Silk fibroin/gelatin blend films crosslinked with enzymes for biomedical applications.

abstract：:Considerable efforts have been devoted to enhancing the cell penetration of nanoparticles by coating cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) on the surface. However, the internalization mechanism for a CPP at different concentrations varies a lot. It is acknowledged that the mechanism is restricted to endocytic pathway at re...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Ming Y,Xiao Y,Tian Y,Zhou S

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three different microbial wild-type strains are compared with respect to their potential as industrial scale polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) producers from the feed stock whey lactose. The halophilic archaeon Haloferax mediterranei as well as two eubacterial strains (Pseudomonas hydrogenovora and Hydrogenophaga pseudoflava...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Koller M,Hesse P,Bona R,Kutschera C,Atlić A,Braunegg G

更新日期：2007-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A gold standard for esophagus reconstruction is not still available. The present work aims to design a polymer patch combining synthetic polylactide-co-polycaprolacton and chitosan biopolymers, tailoring patch properties to esophageal tissue characteristics by a temperature-induced precipitation method, to get multila...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Dorati R,De Trizio A,Marconi S,Ferrara A,Auricchio F,Genta I,Modena T,Benazzo M,Benazzo A,Volpato G,Conti B

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present review is aimed at elucidating relatively new aspects of mucoadhesion/mucus interaction and related phenomena that emerged from a Mucoadhesion workshop held in Munster on 2-3 September 2015 as a satellite event of the ICCC 13th-EUCHIS 12th. After a brief outline of the new issues, the focus is on mucus des...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Mackie AR,Goycoolea FM,Menchicchi B,Caramella CM,Saporito F,Lee S,Stephansen K,Chronakis IS,Hiorth M,Adamczak M,Waldner M,Nielsen HM,Marcelloni L

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vessel morphogenesis is vital to regenerative medicine strategies. Here, collagen polymers, specified by intermolecular cross-link composition, are used to independently vary microstructure (fibril density, interfibril branching) and physical properties (stiffness) to guide 3D vessel network formation by endothelial c...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Whittington CF,Yoder MC,Voytik-Harbin SL

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:S-Layer proteins are an example of bionanostructures that can be exploited in nanofabrication. In addition to their ordered structure, the ability to self-assembly is a key feature that makes them a promising technological tool. Here, in vitro self-assembly kinetics of SpbA was investigated, and found that it occurs a...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Teixeira LM,Strickland A,Mark SS,Bergkvist M,Sierra-Sastre Y,Batt CA

更新日期：2010-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitosan is non-toxic, biocompatible, and biodegradable polysaccharide from renewable resources, known to have inherent antibacterial activity, which is mainly due to its polycationic nature. The combining of all assets of chitosan and its derivatives with the unique properties of electrospun nanofibrous materials is ...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Ignatova M,Manolova N,Rashkov I

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two chondrogenic factors, Dex and TGF-beta1, were incorporated into PLGA scaffolds and their chondrogenic potential was evaluated. The Dex-loaded PLGA scaffold was grafted with AA and heparin, the heparin-immobilized one was then reacted with TGF-beta1, yielding a PLGA/Dex-TGF (PLGA/D/T) scaffold. The scaffolds were s...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Park K,Cho KJ,Kim JJ,Kim IH,Han DK

更新日期：2009-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysaccharide hydrogels have found several applications in the food industry, in biomedicine, and cosmetics. The study of polysaccharide hydrogels offers a challenging scenario of intrinsic heterogeneities in the crosslinking density and large time and space ranges that characterize a number of dynamic processes enta...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Cavalieri F,Chiessi E,Finelli I,Natali F,Paradossi G,Telling MF

更新日期：2006-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Photo-crosslinkable, fumaric acid monoethyl ester-functionalized triblock oligomers are synthesized and copolymerized with N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone to form biodegradable photo-crosslinked hydrogels. Poly(ethylene glycol) is used as the middle hydrophilic segment and the hydrophobic segments are based on D,L-lactide, trim...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Jansen J,Mihov G,Feijen J,Grijpma DW

