abstract：:Many polymers, including polyethylene, feature a relatively low melting point and hence must be cross-linked to make them viable for applications that demand a high stiffness and creep resistance at elevated temperatures. The resulting thermoset plastics cannot be recycled, and therefore alternative materials with a r...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Peterson A,Östergren I,Lotsari A,Venkatesh A,Thunberg J,Ström A,Rojas R,Andersson M,Berglund LA,Boldizar A,Müller C

更新日期：2019-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial biofilms are ubiquitous in nature, and they pose a serious threat to public health. Staphylococcus epidermidis is the most common clinical isolate from healthcare- and medical device-related biofilm infections. No antibiotic currently on the market can eradicate pathogenic biofilms, which contain complex def...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lam AK,Wouters CL,Moen EL,Pusavat J,Rice CV

更新日期：2019-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Cationic kraft lignin (CKL) macromolecules were produced via polymerizing kraft lignin (KL) with [2-(acryloyloxy)ethyl]trimethylammonium chloride (ATAC) or [2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]trimethylammonium methyl sulfate (METAM). Despite slightly different charge densities (2.3-2.5 mmol/g) of CKL, lignin-METAM (KL-METAM) ha...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Sabaghi S,Fatehi P

更新日期：2019-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Consensus motifs for sequences of both crystallizable and amorphous blocks in silks and natural structural analogues of silks vary widely. To design novel silklike polypeptides, an important question is therefore how the nature of either the crystallizable or the amorphous block affects the self-assembly and resulting...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Willems L,van Westerveld L,Roberts S,Weitzhandler I,Calcines Cruz C,Hernandez-Garcia A,Chilkoti A,Mastrobattista E,van der Oost J,de Vries R

更新日期：2019-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemo-photodynamic combined therapy is promising in cancer treatment, although low tissue penetration of visible light for activating photosensitizers (e.g., chlorin e6, Ce6) limited its broad applications. Combination of upcoverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) with the photosensitizers endows us with the possibility to uti...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chen Y,Ren J,Tian D,Li Y,Jiang H,Zhu J

更新日期：2019-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibodies (mAb) are a major focus of the pharmaceutical industry, and polyclonal immunoglobulin G (IgG) therapy is used to treat a wide variety of health conditions. As some individuals require mAb/IgG therapy their entire life, there is currently a great desire to formulate antibodies for bolus injection ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gong Y,Soleymani Abyaneh H,Drossis N,Niederquell A,Kuentz M,Leroux JC,de Haan HW,Gauthier MA

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A new PPF-BCN/hyPCL32-N3 injectable system that can be cross-linked by catalyst-free, strain promoted alkyne-azide cycloaddition (SPAAC) click chemistry was developed for tissue engineering applications. The system consisted of two components: PPF-BCN, poly(propylene fumarate) (PPF) functionalized with (1R,8S,9s)-bicy...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Liu X,Miller AL 2nd,Xu H,Waletzki BE,Lu L

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Two organosolv lignins from different origins, namely, almond shells and maritime pine, were modified by using a nanoclay and nanosilicate. Prior to modification, they were activated via glyoxalation to enhance the reactivity of the lignins and thus ease the introduction of the nanoparticles into their structure. The ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： de Hoyos-Martínez PL,Robles E,Khoukh A,Charrier-El Bouhtoury F,Labidi J

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-editing technologies hold tremendous potential for treating genetic diseases. However, the efficient and safe delivery of genome-editing elements to the location of interest, and the achievement of specific targeted gene correction without off-target side effect remains a big challenge. In this Perspective, we ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Qiu M,Glass Z,Xu Q

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Injectable hydrogels based on extracellular matrix-derived polymers show much promise in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. However, the hydrogels reported to date have at least one characteristic that limits their potential for clinical use, such as excessive swelling, complicated and potentia...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Pupkaite J,Rosenquist J,Hilborn J,Samanta A

更新日期：2019-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The mucilaginous viscin tissue within mistletoe berries possesses an extraordinary ability to be rapidly processed under ambient conditions into stiff cellulosic fibers (>14 GPa) through simple mechanical drawing. This rapid and extreme transformation process is hydration-dependent and involves an astonishing >200-fol...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Horbelt N,Eder M,Bertinetti L,Fratzl P,Harrington MJ

更新日期：2019-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanically fibrillated cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) have attracted special attention as building blocks for the development of advanced materials and composites. A correlation exists between CNF morphology and the properties of the materials they form. However, this correlation is often evaluated indirectly by proce...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mattos BD,Tardy BL,Rojas OJ

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Nowadays, active targeting of nanotherapeutics is a challenging issue. Here, we propose a rational design of a ternary nanoassembly (SAP) composed of nonionic amphiphilic β-cyclodextrins (amphiphilic CD) incorporating pheophorbide (Pheo) as a phototherapeutic and an adamantanyl-folic acid conjugate (Ada-FA) to target ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zagami R,Rapozzi V,Piperno A,Scala A,Triolo C,Trapani M,Xodo LE,Monsù Scolaro L,Mazzaglia A

