abstract：:Metabolic glycoengineering is a powerful technique that can introduce various chemical groups to cellular glycan by treatment of unnatural monosaccharide. Particularly, this technique has enabled many challenging trials for molecular imaging in combination with click chemistry, which provides fast and specific chemica...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yoon HY,Koo H,Kim K,Kwon IC

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human stem cells are vulnerable to unfavorable conditions, and their transportation relies on costly and inconvenient cryopreservation. We report here that human mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) in spheroids survived ambient conditions (AC) many days longer than in monolayer. Under AC, the viability of MSC in spheroids re...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Jiang B,Yan L,Miao Z,Li E,Wong KH,Xu RH

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular reactive sulfur species and reactive oxygen species play vital roles in immunologic mechanism. As an emerging signal transmitter, SO2 can be generated as the anti-oxidant, while SO2 is also a potential oxidative stress-inducer in organism. Aiming to elucidate in-depth the dichotomous role of SO2 under ox...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Dou K,Fu Q,Chen G,Yu F,Liu Y,Cao Z,Li G,Zhao X,Xia L,Chen L,Wang H,You J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-intrinsic reporters such as luciferase (LUC) and red fluorescent protein (RFP) have been commonly utilized in preclinical studies to image tumor growth and to monitor therapeutic responses. While extrinsic reporters that emit near infrared I (NIR-I: 650-950 nm) or near-infrared II (NIR-II: 1000-1700 nm) optical s...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Tao Z,Dang X,Huang X,Muzumdar MD,Xu ES,Bardhan NM,Song H,Qi R,Yu Y,Li T,Wei W,Wyckoff J,Birrer MJ,Belcher AM,Ghoroghchian PP

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantation of synthetic material, including vascular grafts, pacemakers, etc. results in the foreign body reaction and the formation of multinucleated giant cells (MGCs) at the exterior surface of the implant. Despite the long-standing premise that fusion of mononucleated macrophages results in the formation of MGCs...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Faust JJ,Christenson W,Doudrick K,Ros R,Ugarova TP

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the stem-cell niche, the extracellular matrix (ECM) serves as a structural support that additionally provides stem cells with signals that contribute to the regulation of stem-cell function, via reciprocal interactions between cells and components of the ECM. Recently, cell-derived ECMs have emerged as in vitro cel...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ragelle H,Naba A,Larson BL,Zhou F,Prijić M,Whittaker CA,Del Rosario A,Langer R,Hynes RO,Anderson DG

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major obstacle in the survival and efficacy of tissue engineered transplants is inadequate oxygenation, whereby unsupportive oxygen tensions result in significant cellular dysfunction and death within the implant. In a previous report, we developed an innovative oxygen generating biomaterial, termed OxySite, to prov...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Coronel MM,Geusz R,Stabler CL

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal nano-sized drug carrier requires long blood circulation, selective extravasation, and efficient cell uptake. Here we develop a charge-convertible nanoplatform based on Pt(IV) prodrug loaded NaYF4:Yb,Tm upconversion nanoparticles (UCNs), followed by coating a layer of PEG-PAH-DMMA polymer (UCNs-Pt(IV)@PEG-PAH-D...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Xu J,Kuang Y,Lv R,Yang P,Li C,Bi H,Liu B,Yang D,Dai Y,Gai S,He F,Xing B,Lin J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective antimicrobial agents are important arsenals in our perennial fight against communicable diseases, hospital-acquired and surgical site multidrug-resistant infections. In this study, we devise a strategy for the development of highly efficacious and skin compatible yet inexpensive water-soluble macromolecular ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Liu S,Ono RJ,Wu H,Teo JY,Liang ZC,Xu K,Zhang M,Zhong G,Tan JP,Ng M,Yang C,Chan J,Ji Z,Bao C,Kumar K,Gao S,Lee A,Fevre M,Dong H,Ying JY,Li L,Fan W,Hedrick JL,Yang YY

