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Thermally Induced Gelling Systems Based on Patchy Polymeric Micelles

Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 35, Issue 12, March 18, 2025.
A novel strategy to design thermally induced gelling systems with tunable material properties is reported. Polymeric mixed‐shell micelles displaying multiple thermosensitive patchy domains formed hydrogels by assembling into well‐entangled worm‐like network structures upon heating to body temperature. The patchy micelle design significantly affects the
Binru Han, Shota Fujii, André J. van der Vlies, Masoud Ghasemi, Joshua T. Del Mundo, Sarah N. Kiemle, Esther W. Gomez, Enrique D. Gomez, Ralph H. Colby, Urara Hasegawa   +9 more
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Strategies to Design and Optimize Artificial Antigen‐Presenting Cells for T Cell Expansion in Cancer Immunotherapy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in engineering artificial antigen‐presenting cells (aAPCs) as alternatives to dendritic cells for T cell expansion. Key design principles inspired by the immunological synapse are discussed, with emphasis on strategies for polyclonal and antigen‐specific T cell expansion.
Nguyen Thi Nguyen, Yu Seok Youn
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Flow‐Induced Vascular Remodeling on‐Chip: Implications for Anti‐VEGF Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Flow‐induced vascular remodeling plays a critical role in network stabilization and function. Using a vasculature‐on‐chip system, this study reveals how physiological VEGF levels and flow affect vascular remodeling and provides insights into tumor vessel normalization.
Fatemeh Mirzapour‐Shafiyi, Elias Huber, Leonie Karr, Johnny Tong, Andreas Richard Bausch, Friedrich Christian Simmel, Karen Alim   +6 more
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Versatile Cell Penetrating Peptide for Multimodal CRISPR Gene Editing in Primary Stem Cells

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
CRISPR machinery in diverse molecular formats (DNA, RNA, and ribonucleic protein) is complexed into nanoparticles with the cell‐friendly arginine‐alanine‐leucine‐alanine (RALA) cell‐penetrating peptide. Nanoparticles are delivered to primary mesenchymal stem cells ex vivo or locally in vivo to facilitate multimodal CRISPR gene editing. This RALA‐CRISPR
Joshua P. Graham, Jose Gabriel Castro, Lisette C. Werba, Joseph Amitrano, Luke Fardone, Kevin P. Francis, Anand Ramamurthi, Michael J. Layden, Helen O. McCarthy, Tomas Gonzalez‐Fernandez   +9 more
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Evolving Platinum‐Copper Nanostructures for Enhanced Photothermal Therapy and Controlled Copper Release in Cancer Therapy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Platinum‐Copper bimetallic nanoparticles may evolve depending on their synthesis under tumor microenvironment conditions and play a dual role as chemotherapeutic agents after releasing Cu ions and as near infrared photothermal agents with the Pt‐rich remaining frames.
Jose I. Garcia‐Peiro, María Sancho‐Albero, Silvia Miguel, Andrea Mosseri, Felipe Hornos, Rafael Contreras‐Montoya, Jose L. Hueso, Jesus Santamaria   +7 more
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Synthetic Strategy for mRNA Encapsulation and Gene Delivery with Nanoscale Metal‐Organic Frameworks

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This research utilizes the ZIF‐8 for the encapsulation and intracellular delivery of nucleic acids, specifically mRNA, for applications in gene delivery. Integrating PEI addresses the issue of mRNA leakage from ZIF‐8, resulting in the delivery and expression of green fluorescent protein (GFP) in vitro and firefly luciferase in vivo.
Harrison Douglas Lawson, Huy Hoang Nguyen, Keng‐Jung Lee, Nattarat Wongsuwan, Ayesha Tupe, Mengrou Lu, Mariah Lynn Arral, Anne Behre, Zihan Ling, Kathryn Ann Whitehead, Adam Walter Feinberg, Xi Ren, Si‐Yang Zheng   +12 more
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Perfusable Brain Microvascular Network‐On‐Chip Model to Study Flavivirus NS1‐Induced Endothelial Dysfunction

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a microfluidic brain microvascular network‐on‐chip (BMVasChip) to investigate endothelial barrier dysfunction caused by flavivirus non‐structural protein 1 (NS1), including virus‐ and time‐dependent vascular damage, leakiness, and dysfunction.
Monika Rajput, Yen‐Ting Tung, Yu‐Chi Chen, Min Jae Song, Marc Ferrer, Emily M. Lee   +5 more
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Endocytic Programming via Porous Silicon Nanoparticles Enhances TLR4 Nanoagonist Potency for Macrophage‐Mediated Immunotherapy

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Porous silicon nanoparticles (PSiNPs) reprogram macrophage endocytosis of manganese@albumin‐based TLR4 nanoagonists, driving TRIF‐biased TLR4 signaling, eliciting robust proinflammatory responses, and potentiating macrophage‐mediated immunotherapeutic effects against NSCLC.
Xiaomei Zhang, Huiying Li, Shuodan Huang, Linxuan Zhang, Yan Gao, Ruoran Wang, Xiaoyu Wang, Hélder A. Santos, Zhenyu Yin, Bing Xia   +9 more
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Cholesterol in mRNA‐Lipid Nanoparticles can be Replaced with the Synthetic Mycobacterial Monomycoloyl Glycerol Analogue MMG‐1

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates that cholesterol in messenger RNA‐lipid nanoparticles (mRNA‐LNPs) can be completely replaced with an immunopotentiating lipid, i.e., a synthetic analogue of the C‐type lectin receptor agonist monomycoloyl glycerol (MMG‐1), without compromising physicochemical properties, in vivo transfection efficiency, and immunogenicity of the
Abhijeet G. Lokras, Saahil S. Baghel, Rune F. Jensen, Aneesh Thakur, Henrik Franzyk, Oskar Thofte, Marco Herrera‐Barrera, Madeleine Landry, Melike Ongun, Ahmad Tami, Marlene P. Thanthrige, Eva Callens, Corinne Beinat, Thomas Rades, Søren R. Paludan, Kristian Riesbeck, Ida Rosenkrands, Dennis Christensen, Gabriel K. Pedersen, Camilla Foged   +19 more
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Functional Hydrogel for Modulating Lipid Droplets and Neuroinflammation in Head Injury

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
After TBI, elevated cholesterol levels in activated microglia lead to the accumulation of cholesterol esters in lipid droplets, exacerbating neuroinflammation. A β‐cyclodextrin‐conjugated GelMA (βCD‐GelMA) hydrogel is developed to promotes cholesterol efflux and reduces LDL influx, thereby alleviating intracellular cholesterol and lipid droplet buildup.
Feixiang Chen, Yvonne Shen, Yutong Shao, Tenghuan Ge, Haowen Qiao, Shangzhou Xia, Yafei Qu, Yuanpu Chiu, Ying Qin, Zhen Zhao   +9 more
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