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amylose selectively includes poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) among the poly(lactide)s (PLAs) to produce an inclusion complex when the phosphorylase-catalyzed polymerization of α-D-glucose 1-phosphate is performed in the presence of PLLA, poly(D-lactide) (PDLA), or poly(DL-lactide) (PDLLA) (vine-twining polymerization). This re...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Kaneko Y,Ueno K,Yui T,Nakahara K,Kadokawa J

更新日期：2011-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases, including myocardial infarction, are the cause of significant morbidity and mortality globally. Tissue engineering is a key emerging treatment method for supporting and repairing the cardiac scar tissue caused by myocardial infarction. Creating cell supportive scaffolds that can be directly im...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Sherrell PC,Cieślar-Pobuda A,Ejneby MS,Sammalisto L,Gelmi A,de Muinck E,Brask J,Łos MJ,Rafat M

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desferrioxamine (DFO) is a clinically approved, high affinity iron chelator used for the treatment of iron overload. Due to its short half-life and toxicity, DFO is administered for 8-12 h per day, 5-7 d per week. In this manuscript, the influence of molecular properties of hyperbranched polyglycerol (HPG)-DFO conjuga...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Hamilton JL,Ul-Haq MI,Creagh AL,Haynes CA,Kizhakkedathu JN

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phase behavior of a water/hydroxypropyl cellulose/maleic acid-styrene copolymer (H2O/HPC/MAc-S) system was investigated in the semi-dilute range by turbidimetry, rheology, and optical microscopy. The two polymers under investigation form interpolymer complexes via hydrogen bonding. In the case of a total polymer c...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Bumbu GG,Eckelt J,Wolf BA,Vasile C

更新日期：2005-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigates the structural features of porcine gastric mucin (PGM) in aqueous dispersions and its interactions with water-soluble polymers (poly(acrylic acid) (PAA), poly(methacrylic acid) (PMAA), poly(ethylene oxide), and poly(ethylene glycol)) using isothermal titration calorimetry, turbidimetric titrati...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Albarkah YA,Green RJ,Khutoryanskiy VV

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diblock and multiblock copolymers composed of a poly(D,L-lactide) (PLA) or poly(trimethylene carbonate) (PTMC) core with a hydrophilic chain of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) were prepared. These copolymers, in which the core is connected to PEG through a polyfunctional molecule such as citric, mucic, or tartaric acid, m...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Ben-Shabat S,Kumar N,Domb AJ

更新日期：2006-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:"Three-layered micelles" (3LM) composed of two triblock copolymers, poly(L-lactide)-b-polyethyleneimine-b-poly(L-lactide) (PLLA-PEI-PLLA) and poly(L-lactide)-b-poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(L-lactide) (PLLA-PEG-PLLA) are designed to combine electrostatic interaction and solvent-induced condensation of DNA. The low mole...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Abebe DG,Kandil R,Kraus T,Elsayed M,Merkel OM,Fujiwara T

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously synthesized amphiphilic diblock copolymers with pendant dendron moieties have been investigated for their potential use as drug carriers to improve the delivery of an anticancer drug to human breast cancer cells. Diblock copolymer (P71 D3 )-based micelles effectively encapsulate the doxorubicin (DOX) with a...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Viswanathan G,Hsu YH,Voon SH,Imae T,Siriviriyanun A,Lee HB,Kiew LV,Chung LY,Yusa S

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiviral effects of the cationic acrylate polymer E100 on a panel of lipid-enveloped viruses and the interactions involved are studied. The treatment of several common viruses with E100 induced a dose-dependent inhibition of the infectivity of viruses below the detection limit of the assays employed. Similarly, t...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Alasino RV,Bianco ID,Vitali MS,Zarzur JA,Beltramo DM

