Influence of Plasticizers on the pH-Dependent Drug Release and Cellular Interactions of Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose/Zein Vaginal Anti-HIV Films Containing Tenofovir.

abstract：:This study describes the formulation and physicochemical characterization of poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) organogels, designed as bioactive implants for improved treatment of infectious diseases of the oral cavity. Organogels were formulated containing a range of concentrations of PAA (3-10% w/w) and metronidazole (2 or 5...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Jones DS,Muldoon BC,Woolfson AD,Andrews GP,Sanderson FD

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：:Structures of three pectic arabinogalactans, one from Vernonia kotschyana (Vk2a) and two from Cochlospermum tinctorium (Ct50A1 and Ct50A2), and their complement fixation and induction of B cell proliferation in vitro were compared. The polysaccharide Vk2a expressed potent biological activity in both assays compared wi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Nergard CS,Kiyohara H,Reynolds JC,Thomas-Oates JE,Matsumoto T,Yamada H,Patel T,Petersen D,Michaelsen TE,Diallo D,Paulsen BS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface modification is often needed in tissue engineering to enhance the interaction between cells and synthetic materials and improve the cytocompatibility and cellular functions. In this study, block copolymers of poly(L-lactic acid) and poly(ethyl ethylene phosphate) (PLLA-b-PEEP) were synthesized and used to modi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yang XZ,Sun TM,Dou S,Wu J,Wang YC,Wang J

更新日期：2009-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitin is a nitrogen-rich polysaccharide that is abundant in crustaceans, mollusks, insects, and fungi and is the second most abundant organic material found in nature next to cellulose. Chitosan, the N-deacetylated derivative of chitin, is environmentally friendly, nontoxic, biodegradable, and antibacterial. Fibrous ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Schiffman JD,Schauer CL

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Presently there is great interest in the construction of nanostructures from DNA fragments. Here we report the preparation of much larger helical textures with different shapes from pure DNA fragments. We have observed them while preparing crystals of the dodecamer d(AAAAAATTTTTT), which only contains adenine and thym...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Subirana JA,Creixell M,Baldini R,Campos JL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cartilage tissue engineering highly relies on the ability to store and transport chondrocytes in order to be clinically successful. Cryopreservation is a most reliable technology for chondrocyte storage, but it suffers from the intrinsic toxicity of current state-of-the-art cryoprotectant, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). I...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Liu M,Zhang X,Guo H,Zhu Y,Wen C,Sui X,Yang J,Zhang L

更新日期：2019-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Gelatin microspheres are well-known for their capacity to release growth factors in a controlled manner, but gelatin microspheres do not calcify in the absence of so-called bioactive substances that induce deposition of calcium phosphate (CaP) bone mineral. This study has investigated if CaP nanocrystals can be incorp...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Leeuwenburgh SC,Jo J,Wang H,Yamamoto M,Jansen JA,Tabata Y

更新日期：2010-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:To adapt the physical properties of living materials to their biological function, nature developed various types of polymers with outstanding physical behavior. One example is the vitreous body, which is important intraocular elements not only because of its optical and mechanical performances, but also due to its im...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Annaka M,Mortensen K,Vigild ME,Matsuura T,Tsuji S,Ueda T,Tsujinaka H

更新日期：2011-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal curcumin delivery for medicinal applications requires a drug delivery system that both solubilizes curcumin and prevents degradation. To achieve this, curcumin has been encapsulated in submicrometer chitosan/Tween 20 particles via a benchtop spray-drying process. Spray-drying parameters have been optimized usi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： O'Toole MG,Henderson RM,Soucy PA,Fasciotto BH,Hoblitzell PJ,Keynton RS,Ehringer WD,Gobin AS

更新日期：2012-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:To devise a sensitive cellulase assay based on substrates having most of the physical characteristics of native cellulose, 5-(4,6-dichlorotriazinyl)aminofluorescein (DTAF) was used as a grafting agent to prepare suspensions of fluorescent microfibrils from bacterial cellulose. These suspensions were digested by a seri...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Helbert W,Chanzy H,Husum TL,Schülein M,Ernst S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural melanins are biocompatible conductors with versatile functionalities. Here, we report fabrication of multifunctional poly(vinyl alcohol)/melanin nanocomposites by layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly using melanin nanoparticles (MNPs) directly extracted from sepia officinalis inks. The LBL assembly offers facile mani...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Eom T,Woo K,Cho W,Heo JE,Jang D,Shin JI,Martin DC,Wie JJ,Shim BS

更新日期：2017-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of amylose-polystyrene inclusion complexes via a novel two-step approach is described. In the first-step, styrene was inserted inside the amylose helical cavity, followed by free radical polymerization in the second step. The inclusion complexes were characterized by attenuated total reflection fourier t...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kumar K,Woortman AJ,Loos K

更新日期：2013-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Biocatalytic pulp fibers were prepared using surface functionalization of bleached kraft pulp with amino groups (F) and further immobilization of a cross-linked glucose oxidase (G*) from Aspergillus niger. The cross-linked enzymes (G*) were characterized using X-ray spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscop...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Vega Erramuspe IB,Fazeli E,Näreoja T,Trygg J,Hänninen P,Heinze T,Fardim P

更新日期：2016-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Exendin-4 (EX4), a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist that regulates blood glucose levels, has been used in the management of type-2 diabetes mellitus. EX4 can be PEGylated to improve its antidiabetic effects by enhancing its stability and extending the circulation half-life. Here, to determine whether ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lee W,Park EJ,Kwak S,Lee KC,Na DH,Bae JS

