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Self-assembly of peptides to nanostructures

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2014
The formation of well-ordered nanostructures through self-assembly of diverse organic and inorganic building blocks has drawn much attention owing to their potential applications in biology and chemistry.
Mandal, Dindyal, Shirazi, Amir Nasrolahi, Parang, Keykavous   +2 more
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Astrocyte‐Guided Maturation of Neural Constructs in a Modular Biosynthetic Hydrogel for Biohybrid Neurotechnologies

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A modular biosynthetic PVA–gelatin hydrogel crosslinked via visible‐light thiol‐ene chemistry is engineered as a coating for neural electrodes. Optimizing matrix composition and mechanical properties enables the hydrogel to support astrocytic populations that guide neural differentiation and functional maturation.
Martina Genta, Sofia Peressotti, Roberto Portillo‐Lara, Josef Goding, Rylie Green   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bio‐Orthogonally Crosslinked Supramolecular Polymer Bottlebrush Hydrogels for Long‐Term 3D Cell Culture

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Fibrous benzenetrispeptide (BTP) hydrogels, fabricated via strain‐promoted azide‐alkyne cycloaddition (SPAAC) crosslinking, form robust, bioinert networks. These hydrogels can support 3D cell culture, where cell viability and colony growth depend on the fiber content.
Ceren C. Pihlamagi, David Pretzel, Peer Nölte, Kourosh Rezaei, Ulrich S. Schubert, Johannes C. Brendel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Liquid Crystalline Inverted Lipid Phases and Reverse Micelles in Drug Delivery: From Molecular Design to Therapeutic Potential

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Liquid crystalline inverted lipid phases and reverse micelles are self‐assembled lipid nanostructures that enhance the solubility, stability, and delivery of diverse therapeutics. This review integrates their physicochemical principles, formulation strategies, drug loading mechanisms, and biomedical applications, highlighting their growing ...
Numan Eczacioglu, Mulazim Hussain Asim, Soheil Haddadzadegan, Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional Peptide-Based Biomaterials for Pharmaceutical Application: Sequences, Mechanisms, and Optimization Strategies

Journal of Functional Biomaterials
Peptide-based biomaterials have emerged as versatile tools for pharmaceutical drug delivery due to their biocompatibility and tunable sequences, yet a comprehensive overview of their categories, mechanisms, and optimization strategies remains lacking to ...
Dedong Yu, Nari Han, Hyejeong Son, Sun Jo Kim, Seho Kweon   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

High‐Resolution Characterization of Protein‐Conjugated, mRNA‐Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles by Analytical Ultracentrifugation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Lipid nanoparticles containing messenger RNA are characterized by sedimentation velocity analytical ultracentrifugation using UltraScan's new Custom Grid algorithm to provide multi‐dimensional distributions for partial specific volume (particle density), molar mass, sedimentation, diffusion, and hydrodynamic radius.
Sophia Bird, Connor Smith, Nahal Habibi, Samantha Rivera, Saeed Mortezazadeh, Reece Martin, Benjamin M. Geilich, Gilles Besin, Borries Demeler   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Blood-brain-barrier spheroids as an in vitro screening platform for brain-penetrating agents

Nature Communications, 2017
In vitroblood-brain barrier (BBB) models are crucial tools for screening brain-penetrating compounds. Here the authors develop a self-assembling BBB spheroid model with superior performance to the standard transwell BBB model, and use their platform to ...
Choi-Fong Cho, Justin M. Wolfe, Colin M. Fadzen, David Calligaris, Kalvis Hornburg, E. Antonio Chiocca, Nathalie Y. R. Agar, Bradley L. Pentelute, Sean E. Lawler   +8 more
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Real‐Time, Label‐Free Monitoring of Cell Behavior on a Bioelectronic Scaffold

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A bioelectronic nanofibrous scaffold is introduced that supports cell growth while enabling real‐time, label‐free monitoring of cellular behavior through impedance measurements. The system correlates electrical signals with cell viability and surface coverage, offering an integrated platform for studying dynamic biological processes and advancing next ...
Dana Cohen‐Gerassi, Offir Loboda, Aakash Jog, Or Messer, Dor Aaron Goldstein, Tomer Reuveni, Moran Aviv, Amit Sitt, Yosi Shacham‐Diamand, Maxim Sokol, Lihi Adler‐Abramovich   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proteins, Processing, and Properties of Adhesive Fluid Condensates Purified from Mussels

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Mussels exhibit an unmatched proficiency for adhering to wet surfaces in salty environments—a remarkable ability that could inspire new biomedical and technical glues. The fluid protein condensates used to form the underwater mussel glue are extracted, reconstituted and characterized with advanced spectroscopy and nanomechanical analysis, revealing ...
Mathieu D. Rivard, Max Renner‐Rao, Nahid Hassanpour, Franziska Jehle, Chang‐Sheng Wang, Duy Anh Pham, Daniel J. Jackson, Xavier Banquy, Matthew J. Harrington   +8 more
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Engineering a Sonotherapeutic RBC Membrane‐Derived Nanoparticle Platform for the Treatment of Liver Cancer

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Herein, an RBC membrane‐derived nanoparticle (CMN‐ICG) is engineered to efficiently deliver a sonosensitizing agent, indocyanine green (ICG), for sonotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). CMN‐ICG exhibits excellent cytocompatibility, significantly enhances hepatocyte uptake, and produces excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon ultrasound ...
Alap Ali Zahid, Aishik Chakraborty, Wei Luo, Juhi Bora, John Joseph Kelly, John Andrew Ronald, Arghya Paul   +6 more
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