Less is more: Silver-AIE core@shell nanoparticles for multimodality cancer imaging and synergistic therapy.

abstract：:Immune response testing of biomaterials is an essential component of biocompatibility assessment, particularly when the materials of interest are used to design bioresorbable scaffolds with the potential to promote in situ regeneration. Current trends in immune response testing of biomaterials typically examine few el...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Smith MJ,White KL Jr,Smith DC,Bowlin GL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioabsorbable internal fixation devices were introduced clinically in the treatment of fractures and osteotomies of the extremities at the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Helsinki University, in 1984. Since November 5, 1984, a total of 3200 patients were managed using bone or ligament fixation devices mad...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Rokkanen PU,Böstman O,Hirvensalo E,Mäkelä EA,Partio EK,Pätiälä H,Vainionpää SI,Vihtonen K,Törmälä P

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overcoming biological barriers to imaging-guided site-specific delivery of therapeutics is the goal of current nanomedicine designs. Here, multifunctional polymer-coated carbon nanodots with an interleukin-6 (IL-6) fragment peptide for receptor-targeting (pCDPI) were prepared for drug delivery. The pCDPI exhibits smal...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang S,Li C,Qian M,Jiang H,Shi W,Chen J,Lächelt U,Wagner E,Lu W,Wang Y,Huang R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional (3D) culture of hepatocytes leads to improved and prolonged synthetic and metabolic functions, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are unknown. In order to investigate the role of 3D cell-cell interactions in maintaining hepatocyte differentiated functions ex vivo, primary mouse hepatocytes were ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Chang TT,Hughes-Fulford M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Checkpoint blocking antibodies that interfere in the PD-1/PD-L1 axis provide effective cancer immunotherapy for tumors that are immune inflamed or induced to become "hot". It has also been demonstrated that a small molecule inhibitor of the signaling hub kinase GSK3 can interfere in the PD-1/PD-L1 axis in T-cells by s...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Allen SD,Liu X,Jiang J,Liao YP,Chang CH,Nel AE,Meng H

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, five self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) and three polymeric brushes with very low fibrinogen adsorption were prepared. The five SAMs are oligo(ethylene glycol) (OEG), phosphorylcholine (PC), oligo(phosphorylcholine) (OPC), and two mixed positively and negatively charged SAMs of SO(3)(-)/N(+)(CH(3))(3) (SA/...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhang Z,Zhang M,Chen S,Horbett TA,Ratner BD,Jiang S

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Load-bearing tissues, like bone, can be replaced by engineered tissues or tissue constructs. For the success of this treatment, a profound understanding is needed of the mechanical properties of both the native bone tissue and the construct. Also, the interaction between mechanical loading and bone regeneration and ad...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Jaecques SV,Van Oosterwyck H,Muraru L,Van Cleynenbreugel T,De Smet E,Wevers M,Naert I,Vander Sloten J

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing number of studies in cardiac cell therapy have provided encouraging results for cardiac repair. Adult stem cells may overcome ethical and availability concerns, with the additional advantages, in some cases, to allow autologous grafts to be performed. However, the major problems of cell survival, cell fa...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Karam JP,Muscari C,Montero-Menei CN

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vivo response following implantation into a rat model of three innovative hyaluronan derivatives for clinical use: HYAFF 7, HYAFF 11 and HYAFF 11p75 (respectively, the 100% ethyl ester, 100% and 75% benzyl esters). The tissue reaction evoked by films of these new biomateria...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Campoccia D,Hunt JA,Doherty PJ,Zhong SP,O'Regan M,Benedetti L,Williams DF

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammalian embryos, cortical interneurons travel long distances among complex three-dimensional tissues before integrating into cortical circuits. Several molecular guiding cues involved in this migration process have been identified, but the influence of physical parameters remains poorly understood. In the present...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Leclech C,Renner M,Villard C,Métin C

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are known to induce diverse differentiation fates in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). In the present study, we compared the potency at which BMP5, BMP10 and BMP13, which are members of distinct BMP subgroups due to differences in sequential and structural homology, induce differen...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Lichtner B,Knaus P,Lehrach H,Adjaye J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer vaccines are designed to elicit an endogenous adaptive immune response that can successfully recognize and eliminate residual or recurring tumors. Such approaches can potentially overcome shortcomings of passive immunotherapies by generating long-lived therapeutic effects and immune memory while limiting system...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Shukla S,Myers JT,Woods SE,Gong X,Czapar AE,Commandeur U,Huang AY,Levine AD,Steinmetz NF

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work developed a multimodal imaging system by co-encapsulating superparamagnetic iron oxides (IOs) and quantum dots (QDs) in the nanoparticles of poly (lactic acid) - d-α-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate (PLA-TPGS) for concurrent imaging of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the fluorescence im...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Tan YF,Chandrasekharan P,Maity D,Yong CX,Chuang KH,Zhao Y,Wang S,Ding J,Feng SS

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The histology and cytology of the tissue response to intra-articular insertion of particles of acrylic bone cement containing barium sulphate has been studied in the guinea pig knee joint. Following insertion of the acrylic, fibrinous debris admixed with particles became adherent to the synovial membrane. Cell prolife...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Meachim G,Brooke G

