abstract：:Ischemic stroke is the leading cause of disability and death worldwide. An effective therapeutic approach is urgently needed. Stroke-induced angiogenesis and neurogenesis are essential mechanisms in the long-term repair. Extracellular matrix proteins are also involved in tissue self-repair. Recently, a PHSRN (Pro-His-...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wu CC,Wang LC,Su YT,Wei WY,Tsai KJ

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is a debilitating disease that may progress to femoral head collapse and subsequently, degenerative arthritis. Although injection of bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells (BMMCs) is often performed with core decompression (CD) in the early stage of ONFH, these treatments are no...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Maruyama M,Nabeshima A,Pan CC,Behn AW,Thio T,Lin T,Pajarinen J,Kawai T,Takagi M,Goodman SB,Yang YP

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory gastrointestinal disorder that affects more than 1 million individuals in the USA. Local therapy with enema formulations, such as micronized budesonide (Entocort®), is a common strategy for treating patients with distally active IBD. However, we hypothesize th...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Date AA,Halpert G,Babu T,Ortiz J,Kanvinde P,Dimitrion P,Narayan J,Zierden H,Betageri K,Musmanno O,Wiegand H,Huang X,Gumber S,Hanes J,Ensign LM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), as the fifth most common malignant cancer, develops and progresses mostly in a cirrhotic liver where stiff nodules are separated by fibrous bands. Scaffolds that can provide a 3D cirrhotic mechanical environment with complex native composition and biomimetic architecture are necessary f...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ma X,Yu C,Wang P,Xu W,Wan X,Lai CSE,Liu J,Koroleva-Maharajh A,Chen S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Islet transplantation is considered the most promising treatment for type 1 diabetes. However, the clinical success is limited by islet dysfunction in long-term culture. In this study, we have utilized the rapid self-gelation and injectability offered by blending of mulberry silk (Bombyx mori) with non-mulberry (Anthe...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kumar M,Gupta P,Bhattacharjee S,Nandi SK,Mandal BB

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given that vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and placental growth factor (PIGF), over-expressed in breast cancer cells and M2-like tumor-associated macrophages (M2-TAMs) within tumor microenvironment (TME), work synergistically and independently in mediating tumor progression and immunosuppression, combinatori...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Song Y,Tang C,Yin C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decellularized native extracellular matrix (ECM) biomaterials are widely used in tissue engineering and have reached clinical application as biomesh implants. To enhance their regenerative properties and postimplantation performance, ECM biomaterials could be functionalized via immobilization of bioactive molecules. T...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ren X,Evangelista-Leite D,Wu T,Rajab TK,Moser PT,Kitano K,Economopoulos KP,Gorman DE,Bloom JP,Tan JJ,Gilpin SE,Zhou H,Mathisen DJ,Ott HC

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting delivery system has been widely used in packaging drugs for medical therapies attributed to its high efficiency and efficacy. A Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) formula consisting of Herba Epimedii has previously been shown to effectively treat postmenopausal osteoporosis. We have subsequently found that i...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Huang L,Wang X,Cao H,Li L,Chow DH,Tian L,Wu H,Zhang J,Wang N,Zheng L,Yao X,Yang Z,Qin L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although transplantation of pancreatic islets is a promising approach for treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus, the engraftment efficiency of these islets is limited by host immune responses. Extensive efforts have been made to immunoisolate these islets by introducing barriers on the islet surface. To date, these ba...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Izadi Z,Hajizadeh-Saffar E,Hadjati J,Habibi-Anbouhi M,Ghanian MH,Sadeghi-Abandansari H,Ashtiani MK,Samsonchi Z,Raoufi M,Moazenchi M,Izadi M,Nejad ASSH,Namdari H,Tahamtani Y,Ostad SN,Akbari-Javar H,Baharvand H

