abstract：:Stem cell-based gene therapies, wherein stem cells are genetically engineered to express therapeutic molecules, have shown tremendous potential for cancer applications owing to their innate ability to home to tumors. However, traditional stem cell-based gene therapies are hampered by our current inability to control w...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yin PT,Shah S,Pasquale NJ,Garbuzenko OB,Minko T,Lee KB

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, engineering the surface of nanotherapeutics with biologics to provide them with superior biocompatibility and targeting towards pathological tissues has gained significant popularity. Although the functionalization of drug delivery vectors with cellular materials has been shown to provide synthetic particles...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Evangelopoulos M,Parodi A,Martinez JO,Yazdi IK,Cevenini A,van de Ven AL,Quattrocchi N,Boada C,Taghipour N,Corbo C,Brown BS,Scaria S,Liu X,Ferrari M,Tasciotti E

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced expression of autophagy regulators has been observed in pathological cartilage in humans and mice. The present study aimed to investigate the synergistic therapeutic effect of promotion of chondrocyte autophagy via exposure to sinomenium (SIN) encapsulated by chitosan microspheres (CM-SIN) and photo-crosslinke...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Chen P,Xia C,Mei S,Wang J,Shan Z,Lin X,Fan S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are a number of drawbacks to incorporating large concentrations of barium sulfate (BaSO4) as the radiopacifier in PMMA-based bone cements for percutaneous vertebroplasty. These include adverse effects on injectability, viscosity profile, setting time, mechanical properties of the cement and bone resorption. We h...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Jacobs E,Saralidze K,Roth AK,de Jong JJ,van den Bergh JP,Lataster A,Brans BT,Knetsch ML,Djordjevic I,Willems PC,Koole LH

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multivalent effect plays an important role in biological processes, particularly in the specific recognition of virus with its host cell during the first step of infection. Here we report the synthesis of multivalent pentacyclic triterpene grafted on cyclodextrin core and potency of against influenza entry activity. N...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Xiao S,Si L,Tian Z,Jiao P,Fan Z,Meng K,Zhou X,Wang H,Xu R,Han X,Fu G,Zhang Y,Zhang L,Zhou D

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus-based nanoparticles have shown promise as vehicles for delivering therapeutic genes. However, the rational design of viral vectors that enable selective tropism towards particular types of cells and tissues remains challenging. Here, we explored structural-functional relationships of the adeno-associated virus 2...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhang C,Yao T,Zheng Y,Li Z,Zhang Q,Zhang L,Zhou D

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic small interfering RNA (siRNA) is a class of therapeutic entities that allow for specific silencing of target genes via RNA interference (RNAi) and comprise an enormous clinical potential for a variety of diseases, including cancer. However, efficient tissue-specific delivery of siRNA remains the major limita...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Lee DJ,Kessel E,Edinger D,He D,Klein PM,Voith von Voithenberg L,Lamb DC,Lächelt U,Lehto T,Wagner E

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell culture is typically based on batch-type culture, which is laborious and expensive. Here, we propose a continuous harvest method for stem cells cultured on thermoresponsive nanobrush surfaces. In this method, stem cells are partially detached from the nanobrush surface by reducing the temperature of the cult...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Peng IC,Yeh CC,Lu YT,Muduli S,Ling QD,Alarfaj AA,Munusamy MA,Kumar SS,Murugan K,Lee HC,Chang Y,Higuchi A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of artificial tissues in regenerative medicine is limited due to hypoxia. As a strategy to overcome this drawback, we have shown that photosynthetic biomaterials can produce and provide oxygen independently of blood perfusion by generating chimeric animal-plant tissues during dermal regeneration. In this work,...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Chávez MN,Schenck TL,Hopfner U,Centeno-Cerdas C,Somlai-Schweiger I,Schwarz C,Machens HG,Heikenwalder M,Bono MR,Allende ML,Nickelsen J,Egaña JT