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leveraging the multifunctional nature of citrate in chemistry and inspired by its important role in biological tissues, a class of highly versatile and functional citrate-based materials (CBBs) has been developed via facile and cost-effective polycondensation. CBBs exhibiting tunable mechanical properties and degradat...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ma C,Gerhard E,Lu D,Yang J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the stem-cell niche, the extracellular matrix (ECM) serves as a structural support that additionally provides stem cells with signals that contribute to the regulation of stem-cell function, via reciprocal interactions between cells and components of the ECM. Recently, cell-derived ECMs have emerged as in vitro cel...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ragelle H,Naba A,Larson BL,Zhou F,Prijić M,Whittaker CA,Del Rosario A,Langer R,Hynes RO,Anderson DG

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficient delivery of short interfering RNA (siRNA) is an enormous challenge in the field of gene therapy. Herein, we report a delivery nanosystem based on programmed DNA self-assembly mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) siRNA-loaded DNA nanotubes (DNA-NTs). We demonstrate that these siRNA-DNA-NTs can be effectiv...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： You Z,Qian H,Wang C,He B,Yan J,Mao C,Wang G

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the material technique recently developed by us, we prepared a micropattern on poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogel to keep background resistant to cell adhesion for a long time, which made examination of differentiation of localized stem cells available. Our micropattern designed in this paper prevented or ensu...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Tang J,Peng R,Ding J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty squares of tissue, 40 mm X 40 mm, were harvested from bovine pericardium fixed in glutaraldehyde free of tension. Two parallel dumb-bell specimens were excised from each square. In 20 pairs of adjacent samples, two 1 mm cuts were introduced into one of the samples at the centre of the dumb-bell. The other 20 pai...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Crofts CE,Trowbridge EA

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A UV-hardening lacquer material based on polyurethane, used in Philips compact disc lens systems, was tested as suitable material for low-cost intraocular lenses (IOLs). A slightly changed composition (code number I-0.5A) came out as the best and was subsequently tested, with reference to poly(methyl methacrylate) (PM...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Jongebloed WL,van der Veen G,Kalicharan D,van Andel MV,Bartman G,Worst JG

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly crosslinked UHMWPEs have demonstrated improved in vitro wear properties; however, there is concern regarding loss of fracture resistance and ductility. The goals of this study were to evaluate the micromechanisms of failure under uniaxial tension and to determine the effect of gamma radiation-induced crosslinki...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Gencur SJ,Rimnac CM,Kurtz SM

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of three cell types important to the wound repair process with collagen/glycosaminoglycan (GAG) dermal regeneration matrices covalently modified with an Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD)-containing peptide was characterized. Function-blocking monoclonal antibodies directed against various integrin subunits were used t...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Grzesiak JJ,Pierschbacher MD,Amodeo MF,Malaney TI,Glass JR

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：:A new mathematical model was developed and an exact analytical solution without approximations of previous work was derived for the description of the kinetics and equilibrium characteristics of drug loading from a finite external solution onto ion-exchange microspheres. The influence of important parameters pertinent...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Abdekhodaie MJ,Wu XY

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in stem cell research and nanotechnology have significantly influenced the landscape of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Precise and reproducible control of the fate of stem cells and their lineage specification have, therefore, become more crucial than ever for the success of stem cell-ba...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kenry,Lee WC,Loh KP,Lim CT

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly fluorescent core-shell silica nanoparticles made by the modified Stöber process (C dots) are promising as tools for sensing and imaging subcellular agents and structures but will only be useful if they can be easily delivered to the cytoplasm of the subject cells. This work shows that C dots can be electrostati...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Fuller JE,Zugates GT,Ferreira LS,Ow HS,Nguyen NN,Wiesner UB,Langer RS

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decellularized adipose tissue (DAT) has shown promise as an adipogenic bioscaffold for soft tissue augmentation and reconstruction. The objective of the current study was to investigate the effects of allogeneic adipose-derived stem/stromal cells (ASCs) on in vivo fat regeneration in DAT bioscaffolds using an immunoco...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Han TT,Toutounji S,Amsden BG,Flynn LE

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of polymer and copolymer networks with varying hydrophilicity and distribution of the hydrophilic groups was synthesized and biologically tested with monolayer culture of human chondrocytes in vitro. Cell viability (MTT), proliferation (BrdU incorporation) and aggrecan expression (PG ELISA) were quantified at...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Pérez Olmedilla M,Garcia-Giralt N,Pradas MM,Ruiz PB,Gómez Ribelles JL,Palou EC,García JC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid fibrils and plaques are detected in the brain tissue of patients affected by Alzheimer's disease, but have also been found as part of normal physiological processes such as bacterial adhesion. Due to their highly organized structures, amyloid proteins have also been used for the development of nanomaterials, f...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Paparcone R,Buehler MJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymer-siRNA complexes (siRNA polyplexes) are being actively developed to improve the therapeutic application of siRNA. A major limitation for many siRNA polyplexes, however, is insufficient mRNA suppression. Given that modifying the sense strand of siRNA with 3' cholesterol (chol-siRNA) increases the activity of fre...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ambardekar VV,Han HY,Varney ML,Vinogradov SV,Singh RK,Vetro JA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00