Corn-like Au/Ag nanorod-mediated NIR-II photothermal/photodynamic therapy potentiates immune checkpoint antibody efficacy by reprogramming the cold tumor microenvironment.

abstract：:In this work, isothermal microcalorimetry (IMC) was utilized to measure the exothermic heat flow from specimens of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), that had been sterilized by various standard methods, under simulated shelf storage (air at 25 degrees C, 30% r.h.) and simulated implantation (phosphate...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Charlebois SJ,Daniels AU,Lewis G

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerotic plaques are cholesterol-induced inflammatory niches accumulating in the vascular sub-endothelial space. Cellular and extracellular composition of human plaques is maneuvered by local inflammation that leads to alterations in the original vascular microenvironment and to the recruitment of an invading f...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Mallone A,Stenger C,Von Eckardstein A,Hoerstrup SP,Weber B

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate biologic behavior of a composite of bioactive glass (BAG) (S53P4) and copolymer of poly(epsilon-caprolactone-co-DL-lactide) in experimental bone defects in rabbits. Twenty New Zealand white rabbits were used for the study. Bone defects (4 x 6mm) were prepared in the medial surface...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Närhi TO,Jansen JA,Jaakkola T,de Ruijter A,Rich J,Seppälä J,Yli-Urpo A

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An examination has been made of factors affecting the results obtained from the impinging jet method for evaluating the durability of dental cements. These included intrinsic factors i.e. the powder/liquid ratio used in the mix and the cure time of the cement and extrinsic factors i.e. the pH, ionic strength and tempe...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wilson AD,Groffman DM,Powis DR,Scott RP

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratins are a family of structural proteins that can be isolated from a variety of tissues. "Soft" keratins are cytoskeletal elements found in epithelial tissues while protective tissues such as nails, hooves, and hair are composed of "hard" keratins. Hard keratins have been the subject of biomaterials investigations...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Hill P,Brantley H,Van Dyke M

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ligand-tethered poly(ethylene oxide-propylene oxide-ethylene oxide) (PEO-PPO-PEO) triblock copolymer was explored to engineer poly(DL-lactic acid) (PDL-LA) material to promote cell attachment and growth. The PEO-PPO-PEO was activated by methyl sulfonyl chloride and the amino acid, and peptide were attached. By ble...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ji J,Zhu H,Shen J

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we used deoxyribozyme (DNAzyme) functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) to catalytically silence tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in vivo as a potential therapeutic for myocardial infarction (MI). Using primary macrophages as a model, we demonstrated 50% knockdown of TNF-α, which was not attainable usi...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Somasuntharam I,Yehl K,Carroll SL,Maxwell JT,Martinez MD,Che PL,Brown ME,Salaita K,Davis ME

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：:A total of 60 cylindrical 6 x 6 mm samples of a macroporous biphasic calcium phosphate (MBCP) ceramic were implanted into a distal femoral site in 30 rabbits. These samples represented six kinds of implants with two different macropore diameters and three different macroporosity percentages. Analysis of backscattered ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Gauthier O,Bouler JM,Aguado E,Pilet P,Daculsi G

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with stable vitiligo can be helped surgically using transplantation of autologous cultured melanocytes, but there is a need for a culture methodology that is free from xenobiotic agents and for a simple way of delivering cultured melanocytes to the patient to achieve pigmentation with good wound healing. The ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Eves PC,Beck AJ,Shard AG,Mac Neil S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of phosphorylated chitin (P-chitin) on the tissue responses to two kinds of calcium phosphate cements (CPCs) were investigated using experimental rabbits. One of them consisting of monocalcium phosphate monohydrate, calcium oxide, 1 M phosphate buffer (pH: 7.4) and different amounts of P-chitin (CPC-I or P...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang X,Ma J,Feng Q,Cui F

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modeling the interaction between the supportive stroma and the hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) is of high interest in the regeneration of the bone marrow niche in blood disorders. In this work, we present an injectable co-culture system to study this interaction in a coherent in vitro culture and in viv...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Tavakol DN,Tratwal J,Bonini F,Genta M,Campos V,Burch P,Hoehnel S,Béduer A,Alessandrini M,Naveiras O,Braschler T

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrating inductivity with conductivity in a material may advance tissue engineering. An organic/inorganic hybrid was developed by incorporating plasmid DNA encoding for the beta-gal gene complexed with Lipofectamine 2000 (DNA-Lipoplex) within apatite via coprecipitation. It was hypothesized that this system will re...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Luong LN,McFalls KM,Kohn DH

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The large surface area of highly porous titanium structures produced by additive manufacturing can be modified using biofunctionalizing surface treatments to improve the bone regeneration performance of these otherwise bioinert biomaterials. In this longitudinal study, we applied and compared three types of biofunctio...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Amin Yavari S,van der Stok J,Chai YC,Wauthle R,Tahmasebi Birgani Z,Habibovic P,Mulier M,Schrooten J,Weinans H,Zadpoor AA

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:The changes in protein adsorption onto aluminium surfaces coated with different thicknesses of oxide layers were examined. The oxide layers on aluminium substrates were derived by the anodizing technique. Protein adsorption studies were conducted using 125I-labelled albumin and the amount of albumin adsorbed was estim...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Sharma CP,Sunny MC

