Bio-based biodegradable and biocompatible hyperbranched polyurethane: a scaffold for tissue engineering.

abstract：:Pedobacter sp. KP-2 can degrade and metabolize thermally synthesized alpha,beta-poly(D,L-aspartic acid) (tPAA), which contains 70% of unnatural beta-amide units, with high-molecular-weight. In this study, gene cloning and molecular characterization of PAA hydrolase-1 from KP-2 was carried out. Gene analysis reveals th...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Hiraishi T,Masuda E,Kanayama N,Nagata M,Doi Y,Abe H,Maeda M

更新日期：2009-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Bio-based fibrous nanocomposites of cellulose nanofibres and non-crosslinked/crosslinked collagen were prepared by in situ pH-induced fibrillation of collagen phase and sterilized using gamma rays at 25 KGy. Collagen phase is crosslinked using genipin, a bio-based crosslinker that introduces flexible crosslinks. Micro...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Mathew AP,Oksman K,Pierron D,Harmand MF

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role viscoelasticity in fibrotic disease progression is an emerging area of interest. Here, a fast-relaxing hydrogel system is exploited to investigate potential crosstalk between calcium signaling and mechanotransduction. Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogels containing boronate and triazole crosslinkers are synt...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Ma H,Macdougall LJ,GonzalezRodriguez A,Schroeder ME,Batan D,Weiss RM,Anseth KS

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of sugar-functionalized polyplexes as a nonviral gene delivery vector with lower cytotoxicity than the well-known polymeric carrier branched polyethyleneimine (BPEI) is investigated. The substitution of primary amine groups in the BPEI chains with lactose residues leads to larger polyplexes, presumably due to ...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Albuquerque LJC,Alavarse AC,Carlan da Silva MC,Zilse MS,Barth MT,Bellettini IC,Giacomelli FC

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are synthetic affinity matrices capable of selective binding a specific target molecule. A strategy for competitive selectivity studies is developed providing information on the selective binding properties of MIPs in complex matrices. Batch rebinding experiments entail the target...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Pluhar B,Mizaikoff B

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the high mortality of coronary atherosclerotic heart diseases, it is necessary to develop novel early detection methods for vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques. Phenotype transformation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) plays a vital role in progressed atherosclerotic plaques. Osteopontin (OPN) is one ...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Li S,Gou T,Wang Q,Chen M,Chen Z,Xu M,Wang Y,Han D,Cao R,Liu J,Liang P,Dai Z,Cao F

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate prediction and validation of the assembly of bioinspired peptide sequences into fibers with defined mechanical characteristics would aid significantly in designing and creating materials with desired properties. This process may also be utilized to provide insight into how the molecular architecture of many n...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Jacobsen MM,Tokareva OS,Ebrahimi D,Huang W,Ling S,Dinjaski N,Li D,Simon M,Staii C,Buehler MJ,Kaplan DL,Wong JY

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:pH-responsive amphiphilic graft macromolecules consisting of a polyphosphazene backbone, hydrophilic PEG branches and pH-sensitive DPA were successfully synthesized and characterized. The copolymer can self-assemble into vesicles in an aqueous solution with unique inner structure and homogeneously encapsulate both lip...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Zheng C,Yao X,Qiu L

更新日期：2011-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are a class of polymeric materials used in various medical interventions such as vascular stents. In this work, two SMPs, thermoplastic (TP) and thermoset (TS), have been measured in vitro for the degree of cellular and protein adhesion, their ability to stimulate inflammatory cytokine pro...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Cabanlit M,Maitland D,Wilson T,Simon S,Wun T,Gershwin ME,Van de Water J

更新日期：2007-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic non-healing wounds show delayed and incomplete healing processes and in turn expose patients to a high risk of infection. Treatment currently focuses on dressings that prevent microbial infiltration and keep a balanced moisture and gas exchange environment. Antibacterial delivery from dressings has existed for...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Abrigo M,McArthur SL,Kingshott P

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, GCC protein was used for the first time to construct a biodegradable conduit for peripheral nerve repair. The GCC was highly stable with a sufficiently high level of mechanical properties and it was non-toxic and non-apoptotic which could maintain the survival and outgrowth of Schwann cells. Noninvasive...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Wang W,Lin JH,Tsai CC,Chuang HC,Ho CY,Yao CH,Chen YS

更新日期：2011-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, the in vivo degradation and tissue compatibility of a novel class of inherently fluorescent copolyanhydrides, P(dCPS:SA), were investigated. It was found that the degradation of the copolyanhydrides increased with the increase of SA content in the copolymers. The in vivo degradation rate of the copolymer...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Fan J,Li Y,Jiang H,Tang G,Wang L

更新日期：2008-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently discovered that poly(aspartate) (PAA) hydrolase-1 from Pedobacter sp. KP-2 has a unique property of specifically cleaving the amide bond between β-aspartate units in thermally synthesized PAA (tPAA). In the present study, the enzymatic synthesis of poly(α-ethyl β-aspartate) (β-PAA) was performed by taking ...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Hiraishi T,Masuda E,Miyamoto D,Kanayama N,Abe H,Maeda M

更新日期：2011-02-11 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：: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：: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：:The remedy for infected chronic wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers is more complicated particularly in the case of patients with an inefficient immune system. Also, fighting against microbial infections in the wound site by available antibiotics may not be effective because of emerging antibiotic resistance propertie...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Alavi M,Nokhodchi A