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:As with many other biosourced colloids, chitin nanocrystals (ChNCs) can form liquid crystalline phases with chiral nematic ordering. In this work, we demonstrate that it is possible to finely tune the liquid crystalline behavior of aqueous ChNC suspensions finely. Such control was made possible by carefully studying h...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Narkevicius A,Steiner LM,Parker RM,Ogawa Y,Frka-Petesic B,Vignolini S

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Injectable gels that support load are desirable for restoring the mechanical properties of degenerated load-bearing tissue. As these gels become increasingly sophisticated, the need to remotely image them and monitor their swelling increases. However, imaging such gels and monitoring their swelling using noninvasive m...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Shanks HR,Milani AH,Lu D,Saunders BR,Carney L,Adlam DJ,Hoyland JA,Blount C,Dickinson M

更新日期：2019-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly( n-butyl methacrylate) (PBMA) or poly( n-butyl acrylate) (PBA)-grafted brush coatings attached to glass were successfully prepared using atom-transfer radical polymerization "from the surface". The thicknesses and composition of the PBMA and PBA coatings were examined using ellipsometry and time-of-flight seconda...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Awsiuk K,Stetsyshyn Y,Raczkowska J,Lishchynskyi O,Dąbczyński P,Kostruba A,Ohar H,Shymborska Y,Nastyshyn S,Budkowski A

更新日期：2019-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of their association with debilitating diseases and their potential applications in developing novel bionanomaterials, highly ordered amyloid fibrils have recently received considerable attention. While many studies have thus far focused on amyloid fibrils made with short peptides containing just one steric zi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Dai B,Sargent CJ,Gui X,Liu C,Zhang F

更新日期：2019-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioresponsive polymers can enable the development of more effective drug delivery vehicles and medical materials. Acetal-modified polysaccharides allow pH-triggered solubility switching in a versatile and effective manner, but prior work has been limited to a combination of acyclic alkoxyisopropyl and cyclic isopropyl...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Graham ET,Broaders KE

更新日期：2019-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Articular cartilage defects, caused by trauma, osteoarthritis, or other diseases, always lead to severe joint pain and joint dysfunction. Without access to progenitor cells and the supply of blood and nutrients, the impaired articular cartilage would be short of the capability to self-repair. Although the present clin...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhang Y,Yu J,Ren K,Zuo J,Ding J,Chen X

更新日期：2019-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm) with ionizable monomers results in pH-responsive lower critical solution temperature (LCST) polymer which works in an ionization-dependent manner. However, gradual ionization of the comonomer occurs at a broad pH range due to the electrostatic field generated by the...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Muttaqien SE,Nomoto T,Takemoto H,Matsui M,Tomoda K,Nishiyama N

更新日期：2019-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The fate of intravenously injected nanoparticles (NPs) is significantly affected by nano-protein interaction and corona formation. However, such an interaction between NPs and digestive enzymes occurring in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and its impacts on epithelial cell uptake are little known. We synthesized the ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Peng Q,Liu J,Zhang T,Zhang TX,Zhang CL,Mu H

更新日期：2019-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive strand RNA viruses replicate in specialized niches called membranous web within the cytoplasm of host cells. These virus replication organelles sequester viral proteins, RNA, and a variety of host factors within a fluid, amorphous matrix of clusters of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) derived vesicles. They are tho...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ho JCS,Steininger C,Hiew SH,Kim MC,Reimhult E,Miserez A,Cho N,Parikh AN,Liedberg B

更新日期：2019-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Silkworm silk has excellent mechanical properties, biocompatibility, and promising applications in the biomedical sector. Silkworms spin silk at the beginning and end of each of their five instar stages, as well as spinning mature silk after the fifth instar. We evaluated the mechanical properties and structure of 10 ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Peng Z,Yang X,Liu C,Dong Z,Wang F,Wang X,Hu W,Zhang X,Zhao P,Xia Q

更新日期：2019-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide ligation is an indispensable step in the chemical synthesis of target peptides and proteins that are difficult to synthesize at once by a solid-phase synthesis. The ligation reaction is generally conducted with two peptide fragments at a high aqueous concentration to increase the reaction rate; however, this o...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hayashi G,Yanase M,Nakatsuka Y,Okamoto A

更新日期：2019-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of neuropeptides, vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), or growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), with a cationic carbosilane dendrimer forms dendriplexes with antitumoral behavior in advanced prostate cancer cells PC3. At the concentrations used for dendriplexes formation, the free peptides were prot...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Sánchez-Milla M,Muñoz-Moreno L,Sánchez-Nieves J,Malý M,Gómez R,Carmena MJ,de la Mata FJ

更新日期：2019-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This work demonstrates a versatile and environmentally friendly route for the development of new orthogonal monomers that can be used for postfunctionalizable polymer networks. A monomer containing both vinyl ether (VE) and cyclic disulfide moieties was synthesized via enzyme catalysis under benign reaction conditions...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Brännström S,Johansson M,Malmström E