更新日期：2016-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel cellulose derivative, 6-O-dihydrophytylcellulose (DHPC), was first synthesized via a ring-opening polymerization and allowed to self-assemble onto an air-water interface. Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films were characterized with atomic force microscope (AFM), UV-vis spectroscopy, and Fourier transform infrared spec...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Sakakibara K,Ifuku S,Tsujii Y,Kamitakahara H,Takano T,Nakatsubo F

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Native cellulose consists of a set of parallel chains composed of glucose. Most of the time, these chains are highly ordered and form a structure that is known as a microfibril. On the other hand, highly crystalline forms of cellulose are more difficult to process and often are unpredictable in their behavior. If an o...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kondo T,Togawa E,Brown RM Jr

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel poly(epsilon-caprolactone)-organosiloxane hybrid material containing calcium salt (Si-O-PCL) was prepared and evaluated as a bioactive and degradable bone substitute material. The Si-O-PCL hybrid was synthesized by the end-capping of 3-isocyanatopropyl triethoxysilane with alpha,omega-hydroxyl PCL following so...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Rhee SH,Lee YK,Lim BS,Yoo JJ,Kim HJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nowadays the open and the patent literatures propose a large number of polymers whose main chains can be degraded usefully. Among these degradable polymers, aliphatic polyester-based polymeric structures are receiving special attention because they are all more or less sensitive to hydrolytic degradation, a feature of...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Vert M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of important biological events are mediated by the multivalent interaction between relevant oligosaccharides and multiple saccharide receptors on lectins, toxins, and cell surfaces; a variety of glycopolymeric materials have therefore been investigated in studies aimed at manipulating these events. The synth...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Polizzotti BD,Kiick KL

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 10 years, polyglycerols and their structurally related analogs have received considerable attention in the biomedical field. Poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA) is a versatile polymer because its pendant epoxide groups can be opened with different functional groups to generate poly(glycerol methacrylate)s...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gao H,Elsabahy M,Giger EV,Li D,Prud'homme RE,Leroux JC

更新日期：2010-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Functionally designed elastomeric nanofiber fabrics made of the equimolar copolyester, poly(L-lactide-co-epsilon-caprolactone) (PLCL), with type I collagen or the tri-n-butylamine salt of heparin (heparin-TBA) were co-electrospun using 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP) as a solvent. The co-electrospun fabrics (...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kwon IK,Matsuda T

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone fractures constitute a major cause of morbidity and mortality especially in the elderly. Complications associated with osteoporosis drugs and the age of the patient slow bone turnover and render such fractures difficult to heal. Increasing the speed of fracture repair by administration of a fracture-targeted bone...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Low SA,Galliford CV,Yang J,Low PS,Kopeček J

更新日期：2015-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We synthesized extremely deformable red blood cell-like microgel particles and loaded them with bovine hemoglobin (Hb) to potentiate oxygen transport. With similar shape and size as red blood cells (RBCs), the particles were fabricated using the PRINT (particle replication in nonwetting templates) technique. Low cross...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chen K,Merkel TJ,Pandya A,Napier ME,Luft JC,Daniel W,Sheiko S,DeSimone JM

更新日期：2012-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural properties of different polypeptide multilayer nanofilms fabricated at neutral pH have been analyzed by UV spectroscopy, circular dichroism spectroscopy (CD), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The various peptides studied exhibit a strong tendency to adopt a beta sheet conformation in the ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhang L,Haynie DT

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surface-immobilized liposome layers are of interest for various potential applications such as localized drug delivery, but their characterization is challenging. We have employed an AFM method and fluorescent dye release to analyze anchored liposomes. In addition, we studied whether the liposomes are surface-bound so...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Vermette P,Griesser HJ,Kambouris P,Meagher L

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intermolecular distributions of amide groups within two commercial LMA pectins was studied after removal of the methyl esters followed by fractionation of the different populations by anion exchange chromatography. The populations obtained had almost equal degrees of amidation while the values of the degree of blo...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Guillotin SE,Mey N,Ananta E,Boulenguer P,Schols HA,Voragen AG

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural selection has endorsed proteins with amazing structures and functionalities that cannot be matched by synthetic means, explaining the exponential interest in developing protein-based materials. Protein self-assembly allows fabricating complex supramolecular structures from relatively simple building blocks, a ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wang W,Azizyan RA,Garro A,Kajava AV,Ventura S

更新日期：2020-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A cellulose-chitin hybrid polysaccharide having alternatingly beta(1-->4)-linked D-glucose (Glc) and N-acetyl-d-glucosamine (GlcNAc) was synthesized via two modes of enzymatic polymerization. First, a sugar oxazoline monomer of Glcbeta(1-->4)GlcNAc (1) was designed as a transition-state analogue substrate (TSAS) monom...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kobayashi S,Makino A,Matsumoto H,Kunii S,Ohmae M,Kiyosada T,Makiguchi K,Matsumoto A,Horie M,Shoda S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of a single elastin-like peptide GVG(VPGVG)3 in liquid water is studied by computer simulations in the temperature interval between 280 and 440 K. Two main conformational states of the peptide can be distinguished: a rigid conformational state, dominating at low temperatures, and a flexible conformati...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Krukau A,Brovchenko I,Geiger A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00