更新日期：2007-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The major route to convert lactic acid to high-molecular-weight polymers is ring-opening polymerization of lactide. We have investigated alternative synthesis routes based on oligomerization and chain linking to produce high-molecular-weight thermoplastic degradable polymers cost-effectively. Chain linking also offers...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Seppälä JV,Helminen AO,Korhonen H

更新日期：2004-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Emphasizing the role of hydrogel stiffness and cellular differentiation, this study develops collagen and elastin-like polypeptide (ELP)-based bone regenerative hydrogels loaded with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) and doxycycline with mechanical properties suitable for osteogenesis. The drug-...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Pal P,Nguyen QC,Benton AH,Marquart ME,Janorkar AV

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, it is first reported that the poly (3-hydroxybutyric acid) (PHB) oligomer with a few degrees of polymerization possesses effective antibacterial and antifungal properties. Two preparation methods for the PHB oligomer are described, namely, one-step ring-opening polymerization of β-butyrolactone and extra...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Ma L,Zhang Z,Li J,Yang X,Fei B,Leung PHM,Tao X

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermosensitive polymers enable externally controllable biomolecular interactions but hysteresis effects hamper the reversibility and repeated use of these materials. To quantify the temperature-dependent interactions and hysteresis effects, an optical adhesion assay based on poly(ethylene glycol) microgels (soft coll...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Strzelczyk AK,Paul TJ,Schmidt S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] (P(3HB)) and its copolymers are accumulated by a wide variety of microorganisms as intracellular carbon and energy material, and are extensively studied as biodegradable and biocompatible thermoplastics. However, these microbial polyesters have not been recognized as practical because of th...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Iwata T

更新日期：2005-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Biopolymers are an attractive class of compounds for being used in biomedical applications as they are widely available from biomass. Their drawback is the lack of mechanical stability and the ability to tune this properly. Covalent chemical cross-linking is an often used approach but it limits usability due to legisl...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Kühn PT,Meijer TL,Schiavon I,van Poll M,van Aken J,Groen S,Kuijer R,van Kooten TG,van Rijn P

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antioxidant microgel with both glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities is reported. Using computational design and genetic engineering methods, the main catalytic components of GPx are fabricated onto the surface of ferritin. The resulting seleno-ferritin (Se-Fn) monomers can self-ass...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Gao Y,Hou C,Zhou L,Zhang D,Zhang C,Miao L,Wang L,Dong Z,Luo Q,Liu J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local, micromechanical environment is known to influence cellular function in heterogeneous hydrogels, and knowledge gained in micromechanics will facilitate the improved design of biomaterials for tissue regeneration. In this study, a system comprising microstructured resilin-like polypeptide (RLP)-poly(ethylene glyc...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Lau HK,Rattan S,Fu H,Garcia CG,Barber DM,Kiick KL,Crosby AJ

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis is a pathogenic spread of cancer cells from the primary site to surrounding tissues and distant organs, making it one of the primary challenges for effective cancer treatment and the major cause of cancer mortality. Heparin-based biomaterials exhibit significant inhibition of cancer cell metastasis. In this...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Andrgie AT,Mekuria SL,Addisu KD,Hailemeskel BZ,Hsu WH,Tsai HC,Lai JY

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antimicrobial activity of poly(alkyloxazoline) telechelics with one quaternary N,N-dimethyldodecylammonium (DDA) end group was found to be greatly controlled by the non-bioactive distal end group, the so-called satellite group. In systematic investigations, the nature of the latter groups was varied to explore the...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Waschinski CJ,Herdes V,Schueler F,Tiller JC

更新日期：2005-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:An arginine-leucine block copolypeptide (R60 L20 ) is synthesized, which is capable of forming vesicles with controllable sizes, able to transport hydrophilic cargo across the cell membrane, and exhibit relatively low cytotoxicity. The R60 L20 vesicles also possess the ability to deliver DNA into mammalian cells for t...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Sun VZ,Choe UJ,Rodriguez AR,Dai H,Deming TJ,Kamei DT

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00