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The currently available surgical options to repair the diaphragm are associated with significant risks of defect recurrence, lack of growth potential and restored functionality. A tissue engineered diaphragm has the potential to improve surgical outcomes for patients with congenital or acquired disorders. Here we show...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Gubareva EA,Sjöqvist S,Gilevich IV,Sotnichenko AS,Kuevda EV,Lim ML,Feliu N,Lemon G,Danilenko KA,Nakokhov RZ,Gumenyuk IS,Grigoriev TE,Krasheninnikov SV,Pokhotko AG,Basov AA,Dzhimak SS,Gustafsson Y,Bautista G,Beltrán Ro

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To fully understand biological behavior in vitro often dictates that oxygen be reported at either a local or a cellular level. Oxygen sensors based on the luminescent quenching of a specific form of electrospun fiber were developed for measurement of both gaseous and dissolved oxygen concentrations. Electrospinning wa...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Xue R,Nelson MT,Teixeira SA,Viapiano MS,Lannutti JJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hybrid drug delivery system containing both organic and inorganic nanocarriers is expected to achieve its complementary advantages for the aim of improving the performance of antineoplastic drugs in tumor therapy. Here we report the use of liposomes and gold nanoparticles to construct a liposome with a hybrid Cluster ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Zhang N,Chen H,Liu AY,Shen JJ,Shah V,Zhang C,Hong J,Ding Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following intravenous injection of anti-cancer nanomedicines, many barriers need to be overcome en route to the tumor. Cell-mediated delivery of nanoparticles (NPs) is promising in terms of overcoming several of these barriers based on the tumoritropic migratory properties of particular cell types. This guided transpo...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wayteck L,Dewitte H,De Backer L,Breckpot K,Demeester J,De Smedt SC,Raemdonck K

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Valvular interstitial cells (VICs) actively maintain and repair heart valve tissue; however, persistent activation of VICs to a myofibroblast phenotype can lead to aortic stenosis. To better understand and quantify how microenvironmental cues influence VIC phenotype and myofibroblast activation, we compared expression...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Mabry KM,Payne SZ,Anseth KS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metals and ceramics are commonly used in orthopaedics, dentistry and other load bearing applications. However, the use of ceramic matrix composites reinforced with biocompatible metals for heavy load-bearing hard tissue replacement applications has not previously been reported. In order to improve the reliability and ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Bartolomé JF,Moya JS,Couceiro R,Gutiérrez-González CF,Guitián F,Martinez-Insua A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultra-short pulse microwave could excite to the strong thermoacoustic (TA) shock wave and deeply penetrate in the biological tissues. Based on this, we developed a novel deep-seated tumor therapy modality with mitochondria-targeting single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) as microwave absorbing agents, which act effi...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wen L,Ding W,Yang S,Xing D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue-engineering technology employing genetically-modified mesenchymal stem cells combined with proper scaffolds represents a promising strategy for bone regeneration. Elucidating the underlying mechanisms that govern the osteogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells will give deeper insights into the regulatory patterns, ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Xie Q,Wang Z,Zhou H,Yu Z,Huang Y,Sun H,Bi X,Wang Y,Shi W,Gu P,Fan X

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressively degenerative disease that is accompanied by articular cartilage deterioration, sclerosis of the underlying bone and ultimately joint destruction. Although therapeutic medicine and surgical treatment are done to alleviate the symptoms of OA, it is difficult to restore normal carti...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kim SJ,Kim JE,Kim SH,Kim SJ,Jeon SJ,Kim SH,Jung Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination therapy is usually considered as a promising strategy owing to its advantages such as reduced doses, minimized side effects and improved therapeutic efficiency in a variety of diseases including diabetes. Here we synthesized a new highly intracellular stimuli-sensitive chitosan-graft-metformin (CS-MET) pro...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang FZ,Xie ZS,Xing L,Zhang BF,Zhang JL,Cui PF,Qiao JB,Shi K,Cho CS,Cho MH,Xu X,Li P,Jiang HL

