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Biodegradable and Biocompatible Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Biodegradable and biocompatible functional polymers integrate electrical, mechanical, and stimuli‐responsive functionalities while enabling programmed degradation under physiological conditions. This review introduces recent advances in conductive, shape‐memory, self‐healing, photocurable, and adhesive polymer systems, emphasizing material design ...
Won Bae Han, Shuvra Mondal, Sungkeun Han, Chan‐Hwi Eom, Venkata Ramesh Naganaboina, Suk‐Won Hwang   +5 more
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PEG–lipid–PLGA hybrid nanoparticles loaded with berberine–phospholipid complex to facilitate the oral delivery efficiency

Drug Delivery, 2017
The natural product berberine (BBR), present in various plants, arouses great interests because of its numerous pharmacological effects. However, the further development and application of BBR had been hampered by its poor oral bioavailability.
Fei Yu, Mingtao Ao, Xiao Zheng, Nini Li, Junjie Xia, Yang Li, Donghui Li, Zhenqing Hou, Zhongquan Qi, Xiao Dong Chen   +9 more
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Preparation of PLGA-chitosan based nanocarriers for enhancing antibacterial effect of ciprofloxacin in root canal infection

Drug Delivery, 2020
The aim of this study is to prepare and evaluate the antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of ciprofloxacin (CIP) loaded PLGA nanoparticles (F2) and CIP-PLGA nanoparticles coated with chitosan (F3) versus ciprofloxacin solution (Fl) as a control on ...
Mona G. Arafa, Hadeel A. Mousa, Nagia N. Afifi   +2 more
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Enhanced Drug Release of Poly(lactic-co-glycolic Acid) Nanoparticles Modified with Hydrophilic Polymers: Chitosan and Carboxymethyl Chitosan

Indonesian Journal of Chemistry, 2022
The biodegradable polymer poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) is a biomaterial with great potential as a drug delivery carrier and a tissue engineering scaffold.
Diah Lestari, Noverra Mardhatillah Nizardo, Kamarza Mulia   +2 more
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Advancing Human Skin Equivalents: The Crucial Role of Neurovascular Integration

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review discusses the importance of integrating vascular and peripheral nerve systems into human skin equivalents (HSEs) to better recapitulate native skin physiology. Recent advances in vascularized, innervated, and neurovascularized HSEs are highlighted, together with emerging bioengineering strategies, current challenges, and future ...
Hao Wu, Lorenzo Moroni, Nicolas Lebonvallet, Vincent Flacher, Paul Wieringa   +4 more
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Anti‐Inflammatory and Neuroactive Effects of Polymer‐Coated Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Functionalized With Interleukin 4 for Spinal Cord Injury

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Polymer‐coated IONPs functionalized with IL‐4 display respective neuroactive and anti‐inflammatory actions on neural progenitor cells and macrophages/microglia in vitro. When examined chronically in a rat experimental model of spinal cord injury, rGO scaffolds carrying these nanosystems adequately integrate into the lesion, significantly reduce ...
Julia Martínez‐Ramírez, Paloma Lozano‐Picazo, María de Lamo‐Atencia, Andrea Ferreras, Esther Benayas‐Martín, Elena Fernández‐López, Marina Sánchez‐Petidier, Verónica Barranco‐Maresca, Víctor Caz, Anne des Rieux, Juliana M. Rosa, María del Puerto Morales, María C. Serrano   +12 more
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Synergistic co-administration of doxorubicin and berberine by PLGA/PVA hybrid polymeric Nanoformulation for breast cancer treatment [PDF]

Nanomedicine Journal
Objective(s): The clinical application of doxorubicin (DOX), a potent anticancer agent, is restricted by its serious side-effects and multidrug resistance.
Masoumeh Rahmani, Mahdieh Hemati, Milad Akhlaghi, Bibi Fatemeh Haghiralsadat, Fatemeh Oroojalian   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surface modification of PLGA microspheres [PDF]

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 2003
AbstractMicrospheres made of poly(lactic‐co‐glycolic acid) (PLGA) are biocompatible and biodegradable, rendering them a promising tool in the context of drug delivery. However, nonspecific adsorption of plasma proteins on PLGA micro‐ and nanospheres is a main limitation of drug targeting.
Müller M, Vörös J, Csúcs G, Walter E, Danuser G, Merkle HP, Spencer ND, Textor M   +7 more
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Topically Delivered Treg‐Attracting Microparticle‐Hydrogel Composites Recruit Regulatory T Cells and Limit Cardiac Injury After Severe Ischemia

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
CCL22‐releasing PLGA microparticles (MP) suspended in topically applied hydrogels (HEART) establish a sustained chemokine gradient at the injured myocardium. HEART recruits CCR4+ regulatory T cells, reduces infarct size and graft fibrosis, and improves cardiac function.
Matthew A. Borrelli, Alexis T. Reese, Jordan J. P. Warunek, Betsy Ann Varghese, Canxing Lin, Jeffery J. Baust, Brenda McMahon, Steven R. Little, Hēth R. Turnquist   +8 more
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Advanced Materials for Biologics Delivery to Brain Tumors

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Material innovation is central to unlocking the therapeutic potential of biologics against many central nervous system diseases, including brain cancer. By engineering carriers with controlled transport, targeting, and release properties, advanced materials can overcome the blood–brain barrier and tumor microenvironment, improving the delivery of ...
Yuran Feng, Yuxue Cao, Maria Kavallaris, Taskeen Janjua, Amirali Popat   +4 more
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