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioglass 45S5 is a silica-based melt-derived glass, used in medical field as a bone regenerative material because of the deposition of a layer of hydroxy carbonate apatite (HCA) on the surface of the glass when immersed in body fluid. The present paper studies the early steps of reaction of 2-microm sized particles of...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Cerruti M,Greenspan D,Powers K

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introducing drugs into gene delivery systems to fabricate co-delivery systems for synergy therapy has become a promising strategy for tumor therapy. In this study, a dual responsive co-delivery system RHD/p53 was fabricated to enhance the antitumor efficacy with a low dose of doxorubicin (DOX). The reducible branched ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Chen S,Lei Q,Li SY,Qin SY,Jia HZ,Cheng YJ,Zhang XZ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design of new bioactive scaffolds mimicking the physiologic environment present during tissue formation is an important frontier in biomaterials research. Herein, we evaluated scaffolds prepared from blends of two biopolymers: silk fibroin and hyaluronan. Our rationale was that such blends would allow the combinat...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Garcia-Fuentes M,Meinel AJ,Hilbe M,Meinel L,Merkle HP

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been demonstrated that using cultured chondrocytes that have been seeded onto various biomatrices can enhance the quality of the articular cartilage repair tissue. As tissue-engineering becomes increasingly more complex there is a need to understand how a specific biomaterial may influence gene expression. In t...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Saldanha V,Grande DA

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing demand for the production of a DNA biosensor with applications in medicine, the food industry, agriculture, veterinary science and environmental science. In this paper we describe methods for the optical and electrochemical detection of DNA using the enzyme horseradish peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.7) and g...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Downs ME,Warner PJ,Turner AP,Fothergill JC

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference holds tremendous potential as a therapeutic approach of malignant tumors. However, safe and efficient nanovectors are extremely lack for systemic delivery of small interfering RNA (siRNA). The study aimed to develop a biomimetic nanovector, reconstituted high density lipoprotein (rHDL), mediating targ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ding Y,Wang W,Feng M,Wang Y,Zhou J,Ding X,Zhou X,Liu C,Wang R,Zhang Q

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study attempted to enhance the efficacy of peripheral nerve regeneration using our previously tested poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) conduits by incorporating them with allogeneic Schwann cells (SCs). The SCs were harvested, cultured to obtain confluent monolayers and two concentrations (1 x 10(4) and 1 x 10(6) SC/ml)...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Evans GR,Brandt K,Katz S,Chauvin P,Otto L,Bogle M,Wang B,Meszlenyi RK,Lu L,Mikos AG,Patrick CW Jr

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine the interaction of individual corrosion products from biodegradable iron stents with cells from the adjacent tissue. The response of human umbilical venous smooth muscle cells (SMCs) to an excess of ferrous ions was investigated in a cell culture model at the phenotypic and at the...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Mueller PP,May T,Perz A,Hauser H,Peuster M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work demonstrates that Cy5.5 conjugated Fe(3)O(4)/SiO(2) core/shell nanoparticles could allow us to control movement of human natural killer cells (NK-92MI) by an external magnetic field. Required concentration of the nanoparticles for the cell manipulation is as low as ~20 μg Fe/mL. However, the relative ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Jang ES,Shin JH,Ren G,Park MJ,Cheng K,Chen X,Wu JC,Sunwoo JB,Cheng Z

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural properties of several cross-linked hyaluronan derivatives, obtained by scanning electron microscopy, monodimensional NMR microscopy and small angle X-ray scattering of synchrotron radiation, are presented and compared with those observed for non-modified hyaluronic acid, used as a reference material. The ex...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Gamini A,Paoletti S,Toffanin R,Micali F,Michielin L,Bevilacqua C

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we report the safety, tumor accumulation and potential of polyethylene glycol-grafted graphene oxide (pGO) as a multimodal nanocarrier of photosensitizers and synergistic anticancer agents. First, both graphene oxide (GO) and pGO were synthesized, and their in vitro and in vivo toxicities were tested. When 80 mg...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Miao W,Shim G,Lee S,Lee S,Choe YS,Oh YK

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prepared copper/low-density polyethylene (LDPE) nanocomposites with various mass fractions of copper nanoparticles and investigated the Cu(2+) release rate of them for 220 days in a simulated uterine solution .The influences of copper nanoparticle mass fraction on Cu(2+) release and volume resistivity confirm that ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Cai S,Xia X,Xie C

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the effects of implant design and surface properties on peri-implant bone response were evaluated with both conventional histomorphometry and micro-computed tomography (micro-CT), using two geometrically different dental implants (Screw type, St; Push-in, Pi) either or not surface-modified (non-c...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Schouten C,Meijer GJ,van den Beucken JJ,Spauwen PH,Jansen JA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most part of pH- and temperature-sensitive microspheres used for the controlled delivery of drugs are not biodegradable. Therefore, the aim of this work is to prepare pH- and temperature-sensitive microspheres from biodegradable and biocompatible natural polymers. Pullulan microspheres were prepared by suspension cros...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Fundueanu G,Constantin M,Ascenzi P

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00