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:mRNA-based vaccines have the benefit of triggering robust anti-cancer immunity without the potential danger of genome integration from DNA vaccines or the limitation of antigen selection from peptide vaccines. Yet, a conventional mRNA vaccine comprising of condensed mRNA molecules in a positively charged protein core ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Persano S,Guevara ML,Li Z,Mai J,Ferrari M,Pompa PP,Shen H

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although PEGylated liposomes (PEG-LS) have been intensively studied as drug-delivery vehicles, the rigidity and the hydrophilic PEG corona of liposomal membranes often limits cellular uptake, resulting in insufficient drug delivery to target cells. Thus, it is necessary to develop a new type of lipid-based self-assemb...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Saw PE,Yu M,Choi M,Lee E,Jon S,Farokhzad OC

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gold nanoparticles hold great promise as anti-cancer theranostic agents against cancer by actively targeting the tumor cells. As this potential has been supported numerously during in vitro experiments, the effective application is hampered by our limited understanding and control of the interactions within complex in...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： D'Hollander A,Jans H,Velde GV,Verstraete C,Massa S,Devoogdt N,Stakenborg T,Muyldermans S,Lagae L,Himmelreich U

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cochlear implant (CI) is a successful device to restore hearing. Despite continuous development, frequency discrimination is poor in CI users due to an anatomical gap between the auditory neurons and CI electrode causing current spread and unspecific neural stimulation. One strategy to close this anatomical gap is gui...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Li H,Edin F,Hayashi H,Gudjonsson O,Danckwardt-Lillieström N,Engqvist H,Rask-Andersen H,Xia W

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been widely accepted that lymph nodes (LNs) are critical targets of cancer vaccines and particles sized between 10 and 100 nm with a neutral or negative surface charge are preferred for lymphatic transfer after subcutaneous or intradermal injection. However their limited uptake by antigen presenting cells (APCs...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zeng Q,Li H,Jiang H,Yu J,Wang Y,Ke H,Gong T,Zhang Z,Sun X

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facile assembly of intelligent DNA nanoobjects with the ability to exert in situ visualization of intracellular microRNAs (miRNAs) has long been concerned in the fields of DNA nanotechnology and basic medical study. Here, we present a driving primer (DP)-triggered polymerization-mediated metastable assembly (PMA) stra...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Xu J,Wu ZS,Wang Z,Le J,Zheng T,Jia L

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD47, a "don't eat me" signal, is over-expressed on the surface of most tumors that interacts with signal regulatory protein α (SIRPα) on phagocytic cells. By engaging SIRPα, CD47 limits the ability of macrophages to engulf tumor cells, which acts as a major phagocytic barrier. In this study, we developed an exosome-b...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Koh E,Lee EJ,Nam GH,Hong Y,Cho E,Yang Y,Kim IS

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient and site-specific delivery of anticancer drugs to tumors is important in the development of effective cancer chemotherapy. As an undecapeptide of the tachykinin neuropeptide family, the substance P (SP)/neurokinin-1 receptor (NK1R) system has been identified as a promising ligand-receptor pair in tumor-speci...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wu J,Zhou Y,Li S,Qu D,Zhu WH,Tian H

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer vaccines are designed to elicit an endogenous adaptive immune response that can successfully recognize and eliminate residual or recurring tumors. Such approaches can potentially overcome shortcomings of passive immunotherapies by generating long-lived therapeutic effects and immune memory while limiting system...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Shukla S,Myers JT,Woods SE,Gong X,Czapar AE,Commandeur U,Huang AY,Levine AD,Steinmetz NF

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silica nanoparticles (SiO2-NPs) has been extensively exploited in biomedical fields and mostly designed to enter the circulatory system, however, few studies focused on the potential adverse effects of SiO2-NPs exposure on the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that serves as a critical barrier between the central nervous syst...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Liu X,Sui B,Sun J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nanoscale materials properties of bone apatite crystals have been implicated in breast cancer bone metastasis and their interactions with extracellular matrix proteins are likely involved. In this study, we used geologic hydroxyapatite (HAP, Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2), closely related to bone apatite, to investigate how HAP...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wu F,Chen W,Gillis B,Fischbach C,Estroff LA,Gourdon D

