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Electroless deposition of effective biocide biofouling polymeric organo tin cephradine coating for brass alloy in wastewater [PDF]

Scientific Reports
As a novel study, a newly formulated electroless biocide amphiphilic coating protected brass alloy in artificial seawater contaminated with bacteria. A new galvanic cell is represented for electroless deposition. The adherent polymeric complex of formula
Manal A. El Sayed, Howida A. Fetouh
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Simvastatin-Loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carriers as Topical Drug Delivery System for Wound Healing Purposes: Preparation, Characterization, and In Vivo Histopathological Studies [PDF]

Advanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2023
Purpose: Simvastatin, a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor, is a commonly used drug to reduce total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels.
Seyedeh Maryam Mousavi-Simakani, Amir Azadi, Nader Tanideh, Navid Omidifar, Parisa Ghasemiyeh, Soliman Mohammadi-Samani   +5 more
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Surface-mediated high antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of astaxanthin-loaded ultrathin graphene oxide film that inhibits the overproduction of intracellular reactive oxygen species

Biomaterials Research, 2022
Background Astaxanthin (AST) is known as a powerful antioxidant that affects the removal of active oxygen and inhibits the production of lipid peroxide caused by ultraviolet light.
Seon Yeong Chae, Rowoon Park, Suck Won Hong   +2 more
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Niosomal Nanocarriers for Enhanced Dermal Delivery of Epigallocatechin Gallate for Protection against Oxidative Stress of the Skin

Pharmaceutics, 2022
Among green tea catechins, epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is the most abundant and has the highest biological activities. This study aims to develop and statistically optimise an EGCG-loaded niosomal system to overcome the cutaneous barriers and provide
Danhui Li, Nataly Martini, Zimei Wu, Shuo Chen, James Robert Falconer, Michelle Locke, Zhiwen Zhang, Jingyuan Wen   +7 more
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Electroformation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles from Damp Lipid Films with a Focus on Vesicles with High Cholesterol Content

Membranes
Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are membrane models used to study membrane properties. Electroformation is one of the methods used to produce GUVs. During electroformation protocol, dry lipid film is formed.
Ivan Mardešić, Zvonimir Boban, Marija Raguz   +2 more
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Recombinant high-density lipoprotein targeted delivery of celastrol to promote foam cells lipophagy against early atherosclerosis

Journal of Nanobiotechnology
Introduction Atherosclerosis serving as the main underlying factor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the primary cause of mortality and morbidity globally, while the deposition of massive cholesterol in macrophage-derived foam cells exerts pivotal ...
Yang Li, Xiaoxia Xue, Liuchunyang Yu, Jinxiu Qian, Xiaoyu Li, Meng Tian, Jue Yang, Rongjun Deng, Cheng Lu, Cheng Xiao, Yuanyan Liu   +10 more
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Optimization of Giant Unilamellar Vesicle Electroformation for Phosphatidylcholine/Sphingomyelin/Cholesterol Ternary Mixtures

Membranes, 2022
Artificial vesicles are important tools in membrane research because they enable studying membrane properties in controlled conditions. Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are specially interesting due to their similarity in size to eukaryotic cells.
Zvonimir Boban, Ivan Mardešić, Witold Karol Subczynski, Dražan Jozić, Marija Raguz   +4 more
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Inkjet-Printed Phospholipid Bilayers on Titanium Oxide Surfaces: Towards Functional Membrane Biointerfaces

Membranes, 2022
Functional biointerfaces hold broad significance for designing cell-responsive medical implants and sensor devices. Solid-supported phospholipid bilayers are a promising class of biological materials to build bioinspired thin-film coatings, as they can ...
Sigalit Meker, Oded Halevi, Hokyun Chin, Tun Naw Sut, Joshua A. Jackman, Ee-Lin Tan, Michael G. Potroz, Nam-Joon Cho   +7 more
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Biomimetic Cationic Nanoparticles Based on Silica: Optimizing Bilayer Deposition from Lipid Films [PDF]

Biomimetics, 2017
The optimization of bilayer coverage on particles is important for a variety of biomedical applications, such as drug, vaccine, and genetic material delivery. This work aims at optimizing the deposition of cationic bilayers on silica over a range of experimental conditions for the intervening medium and two different assemblies for the cationic lipid ...
Rodrigo Ribeiro, Victor Braga, Ana Carmona-Ribeiro   +2 more
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Multilamellar Liposomes as a Model for Biological Membranes: Saturation Recovery EPR Spin-Labeling Studies

Membranes, 2022
EPR spin labeling has been used extensively to study lipids in model membranes to understand their structures and dynamics in biological membranes.
Witold Karol Subczynski, Marija Raguz, Justyna Widomska   +2 more
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