更新日期：2019-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study demonstrates the controlled synthesis and biological potential of poly( N-acryloyl-l-methionine methyl sulfonium salt)s (poly(A-Met(S+)-OH)s), which mimic dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), a compound produced by marine algae to protect their proteins. The novel sulfonium-containing zwitterionic poly...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Imamura R,Mori H

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Introducing exogenous genes into plant cells is essential for a wide range of applications in agriculture and plant biotechnology fields. Cationic peptide carriers with cell-penetrating and DNA-binding domains successfully deliver exogenous genes into plants. However, their cell-penetrating activity may be attenuated ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Miyamoto T,Tsuchiya K,Numata K

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite recent advances in tumor treatment through cancer immunotherapy, the efficacy of this approach remains to be improved. Looking forward to high rates of objective clinical response, cancer immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy has gained increasing attention recently. Here, we constructed liposomes with matr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Liu Y,Chen XG,Yang PP,Qiao ZY,Wang H

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cells have a large amount of ROS (reactive oxygen species) because of disturbed ROS homeostasis. Cancer cells therefore undertake redox adaptation to drive proliferation in tumor environments and even survive during anticancer treatment by upregulating endogenous antioxidants. As one of antioxidant defense syst...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Noh J,Jung E,Lee J,Hyun H,Hong S,Lee D

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the first use of laccase-lipase enzymatic reaction for the synthesis of novel perfectly structured alternating copolymers. Initially, six types of complexing agents, linear(A)-linear(B), linear(A)-linear(B)-linear(A), linear-dendritic, dendritic-linear-dendritic, linear-hyperbranched, and hyperbra...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Scheibel DM,Gitsov I

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) (PEF) is a biobased polyester characterized by high gas barrier properties as well as high tensile modulus and strength, but poor toughness. Toughening PEF without sacrificing its modulus, strength and gas barrier performance is a great challenge for PEF modification. In this stud...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Xie H,Wu L,Li BG,Dubois P

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) requires the intracellular delivery of RNA molecules to initiate the neutralization of targeted mRNA molecules, inhibiting the expression or translation of the targeted gene. Current polymers and lipids that are used to deliver RNA molecules are generally required to be positively charged, to a...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Jiang Z,Cui W,Prasad P,Touve MA,Gianneschi NC,Mager J,Thayumanavan S

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligonucleotide-spider silk conjugates can be placed on silicon wafers by complementary DNA strands, which are coupled chemically to the surface. Such specific immobilization of spider silk proteins allows the nucleation and guided growth of β-sheet-rich nanofibrils in the presence of phosphate ions on the surface. Ad...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Molina A,Scheibel T,Humenik M

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Biobased poly(γ-butyrolactone) (PγBL) as a fully biodegradable and bioabsorbable biomaterial has shown superior properties compared to those of other aliphatic polyesters. It is of great importance to prepare amphiphilic block copolymer containing PγBL block to make ordered nano-objects for biomedical applications suc...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Shen Y,Zhang J,Zhao Z,Zhao N,Liu F,Li Z

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we report on an ATP-responsive low-molecular-weight polyethylenimine (LMW-PEI)-based supramolecular assembly. It formed via host-guest interaction between PEI (MW = 1.8 kDa)-α-cyclodextrin (α-CD) conjugates and PEI1.8k-phenylboronic acid (PBA) conjugates. The host-guest interaction between PEI1.8k-α-CD a...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Jiang C,Qi Z,Jia H,Huang Y,Wang Y,Zhang W,Wu Z,Yang H,Liu J

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanoparticles with high aspect ratios have favorable attributes for drug delivery and bioimaging applications based on their enhanced tissue penetration and tumor homing properties. Here, we investigated a novel filamentous viral nanoparticle (VNP) based on the Pepino mosaic virus (PepMV), a relative of the establishe...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Le DHT,Méndez-López E,Wang C,Commandeur U,Aranda MA,Steinmetz NF

更新日期：2019-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Assembly of (bio)polymers into long-range anisotropic nanostructured gels and aerogels is of great interest in advanced material engineering since it enables directional tuning of properties, such as diffusivity, light, heat, and sound propagation, cell proliferation, and mechanical properties. Here we present an appr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Plappert SF,Nedelec JM,Rennhofer H,Lichtenegger HC,Bernstorff S,Liebner FW

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Computationally designed peptides form desired antiparallel, tetrameric coiled-coil bundles that hierarchically assemble into a variety of well-controlled nanostructures depending on aqueous solution conditions. The bundles selectively self-assemble into different structures: nanotubes, platelets, or needle-like struc...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tian Y,Polzer FB,Zhang HV,Kiick KL,Saven JG,Pochan DJ

更新日期：2018-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Strong signaling cascades derived from upregulation and overexpression of growth factors such as the EGF-family (epidermal growth factors) have been crucially related to cancer pathogenesis. Gene silencing techniques to modulate the expression of oncogenes and tumor suppresor genes are a strategy that shows great prom...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Peng YY,Diaz-Dussan D,Kumar P,Narain R

更新日期：2018-10-08 00:00:00