Plasmid DNA microgels for a therapeutical strategy combining the delivery of genes and anticancer drugs.

abstract：:This work focuses on the development of ultrasound contrast vesicles for ultrasound-mediated enhanced transfection of nucleic acids in the cancer cells and projects its application as a tool for diagnostic imaging. The ultrasound contrast vesicles are stable, anionic, nanoscaled vesicles with ultrasound contrast equiv...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Shah H,Tariq I,Engelhardt K,Bakowsky U,Pinnapireddy SR

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In search for effective non-viral gene vectors for the delivery of siRNA, a copolymer was designed and synthesized by grafting hydrophobic poly(gamma-benzyl L-glutamate) segment (PBLG) to hyperbranched polyethylenimine (PEI-PBLG). PEI-PBLG could efficiently deliver siRNA to cells to silence the targeted gene. Markedly...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Chen J,Tian H,Guo Z,Xia J,Kano A,Maruyama A,Jing X,Chen X

更新日期：2009-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Highly crystalline amylose-polytetrahydrofuran (PTHF) complexes can be obtained by employing organic solvents as washing agents after complex formation. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) of the washed complexes appear sharp at 12.9°-13.2° and 19.6°-20.1°, clear signs of the presence of V6I -amylose. Other diffraction peaks ...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Rachmawati R,Woortman AJ,Loos K

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polylaminin (polyLM) is a polymerized form of the extracellular matrix protein laminin obtained upon pH acidification. Here microscopy and spectroscopic tools are used to study the cell compatibility and the structural stability of polyLM, aiming at establishing its robustness as a biopolymer for therapeutic use. Poly...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Freire E,Barroso MM,Klier RN,Coelho-Sampaio T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[Image: see text] Oligosaccharides at cell surfaces are known to play a critical role in many biological processes such as biorecognition, interactions between cells and with artificial surfaces, immune response, infection and inflammation. In order to facilitate studies of the role of sugars, an increasing number of ...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Coullerez G,Seeberger PH,Textor M

更新日期：2006-08-07 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：:In the present study, a pH responsive dendritic polyglycerol nanogel (dPG-NG) is developed to measure the pH values inside the hair follicle (HF) using an ex vivo porcine ear model. The macromolecular precursors are labeled with a pH sensitive indodicarbocyanine dye (pH-IDCC) and a control dye (indocarbocyanine dye: I...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Dimde M,Sahle FF,Wycisk V,Steinhilber D,Camacho LC,Licha K,Lademann J,Haag R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of glycopolymer-functionalized resins (Resin-Glc), as a solid support, in column mode for bacterial/protein capture and quantification is explored. The Resin-Glc is synthesized from commercially available chloromethylated polystyrene resin and glycopolymer, and is characterized by fourier transform infrared sp...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Ajish JK,Abraham HM,Subramanian M,Kumar KSA

更新日期：2020-12-18 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：: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：: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：:Artificial ECMs that not only closely mimic the hybrid nature of the natural ECM but also provide tunable material properties and enhanced biological functions are attractive candidates for tissue engineering applications. This review summarizes recent advances in developing multicomponent hybrid hydrogels by integrat...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Jia X,Kiick KL

更新日期：2009-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation of denatured or unfolded proteins establishes a large energy barrier to spontaneous recovery of protein form and function following traumatic injury, tissue cryopreservation, and biopharmaceutical storage. Some tissues utilize small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) to prevent irreversible aggregation, which all...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Poellmann MJ,Sosnick TR,Meredith SC,Lee RC

更新日期：2017-02-01 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：:Although chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common adult leukemia in Western world, it remains incurable with conventional chemotherapeutic agents. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is an antitumor candidate in cancer therapy. This study examines the proapoptotic effects...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Franiak-Pietryga I,Ostrowska K,Maciejewski H,Appelhans D,Misiewicz M,Ziemba B,Bednarek M,Bryszewska M,Borowiec M

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymatic transformation into an oligomer was carried out with the objective of developing the chemical recycling of bacterial polyesters. Poly(R-3-hydroxyalkanoate)s (PHAs), such as poly[(R-3-hydroxybutyrate)-co-12%(R-3-hydroxyhexanoate)] and poly[(R-3-hydroxybutyrate)-co-12%(R-3-hydroxyvalerate)], were degraded ...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Kaihara S,Osanai Y,Nishikawa K,Toshima K,Doi Y,Matsumura S

