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Nanoscale Piezoelectric Properties of Self-Assembled Fmoc–FF Peptide Fibrous Networks [PDF]

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2015
Fibrous peptide networks, such as the structural framework of self-assembled fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl diphenylalanine (Fmoc-FF) nanofibrils, have mechanical properties that could successfully mimic natural tissues, making them promising materials for tissue engineering scaffolds.
Ryan, Kate, Beirne, Jason, Redmond, Gareth, Kilpatrick, J. I., Guyonnet, Jill, Buchete, Nicolae-Viorel, Kholkin, Andrei L., Rodriguez, Brian J.   +7 more
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Ultrashort Cationic Peptide Fmoc-FFK as Hydrogel Building Block for Potential Biomedical Applications [PDF]

Gels, 2023
Fmoc-diphenylalanine (Fmoc-FF) is a low-molecular-weight peptide hydrogelator. This simple all-aromatic peptide can generate self-supporting hydrogel materials, which have been proposed as novel materials for diagnostic and pharmaceutical applications ...
Enrico Gallo, Carlo Diaferia, Sabrina Giordano, Elisabetta Rosa, Barbara Carrese, Gennaro Piccialli, Nicola Borbone, Giancarlo Morelli, Giorgia Oliviero, Antonella Accardo   +9 more
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Investigating the Interactions of Peptide Nucleic Acids with Multicomponent Peptide Hydrogels for the Advancement of Healthcare Technologies [PDF]

Gels
This study reports the development of peptide-based hydrogels for the encapsulation and controlled release of peptide nucleic acids in drug delivery applications.
Sabrina Giordano, Monica Terracciano, Enrico Gallo, Carlo Diaferia, Andrea Patrizia Falanga, Antonella Accardo, Monica Franzese, Marco Salvatore, Gennaro Piccialli, Nicola Borbone, Giorgia Oliviero   +10 more
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Fmoc-DDT@Fos hydrogel mitigates temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis through regulating macrophage reprogramming and ferroptosis [PDF]

Materials Today Bio
Temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis (TMJ OA) represents a progressive degenerative disorder that seriously threatens patients’ quality of life. Current treatment aims to slow cartilage degeneration, relieve pain, promote bone remodeling, and restore ...
Yuxin Zhang, Dahe Zhang, Xiaokun Yue, Qingyu Xu, Lingtong Bu, Jiajia Lu, Chi Yang, Pei Shen, Jisi Zheng   +8 more
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Osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells in cell-laden culture of self-assembling peptide hydrogels [PDF]

OpenNano
Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) osteogenic differentiation requires scaffolds to support multiple stages of growth and differentiation signals. Fluorenyl-9-methoxycarbonyl diphenylalanine (Fmoc-FF) peptides self-assemble to create 3D nanofibers.
Faye Fouladgar, Robert Powell, Vishalakshi Irukuvarjula, Akhila Joy, Xiao Li, Neda Habibi   +5 more
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3D Printable Hydrogel Based on TEMPO-Oxidized Cellulose Nanofibrils and Fmoc-FF for Enhanced Biological Performance and Cell Adhesion

ACS Applied Nano Materials
Herein, we report a 3D printable ink made of a peptide-polysaccharide hybrid hydrogel composed of fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl-diphenylalanine (Fmoc-FF) peptide and TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibrils (ToCNF), synthesized using a pH-dependent sol–gel transition method.
Raveendran, Dhanya, Dalloul, Feras, Mietner, J. Benedikt, Barba, Enguerrand, Chen, Shouzheng, Zaytseva-Zotova, Daria, Sochor, Benedikt, Koyiloth Vayalil, Sarathlal, Müller-Buschbaum, Peter, Tiainen, Hanna, Roth, Stephan V., Navarro, Julien R. G.   +11 more
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Biomechanical Stimulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in 3D Peptide Nanofibers for Bone Differentiation [PDF]

Journal of Functional Biomaterials
Mechanical stimulation critically regulates mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) differentiation, yet its effects in three-dimensional (3D) environments remain poorly defined. Here, we developed a custom dynamic stretcher integrating poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS)
Faye Fouladgar, Robert Powell, Emily Carney, Andrea Escobar Martinez, Amir Jafari, Neda Habibi   +5 more
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Hydrogel as a Platform for Point-of-Care Calcium Determination in Blood [PDF]

Gels
Calcium is a key macroelement involved in a range of physiological processes in the body, and its concentration in blood is an important diagnostic indicator in various diseases. This work presents a novel rapid method for the point-of-care determination
Tatiana N. Tikhonova, Anastasia V. Barkovaya, Yuri M. Efremov, Vladimir I. Panov, Peter S. Timashev, Victor V. Fadeev   +5 more
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Gaseous Synergistic Self‐Assembly and Arraying to Develop Bio‐Organic Photocapacitors for Neural Photostimulation [PDF]

Advanced Science
Bioinspired supramolecular architectonics is attracting increasing interest due to their flexible organization and multifunctionality. However, state‐of‐the‐art bioinspired architectonics generally take place in solvent‐based circumstance, thus leading ...
Xinyuan Fan, Yiming Tang, Jiahao Zhang, Kang Ma, Zhengyu Xu, Yuying Liu, Bin Xue, Yi Cao, Deqing Mei, Wei Wang, Guanghong Wei, Kai Tao   +11 more
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Multicomponent Hydrogel Matrices of Fmoc‐FF and Cationic Peptides for Application in Tissue Engineering

Macromolecular Bioscience, 2022
AbstractIn the last years, peptide‐based hydrogels are being increasingly used as suitable matrices for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications, including drug delivery and tissue engineering. Recently, the synthesis and the gelation properties of a small library of cationic peptides, containing a Lys residue at the C‐terminus and derivatized with ...
Rosa E., Diaferia C., Gianolio E., Sibillano T., Gallo E., Smaldone G., Stornaiuolo M., Giannini C., Morelli G., Accardo A.   +9 more
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