12-13 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：:Hierarchical nanocomposite films with Pd-PdO nanoparticles anchored uniformly on the inner surface of TiO2 nanotubes were achieved through a stepwise bioredox/artificial oxygenation approach by using the natural eggshell membrane (ESM) as a template. The Pd content ratio of Pd-PdO loading could be arbitrarily varied f...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Su H,Dong Q,Han J,Zhang D,Guo Q

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00