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the reactive self-assembly of isocyanate functional and amphiphilic six-arm, star-shaped polyether prepolymers in water into nanogels. Intrinsic molecular amphiphilicity, mainly driven by the isophorone moiety at the distal endings of the star-shaped molecules, allows for the preparation of spheric...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Hildebrandt H,Paloheimo O,Mäntylä E,Willman S,Hakanen S,Albrecht K,Groll J,Möller M,Vihinen-Ranta M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, robust one pot procedure for the preparation of waterborne multifunctional poly(vinyl amine)s (PVAms) is presented. By post-polymerization modification of PVAm with a bifunctional coupler and functional couplers cationic, reactive azetidinium groups, and alkyl chains are introduced in the side chains of PVAm...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Chattopadhyay S,Heine ET,Keul H,Möller M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preparation of a novel peptide/dendrimer hybrid is reported in which an elastin-like oligopeptide is successfully assembled onto a poly(amidoamine) dendrimer surface (G4-ELP), and its unique thermo-responsive behavior is discussed. As a result, the G4-ELP is found to exhibit LCST behavior in the pH range 3-10 incl...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Koga T,Iimura M,Higashi N

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to establish the safe and effective ocular delivery system of therapeutic small interfering RNA (siRNA) in corneal neovascularization therapy. The major hurdle present in siRNA-based corneal neovascularization (CNV) therapy is severe cytotoxicity caused by repetitive drug treatment. A reducibl...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Han H,Son S,Son S,Kim N,Yhee JY,Lee JH,Choi JS,Joo CK,Lee H,Lee D,Kim WJ,Kim SH,Kwon IC,Kim H,Kim K

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A CMB monomer was polymerized on a glass plate with a surface-confined ATRP initiator containing a 2-bromoisobutyryl group. The glass plate modified with a PCMB brush was highly hydrophilic and showed a strong resistance against non-specific adsorption of proteins and cell adhesion. Upon ion beam irradiation, furtherm...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Kitano H,Suzuki H,Kondo T,Sasaki K,Iwanaga S,Nakamura M,Ohno K,Saruwatari Y

更新日期：2011-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decade, substantial research in the field of post-plasma grafting surface modification has focussed on the introduction of carboxylic acids on surfaces by grafting acrylic acid (AAc). In the present work, we report on an alternative approach for biomaterial surface functionalisation. Thin poly-ε-caprolacto...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Desmet T,Billiet T,Berneel E,Cornelissen R,Schaubroeck D,Schacht E,Dubruel P

更新日期：2010-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction of conjugated polymers with liposomes is an attractive approach that benefits from both systems' characteristics such as electroactivity and enhanced interaction with cells. Conjugated polymer-liposome complexes have been investigated for bioimaging, drug delivery, and photothermal therapy. Their fabricati...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Eslami M,Zeglio E,Alosaimi G,Yan Y,Ruprai H,Macmillan A,Seidel J,Lauto A,Joukhdar H,Rnjak-Kovacina J,Mawad D

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A redox-responsive poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-sheddable copolymer of disulfide-linked PEG 5000-lysine-di-tocopherol succinate (P(5k)SSLV) is developed which can self-assemble into nanomicelles in aqueous condition and trigger the rapid release of encapsulated drugs within tumor cells. The reduction-insensitive doxoru...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Ai X,Sun J,Zhong L,Wu C,Niu H,Xu T,Lian H,Han X,Ren G,Ding W,Wang J,Pu X,He Z

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-free approaches to in situ tissue engineering require materials that are mechanically stable and are able to control cell-adhesive behavior upon implantation. Here, the development of mechanically stable grafts with non-cell adhesive properties via a mix-and-match approach using ureido-pyrimidinone (UPy)-modified...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： van Almen GC,Talacua H,Ippel BD,Mollet BB,Ramaekers M,Simonet M,Smits AI,Bouten CV,Kluin J,Dankers PY

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide dendrimers assembled by solid-phase peptide synthesis using a branching diamino acid at every 2(nd) or 3(rd) position provide readily accessible synthetic model systems for proteins and enzymes. They adopt a globular shape by topology rather than by folding. Peptide dendrimers of 2(nd) and 3(rd) generation fun...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Delort E,Szöcs E,Widmer R,Siegenthaler H,Reymond JL

更新日期：2007-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Research and development in the design, synthesis, modification, evaluation, and characterization of polysaccharide-based bioactive polymeric materials for guiding and promoting new tissue in-growth is reviewed. Emphasis is given in this interdisciplinary field of tissue engineering (TE) with particular reference to b...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Khan F,Ahmad SR

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel block copolymers using the monomers 5-(2-methoxyethyoxymethyl)-5-methyl-[1,3]-dioxa-2-one (TMCM-MOE1OM) as a hydrophilic segment and lactides as a hydrophobic segment were designed in order to prepare controllable degradation polymers by dynamic polymer rearrangement based on the hydrophilicity. When the copolym...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Ajiro H,Takahashi Y,Akashi M,Fujiwara T

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation is frequently encountered during coating nanoparticles, especially when the core is not solid and the coating polyelectrolytes are weak. Here, the coating of a nanoliposome with two weak polyelectrolytes, alginate and chitosan, is investigated. First, quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation, atomic fo...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Nayef L,Castiello R,Tabrizian M

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00