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elucidation of relationship among cellular uptake, localization and biological activities of metal complexes could make great breakthrough in the understanding of their action mechanisms and provide useful information for rational design of metal-based anticancer drugs. Iron(II) complexes have emerged as potential ant...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Chen J,Luo Z,Zhao Z,Xie L,Zheng W,Chen T

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decellularized adipose tissue (DAT) has shown promise as an adipogenic bioscaffold for soft tissue augmentation and reconstruction. The objective of the current study was to investigate the effects of allogeneic adipose-derived stem/stromal cells (ASCs) on in vivo fat regeneration in DAT bioscaffolds using an immunoco...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Han TT,Toutounji S,Amsden BG,Flynn LE

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decellularized extracellular matrices (ECM) from in vitro cell cultures can serve as in vivo-like matrix scaffolds for modulating cell-ECM interactions. Macromolecular crowding (MMC), the supplementation of synthetic or naturally occurring molecules resulting in excluded volume effects (EVE), has been demonstrated to ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Prewitz MC,Stißel A,Friedrichs J,Träber N,Vogler S,Bornhäuser M,Werner C

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Finding bioactive short peptides derived from proteins is a critical step to the advancement of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, because the former maintains the functions of the latter without immunogenicity in biological systems. Here, we discovered a bioactive core nonapeptide sequence, PPFEGCIWN (resi...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yeo IS,Min SK,Kang HK,Kwon TK,Jung SY,Min BM

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myotube formation is crucial to restoring muscular functions, and biomaterials that enhance the myoblast differentiation into myotubes are highly desirable for muscular repair. Here, we report the synthesis of electroactive, ductile, and degradable copolymers and their application in enhancing the differentiation of m...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Xie M,Wang L,Guo B,Wang Z,Chen YE,Ma PX

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural biopolymer based multifunctional nanomaterials are perfect candidates for multimodality imaging and therapeutic applications. Conventional methods of building multimodal imaging probe require either cross-linking manners to increase its in vivo stability or attach a target module to realize targeted imaging. I...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yang M,Fan Q,Zhang R,Cheng K,Yan J,Pan D,Ma X,Lu A,Cheng Z

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Permanent male sterilization has been recognized as useful tools for the development of neuter experimental animals and fattening livestock, as well as efficient control of pet overpopulation. Traditional routes such as surgical ways, chemical injections, and anti-fertility vaccines have addressed these crucial proble...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Liu Z,Liu X,Ran X,Ju E,Ren J,Qu X

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue-engineered organs and implants hold promise for the replacement of damaged and diseased organs. However, the foreign body response (FBR) is a major obstacle that compromises the function of tissue-engineered constructs, typically causing them to fail. Two components of FBR are an inflammatory response and a lac...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Browne S,Monaghan MG,Brauchle E,Berrio DC,Chantepie S,Papy-Garcia D,Schenke-Layland K,Pandit A

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular matrix (ECM) derived scaffolds continue to be investigated for the treatment of volumetric muscle loss (VML) injuries. Clinically, ECM scaffolds have been used for lower extremity VML repair; in particular, MatriStem™, a porcine urinary bladder matrix (UBM), has shown improved functional outcomes and vas...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Aurora A,Roe JL,Corona BT,Walters TJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficient delivery of short interfering RNA (siRNA) is an enormous challenge in the field of gene therapy. Herein, we report a delivery nanosystem based on programmed DNA self-assembly mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) siRNA-loaded DNA nanotubes (DNA-NTs). We demonstrate that these siRNA-DNA-NTs can be effectiv...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： You Z,Qian H,Wang C,He B,Yan J,Mao C,Wang G

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective isolation and purification of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from whole blood is an important capability for both clinical medicine and biological research. Current techniques to perform this task place the isolated cells under excessive stresses that reduce cell viability, and potentially induce phenotype c...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Li W,Reátegui E,Park MH,Castleberry S,Deng JZ,Hsu B,Mayner S,Jensen AE,Sequist LV,Maheswaran S,Haber DA,Toner M,Stott SL,Hammond PT