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a fatal genetic disorder currently having no cure. Here we report that culture substrates patterned with nanogrooves and functionalized with Matrigel (or laminin) present an engineered cell microenvironment to allow myotubes derived from non-diseased, less-affected DMD, and severel...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Xu B,Magli A,Anugrah Y,Koester SJ,Perlingeiro RCR,Shen W

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of vaccines is regarded as one of the most successful medical interventions to date. However, there is a clear need for the development of new vaccines for diseases which require the induction of a potent cellular immune response. Advancements in the field of vaccine research have resulted in a move a...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Moran HBT,Turley JL,Andersson M,Lavelle EC

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metronomic chemotherapy, which is defined as a low-dose and frequent administration of cytotoxic drugs without drug-free breaks, has been recently emerged as an alternative to traditional MTD therapy and has shown therapeutic benefit in breast cancer patients in numbers of clinical studies. Unlike MTD, metronomic chem...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Chung SW,Kim GC,Kweon S,Lee H,Choi JU,Mahmud F,Chang HW,Kim JW,Son WC,Kim SY,Byun Y

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albumin is a promising surface modifier of nanoparticulate drug delivery systems. Serving as a dysopsonin, albumin can protect circulating nanoparticles (NPs) from the recognition and clearance by the mononuclear phagocytic system (MPS). Albumin may also help transport the NPs to solid tumors based on the increased co...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Hyun H,Park J,Willis K,Park JE,Lyle LT,Lee W,Yeo Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal functioning of articulating tissues is required for many physiological processes occurring across length scales from the molecular to whole organism. Lubricating biopolymers are present natively on tissue surfaces at various sites of biological articulation, including eyelid, mouth, and synovial joints. The ran...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Cooper BG,Catalina Bordeianu,Nazarian A,Snyder BD,Grinstaff MW

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiolabeled nanomaterials, especially those with ultra-small structures, have been the research focus in recent years, and thus may open up new prospects for clinical diseases theranostics. Herein, fluorinated Pd nanosheets labeled with Gd or radionuclides are developed as multimodal platforms for tumor theranostics....

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Guo Z,Chen M,Peng C,Mo S,Shi C,Fu G,Wen X,Zhuang R,Su X,Liu T,Zheng N,Zhang X

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimuli-responsive nanoparticles hold great promise for drug delivery to improve the safety and efficacy of cancer therapy. One of the most investigated stimuli-responsive strategies is to induce drug release by heating with laser, ultrasound, or electromagnetic field. More recently, cryosurgery (also called cryothera...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang H,Agarwal P,Liang Y,Xu J,Zhao G,Tkaczuk KHR,Lu X,He X

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The removal of tenacious dental plaque is of paramount importance; however, early diagnosis can be a challenging task in dental clinics due to the limitations of current approaches, specifically X-ray-based techniques. We have approached this problem by integrating antibacterial properties and X-ray contrast enhanceme...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ostadhossein F,Misra SK,Tripathi I,Kravchuk V,Vulugundam G,LoBato D,Selmic LE,Pan D

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma (GBM) is the deadliest and most common type of primary brain tumor in adults with a grim prognosis despite multimodal treatments. Dendritic cell (DC)-based immunotherapy has emerged as a promising therapeutic modality for GBM, whose efficacy is nonetheless fundamentally undermined by GBM-induced immunosup...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Li TF,Li K,Zhang Q,Wang C,Yue Y,Chen Z,Yuan SJ,Liu X,Wen Y,Han M,Komatsu N,Xu YH,Zhao L,Chen X

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral nerve injuries often lead to incomplete recovery and contribute to significant disability to approximately 360,000 people in the USA each year. Stem cell therapy holds significant promise for peripheral nerve regeneration, but maintenance of stem cell viability and differentiation potential in vivo are stil...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Du J,Zhen G,Chen H,Zhang S,Qing L,Yang X,Lee G,Mao HQ,Jia X