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomimetic materials that target the immune system and generate an anti-tumor responses hold promise in augmenting cancer immunotherapy. These synthetic materials can be engineered and optimized for their biodegradability, physical parameters such as shape and size, and controlled release of immune-modulators. As thes...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kosmides AK,Meyer RA,Hickey JW,Aje K,Cheung KN,Green JJ,Schneck JP

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal infections that are caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria are becoming an ever-growing challenge to human health. To address this challenge, a pH-responsive amphiphilic polymer of polyaniline-conjugated glycol chitosan (PANI-GCS) that can self-assemble into nanoparticles (NPs) in situ is developed. The PANI-GC...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Korupalli C,Huang CC,Lin WC,Pan WY,Lin PY,Wan WL,Li MJ,Chang Y,Sung HW

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In-stent restenosis is one of the most serious modes of failure of cardiovascular stent implant. Although drug-eluting stents have been proven to reduce in-stent restenosis, the nonspecific inhibitory effects of anti-proliferative drugs, such as rapamycin, result in delayed re-endothelialization and fatal late stent t...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhang H,Ren KF,Chang H,Wang JL,Ji J

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional therapeutic interventions against abnormal gene expression in disease states at the level of expressed proteins are becoming increasingly difficult due to poor selectivity, off-target effects and associated toxicity. Upstream catalytic targeting of specific RNA sequences offers an alternative platform for ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Staroseletz Y,Williams A,Burusco KK,Alibay I,Vlassov VV,Zenkova MA,Bichenkova EV

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradable hydrogels to deliver bioactive proteins represent an emerging platform for promoting tissue repair and vascularization in various applications. However, implanting these biomaterials requires invasive surgery, which is associated with complications such as inflammation, scarring, and infection. To address t...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Foster GA,Headen DM,González-García C,Salmerón-Sánchez M,Shirwan H,García AJ

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both efficiency and safety profiles are crucial for promotion of gene delivery systems towards practical applications. A promising template system was previously developed based on block catiomer of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-b-poly{N'-[N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoehtyl]aspartamide}-cholesteryl [PEG-PAsp(DET)-cholesteryl...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Chen Q,Osada K,Ge Z,Uchida S,Tockary TA,Dirisala A,Matsui A,Toh K,Takeda KM,Liu X,Nomoto T,Ishii T,Oba M,Matsumoto Y,Kataoka K

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy has shown promising treatment effects for a variety of cancers. However, the immune treatment efficiency for solid tumors is limited owing to insufficient infiltration of immune cells into solid tumors. The conversion of tumor-supportive macrophages to tumor-suppressive macrophages, inducing the function...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang Y,Lin YX,Qiao SL,An HW,Ma Y,Qiao ZY,Rajapaksha RP,Wang H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effective role of exosome delivering neurogenic microRNA (miRNA) enables to induce efficient differentiation process during neurogenesis. The microfludic system capable of visualizing the exosomal behavior such as secretion, migration, and uptake of individual exosomes can be used as a robust technique to understa...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Oh HJ,Shin Y,Chung S,Hwang DW,Lee DS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell therapy is a promising therapeutic method for the treatment of ischemic heart diseases; however, some challenges prohibit the efficacy after cell delivery due to hostile microenvironment of the injured myocardium. 3D printed pre-vascularized stem cell patch can enhance the therapeutic efficacy for cardiac re...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Jang J,Park HJ,Kim SW,Kim H,Park JY,Na SJ,Kim HJ,Park MN,Choi SH,Park SH,Kim SW,Kwon SM,Kim PJ,Cho DW