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain tumors and brain metastases are among the deadliest malignancies of all human cancers, largely due to the cellular blood-brain and blood-tumor barriers that limit the delivery of imaging and therapeutic agents from the systemic circulation to tumors. Thus, improved strategies for brain tumor visualization and ta...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wu JB,Shi C,Chu GC,Xu Q,Zhang Y,Li Q,Yu JS,Zhau HE,Chung LW

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Remarkable water-stimulated shape memory effect was revealed in a natural biopolymer of peacock's tail covert feathers of which the innate shape can almost be fully recovered after severe deformation by a short hydration step. The shape memory effect manifests a good stability of high recovery rate and ratio during cy...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Liu ZQ,Jiao D,Zhang ZF

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic protein-2/absorbable collagen sponge (BMP-2/ACS) implants have been approved for clinical use to induce bone regeneration. We previously showed that exaggerated inflammation characterized by elevated level of inflammatory cytokines including TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-6 has been shown to inhibit BMP-2/ACS...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Huang RL,Chen G,Wang W,Herller T,Xie Y,Gu B,Li Q

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a novel silk-gold nanocomposite based nerve conduit successfully tested in a neurotmesis grade sciatic nerve injury model in rats over a period of eighteen months. The conduit was fabricated by adsorbing gold nanoparticles onto silk fibres and transforming them into a nanocomposite sheet by electrospinning w...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Das S,Sharma M,Saharia D,Sarma KK,Sarma MG,Borthakur BB,Bora U

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To realize a fast and selective capture of nano drug vehicles (NDVs) by malignant tumors, an instant affinity switchable NDV based on pH-sensitive surface protonation was prepared. This NDV is prepared from a zwitterionic polymer system with an ultra resistant poly(carboxybetaine) (pCB) shell and sulfo groups near a h...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang Z,Ma G,Zhang J,Yuan Z,Wang L,Bernards M,Chen S

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The continuous release of nitric oxide (NO) by the native endothelium of blood vessels plays a substantial role in the cardiovascular physiology, as it influences important pathways of cardiovascular homeostasis, inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation, inhibits platelet activation and aggregation, a...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Yang Z,Yang Y,Xiong K,Li X,Qi P,Tu Q,Jing F,Weng Y,Wang J,Huang N

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is an oxidative stress-mediated neurodegenerative disorder caused by selective dopaminergic neuronal death in the midbrain substantia nigra. Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is a potent inhibitor of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) against oxidation by destroying biological...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Kim MJ,Park M,Kim DW,Shin MJ,Son O,Jo HS,Yeo HJ,Cho SB,Park JH,Lee CH,Kim DS,Kwon OS,Kim J,Han KH,Park J,Eum WS,Choi SY

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanomaterials conjugated with biomacromolecules, including viruses, have great potential for in vivo applications. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the safety of nanoparticle-conjugated macromolecule biomaterials (Nano-mbio). Although a number of studies have assessed the risks of nanoparticles and macromolecule...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wang M,Zheng Z,Meng J,Wang H,He M,Zhang F,Liu Y,Hu B,He Z,Hu Q,Wang H

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Topographical features on the nanometer scale are known to influence cellular behavior. The response of specific cell types to various types of surface structures is currently still being investigated. Alumina ceramics play an important role as biomaterials, e.g., in medical and dental applications. In this study, we ...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Wittenbrink I,Hausmann A,Schickle K,Lauria I,Davtalab R,Foss M,Keller A,Fischer H

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local signals from tissue-specific extracellular matrix (ECM) microenvironments, including matrix adhesive ligand, mechanical elasticity and micro-scale geometry, are known to instruct a variety of stem cell differentiation processes. Likewise, these signals converge to provide multifaceted, mechanochemical cues for h...

journal_title：Biomaterials

authors： Floren M,Tan W

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00