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eye drops producing long-acting ocular anesthesia would be desirable for corneal pain management. Here we present liposome-based formulations to achieve very long ocular anesthetic effect after a single eye drop instillation. The liposomes were functionalized with succinyl-Concanavalin A (sConA-Lip), which can bind co...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhan C,Santamaria CM,Wang W,McAlvin JB,Kohane DS

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of high selectivity, accurate targeted and noninvasive fluorescent probe for monitoring specific enzyme activity associated with the tumor is urgent needed for early diagnosis of cancer and clinical fluorescence interventional resection guidance treatment. Owing to the invasion of malignant tumor cells, tu...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Li H,Yao Q,Xu F,Xu N,Duan R,Long S,Fan J,Du J,Wang J,Peng X

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyaluronic acid (HA) hydrogels have found a wide range of applications in biomedicine: regenerative medicine to drug delivery applications. In vivo quantitative assessment of these hydrogels using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides an effective, accurate, safe, and non-invasive translational approach to assess ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Shazeeb MS,Corazzini R,Konowicz PA,Fogle R,Bangari DS,Johnson J,Ying X,Dhal PK

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leveraging the multifunctional nature of citrate in chemistry and inspired by its important role in biological tissues, a class of highly versatile and functional citrate-based materials (CBBs) has been developed via facile and cost-effective polycondensation. CBBs exhibiting tunable mechanical properties and degradat...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ma C,Gerhard E,Lu D,Yang J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving the immunogenicity of subunit vaccines, in particular skewing of the immune response towards Th1 type immunity, is crucial for the development of effective vaccines against intracellular infections and for the development of anti-cancer vaccines. Small molecule TLR7/8 agonist hold high potential for this pur...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Nuhn L,Van Hoecke L,Deswarte K,Schepens B,Li Y,Lambrecht BN,De Koker S,David SA,Saelens X,De Geest BG

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages are multifunctional immune cells with diverse physiological functions such as fighting against infection, influencing progression of pathologies, maintaining homeostasis, and regenerating tissues. Macrophages can be induced to adopt distinct polarized phenotypes, such as classically activated pro-inflammat...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kang H,Zhang K,Wong DSH,Han F,Li B,Bian L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmable hydrogels are defined as hydrogels that are able to change their properties and functions periodically, reversibly and/or sequentially on demand. They are different from those responsive hydrogels whose changes are passive or cannot be stopped or reversed once started and vice versa. The purpose of this r...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang Y

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cell metabolism is quite different from normal cells. Targeting cancer metabolism and untuning the tumor metabolic machine has emerged as a promising strategy for cancer therapy. We have developed a multi-functional Re-dca conjugate (Re-dca 2) by conjugating the metabolic modulator dichloroacetate (DCA) to mito...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yang J,Cao Q,Zhang H,Hao L,Zhou D,Gan Z,Li Z,Tong YX,Ji LN,Mao ZW

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia, as an inevitable characteristic of solid tumors, has been regarded as a noticeably causative factor to therapeutic resistance and metastatic variants. Exploring novel theranostics to realize the accurate diagnosis of hypoxia and the simultaneous implementation of effective therapy is a promising prospect for ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Song R,Zhang M,Liu Y,Cui Z,Zhang H,Tang Z,Chen X,Wu H,Yao Z,He M,Bu W

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:X-ray induced photodynamic therapy (X-ray-PDT) is a promising approach for synergistic cancer radiotherapy and development of suitable radiosensitizers is highly desired. In this paper, we propose black phosphorus/Bi2O3 (BP/Bi2O3) heterostructures as efficient and biocompatible radiosensitizers for synergistic cancer ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Huang H,He L,Zhou W,Qu G,Wang J,Yang N,Gao J,Chen T,Chu PK,Yu XF