更新日期：2005-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanoparticles (NP) represent a promising tool for biomedical applications. Here, sulfonate- and phosphonate-functionalized polystyrene NP are analyzed for their interaction with human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DC). Immature dendritic cells (iDC) display a higher time- and dose-dependent uptake of functionalize...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Frick SU,Bacher N,Baier G,Mailänder V,Landfester K,Steinbrink K

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of long-lasting polymer coatings on biodevice surfaces has been investigated to improve material-tissue interaction, minimize adverse effects, and enhance their functionality. Natural polymers, especially chitosan, are of particular interest due to their excellent biological properties, such as biocompatibilit...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Souza Campelo C,Chevallier P,Loy C,Silveira Vieira R,Mantovani D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biorecognition-based control of attachment/detachment of MCF-7 cancer cells from polymer-coated surfaces is demonstrated. A glass surface is coated with a thermoresponsive statistical copolymer of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylamide) [p(NIPAm-co-Am)], which is end-capped with the Gly-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser (GRGDS) p...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Brunato S,Mastrotto F,Bellato F,Garofalo M,Göddenhenrich T,Mantovani G,Alexander C,Gross S,Salmaso S,Caliceti P

更新日期：2020-11-04 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：:Oligomerization of thiol-unprotected L-cysteine ethyl ester (Cys-OEt) catalyzed by proteinase K in aqueous solution has been used to synthesize oligo(L-cysteine) (OligoCys) with a well-defined chemical structure and relatively large degree of polymerization (DP) up to 16-17 (average 8.8). By using a high concentration...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Ma Y,Sato R,Li Z,Numata K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioinks play a key role in determining the capability of the biofabricatoin processes and the resolution of the printed constructs. Excellent biocompatibility, tunable physical properties, and ease of chemical or biological modifications of gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) have made it an attractive choice as bioinks for ...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Kumar H,Sakthivel K,Mohamed MGA,Boras E,Shin SR,Kim K

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-polymer conjugates are widely used to improve the pharmacokinetic properties of therapeutic proteins. Commercially available conjugates employ poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) as the protective polymer; however, PEG has a number of shortcomings, including non-biodegradability and immunogenicity, that call for the d...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Steinbach T,Becker G,Spiegel A,Figueiredo T,Russo D,Wurm FR

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5,6-Bis(benzylideneamino)-2-mercaptopyrimidin-4-ol (SCR7) is a new anti cancer molecule having capability to selectively inhibit non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), one of the DNA double strand break (DSB) repair pathways inside the cells. In spite of the promising potential as an anticancer agent, hydrophobicity of SC...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： John F,George J,Vartak SV,Srivastava M,Hassan PA,Aswal VK,Karki SS,Raghavan SC

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficient internalization of TGF-beta inhibitor-loaded polyelectrolyte capsules and particles is studied in two HCC cell lines. Two polyelectrolyte pairs (biocompatible but not degradable and biodegradable crosslinked with gluteraldehyde) are employed for coating. The capsules are characterized by SEM. LY is succe...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Baldassarre F,Vergaro V,Scarlino F,De Santis F,Lucarelli G,Torre AD,Ciccarella G,Rinaldi R,Giannelli G,Leporatti S

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amino acid ester substituted polyphosphazenes are osteoactive benefiting from their phosphorus-containing chemical structure, which highlights interests in bone tissue engineering. To correlate their chemical structures with cell activities, in this study, poly[(ethyl alanato)0.3 (ethyl glycinato)0.7 phosphazene] (PAG...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Huang Z,Yang L,Hu X,Huang Y,Cai Q,Ao Y,Yang X

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In-depth understanding of the biophysicochemical interactions at the nano-bio interface is important for basic cell biology and applications in nanomedicine and nanobiosensors. Here, the extracellular surface potential and topography changes of live cell membranes interacting with polymeric nanomaterials using a scann...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Chen F,Manandhar P,Ahmed MS,Chang S,Panday N,Zhang H,Moon JH,He J

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to design a novel two-component hybrid scaffold using the fibrin/alginate porous hydrogel Smart Matrix combined to a backing layer of plasma polymerized polydimethylsiloxane (Sil) membrane to make the fibrin-based dermal scaffold more robust for the treatment of the clinically challenging pres...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Sharma V,Kohli N,Moulding D,Afolabi H,Hook L,Mason C,García-Gareta E

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complexed poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate)s (cPHAs), one of two types of natural PHAs, occur in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes as a complex with biomacromolecules and could be involved in various physiological functions. In this study, a cPHA-component derived from a complex with calcium polyphosphate was isolated from sugar...

journal_title：Macromolecular bioscience

authors： Suzuki Y,Esumi Y,Koshino H,Doi Y

更新日期：2005-09-16 00:00:00