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As double stranded, single stranded siRNA (ss-siRNA) has demonstrated gene silencing activity but still requires efficient carriers to reach its cytoplasmic target. To better understand the fundamental aspect driving the complexation of ss-siRNA with nanocarriers, the interactions between surfaces of various compositi...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Giraud L,Viricel W,Leblond J,Giasson S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of techniques have been applied to generate tissue engineered constructs, where cells are combined with degradable scaffolds followed by a period of in vitro culture or direct implantation. In the current study, a cellularized scaffold was generated by concurrent deposition of electrospun biodegradable elast...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Takanari K,Hashizume R,Hong Y,Amoroso NJ,Yoshizumi T,Gharaibeh B,Yoshida O,Nonaka K,Sato H,Huard J,Wagner WR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix systems used to study complex three-dimensional (3D) cellular processes like mammary epithelial tissue morphogenesis and tumorigenesis ex vivo often require ill-defined biological components, which lead to poor reproducibility and a lack of control over physical parameters. In this study, a well-defined, tunabl...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Nowak M,Freudenberg U,Tsurkan MV,Werner C,Levental KR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Achieving and maintaining safe and reliable lineage specific differentiation of stem cells is important for clinical translation of tissue engineering strategies. In an effort to circumvent the multitude of problems arising from the usage of growth factors and growth factor delivery systems, we have explored the use o...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Huang CC,Narayanan R,Alapati S,Ravindran S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frequent outbreaks and the rapid global spread of infectious diseases have increased the urgent need for massive vaccination especially in countries with limited resources. Intranasal vaccination facilitates the mass vaccination via needle-free delivery of vaccine through nasal mucosal surfaces. Inspired by the strong...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang X,Yang D,Li S,Xu X,Qin CF,Tang R

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of electrospun ultrafine fibres from biodegradable and biocompatible polymers has created exciting opportunities for biomedical applications. Fibre meshes with high surface area, suitable porosity and stiffness have been produced. Despite desirable structural and topographical properties, for most synt...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Duque Sánchez L,Brack N,Postma A,Pigram PJ,Meagher L

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by a prominent desmoplastic/stromal reaction, which contributes to the poor clinical outcome of this disease. Therefore, greater understanding of the stroma development and tumor-stroma interactions is highly required. Pancreatic stellate cells (PSC) are myofibr...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Ware MJ,Keshishian V,Law JJ,Ho JC,Favela CA,Rees P,Smith B,Mohammad S,Hwang RF,Rajapakshe K,Coarfa C,Huang S,Edwards DP,Corr SJ,Godin B,Curley SA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is among the most aggressive cancers associated with massive infiltration of peritumoral parenchyma by migrating tumor cells. The infiltrative nature of GBM cells, the intratumoral heterogeneity concomitant with redundant signaling pathways likely underlie the inability of conventional an...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Cosset E,Petty T,Dutoit V,Tirefort D,Otten-Hernandez P,Farinelli L,Dietrich PY,Preynat-Seauve O

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine technologies offer promising therapies for both medicine and dentistry. Our long-term goal is to create functional biomimetic tooth buds for eventual tooth replacement in humans. Here, our objective was to create a biomimetic 3D tooth bud model consisting of dental epitheli...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Monteiro N,Smith EE,Angstadt S,Zhang W,Khademhosseini A,Yelick PC

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder and the most common form of dementia. Histopathologically is characterized by the presence extracellular neuritic plaques and with a large number of neurons lost. In this paper, we design a new nanomaterial, graphene quantum dots (GQDs) conjugated neuroprotective ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Xiao S,Zhou D,Luan P,Gu B,Feng L,Fan S,Liao W,Fang W,Yang L,Tao E,Guo R,Liu J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there is great versatility of ultrasound (US) technologies in the real clinical field, one main technical challenge is the compromising of high quality of echo properties and size engineering of ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs); a high echo property is offset by reducing particle size. Herein, a new strategy...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Min HS,Son S,You DG,Lee TW,Lee J,Lee S,Yhee JY,Lee J,Han MH,Park JH,Kim SH,Choi K,Park K,Kim K,Kwon IC

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00