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To develop efficient carriers for inner ear drug delivery, we prepared four kinds of phospholipid-based nanoparticles: neutral, anionic, cationic, and cationic-PEG (polyethyleneglycol) particles. PEG was used to maintain long-term particle circulation in the perilymph, avoiding non-specific binding of particles to pro...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yang KJ,Son J,Jung SY,Yi G,Yoo J,Kim DK,Koo H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is commonly existed in bone degenerative disease (osteoarthritis, osteoporosis etc.) and some antioxidants had great potential to enhance osteogenesis. In this study, we aim to investigate the anti-oxidative properties of various TiO2 nanotubes (TNTs) so to screen the desirable size for improved osteo...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yu Y,Shen X,Luo Z,Hu Y,Li M,Ma P,Ran Q,Dai L,He Y,Cai K

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) possesses various functions in cardiovascular diseases; however, due to an extremely short half-life and low bioavailability, its therapeutic application is limited. In inflamed tissues, overproduced reactive oxygen species (ROS) rapidly react with the endogenous NO, reducing its bioavailability. Her...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Vong LB,Bui TQ,Tomita T,Sakamoto H,Hiramatsu Y,Nagasaki Y

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia often require surgical defect closure with a patch. Alternatives to native diaphragmatic tissue are critically needed for this paediatric surgery. The clinical efficacy of mesh patches is limited by complications associated with residual foreign material and by hernia recu...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhang XY,Yanagi Y,Sheng Z,Nagata K,Nakayama K,Taguchi T

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B cells play a major role in the adaptive immune response by producing antigen-specific antibodies against pathogens and imparting immunological memory. Following infection or vaccination, antibody-secreting B cells and memory B cells are generated in specialized regions of lymph nodes and spleens, called germinal cen...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Roh KH,Song HW,Pradhan P,Bai K,Bohannon CD,Dale G,Leleux J,Jacob J,Roy K

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesoporous silica nanoshell (MSN) coating has been demonstrated as a versatile surface modification strategy for various kinds of inorganic functional nanoparticles, such as gold nanorods (GNRs), to achieve not only improved nanoparticle stability but also concomitant drug loading capability. However, limited drug loa...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Xu C,Chen F,Valdovinos HF,Jiang D,Goel S,Yu B,Sun H,Barnhart TE,Moon JJ,Cai W

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are a key component of the tumour microenvironment and have been shown to play an important role in the progression of cancer. To probe these tumour-stroma interactions, we incorporated CAFs derived from head and neck cancer patients and squamous carcinoma cells of the hypopharynx ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Young M,Rodenhizer D,Dean T,D'Arcangelo E,Xu B,Ailles L,McGuigan AP

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents entry of neurotoxic substances but also that of drugs into the brain. Here, the paracellular barrier is formed by tight junctions (TJs) with claudin-5 (Cldn5) being the main sealing constituent. Transient BBB opening by targeting Cldn5 could improve paracellular drug delivery. Th...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Neuhaus W,Piontek A,Protze J,Eichner M,Mahringer A,Subileau EA,Lee IM,Schulzke JD,Krause G,Piontek J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-density mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) aggregates can be guided to form bone-like tissue via endochondral ossification in vitro when culture media is supplemented with proteins, such as growth factors (GFs), to first guide the formation of a cartilage template, followed by culture with hypertrophic factors. Recent r...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： McMillan A,Nguyen MK,Gonzalez-Fernandez T,Ge P,Yu X,Murphy WL,Kelly DJ,Alsberg E

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumonia is a major contributor to infection-based hospitalizations and deaths in the United States. Antibiotics such as azithromycin (AZM), although effective at managing pneumonia, often suffer from off-target diffusion and poor bioavailability when administered orally or via intravenous injection. The formation of...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang Q,Mi G,Hickey D,Li Y,Tu J,Webster TJ,Shen Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Starvation therapy to slow down the tumor growth by cutting off its energy supply has been proposed to be an alternative therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment. Herein, glucose oxidase (GOx) is loaded into stealth liposomes and act as the glucose and oxygen elimination agent to trigger the conversion of glucose and...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhang R,Feng L,Dong Z,Wang L,Liang C,Chen J,Ma Q,Zhang R,Chen Q,Wang Y,Liu Z

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00