JOURNAL OF FOOD BIOCHEMISTRY
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2020
·Vol. 44
·期 8
·e13277
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IF 1.662
Minghao Fan,Junxiang Zhu,Yilin Qian,Wei Yue,Ying Xu,Dandan Zhang,Yuqi Yang,Xiaoya Gao,Haiyue He,Dongfeng Wang
The effects of purity of tea polysaccharides (TPS) on its five antioxidant activities and hypoglycemic activities in vitro were studied. The results showed that the higher the purity of TPS, the lower the antioxidant capacity. The purity of FTPSI is the highest (sugar content 80.72%), but its antioxidant activities were lower than those of Fujian tea polysaccharides (FTPS) and FTPSII. The antioxidant activity of tea polysaccharide is related to its protein and polyphenol content (Pearson r > .90). The protective effect of Zhejiang tea polysaccharides and FTPS on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) was better than that of its purified fractions. The inhibition rates of FTPSII (5 and 2 mg/ml) on α-glucosidase (32.76%) and α-amylase (−11.93%) were higher than those of FTPS and FTPSII. Purification does not change the basic structure of TPS. This study has certain reference value for the study of the antioxidant activities of TPS. Meanwhile, TPS can be used as a potential resource with hypoglycemic function. Practical applications A large number of studies have shown that TPS have antioxidant activity. However, several studies considered that the antioxidant activity of TPS mainly comes from the residues of tea polyphenols. Therefore, the in vitro and cell antioxidant activities of TPS were studied in this paper. We believe that both glycoprotein and tea polyphenol are antioxidants of tea, and tea polysaccharide perform preferable effect on hypoglycemic. HUVEC cell model and four in vitro antioxidant test methods were used to study the antioxidant activities of TPS, and two enzyme inhibition activities were used to study the hypoglycemic effect of TPS, in order to provide a theoretical basis for the study of biological activity of TPS.
研究领域:
食品科学
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营养学
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生物化学
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ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA
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2018
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IF 5.123
Miaomiao Zhang,Yanxue Guan,Jian Xu,Juan Qin,Chen Li,Xingxing Ma,Zhe Zhang,Bailin Zhang,Jilin Tang
Panax notoginseng saponins (PNS) have shown to be the biologically active constituents responsible for the therapeutic action of panax notoginseng. PNS could help to restrain the oxidative stress , however, whether biomechanical properties of the single cell involve in the protective effect exerted by PNS against oxidative stress injury remains unclear. In this work, we investigated the protective mechanism of PNS against oxidative stress based on the PeakForce Tapping technology firstly, focusing on the biomechanical properties of single human umbilical vascular endothelium cell (HUVEC). PNS display distinct inhibition on the reduction of the young's modulus of cells caused by oxidative stress damage. Combining with immunofluorescence assay, it indicates that improving the stability of cytoskeleton is a significant way for PNS to play a protective role in HUVEC cells during oxidative damage. This work provides a new idea for exploring the functional mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine at the single cell level, and reveals great potential of the atomic force microscope in studying the drug mechanism.
研究领域:
药理学
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细胞生物学
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生物力学
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传统中药
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BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES
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2024
·Vol. 26
·期 4
·1-17
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IF 3
Zhou Su,Li Rui,Sun Jie,Gu Minyang,Gao Dan,Tang Liming,Zhu Jiangbo
The utilization of existing Skin-on-a-Chip (SoC) is constrained by the complex structures, the multiplicity of auxiliary devices, and the inability to evaluate exogenous chemicals that are hepatotoxic after percutaneous metabolism. In this study, a gravity-driven SoC without any auxiliary devices was constructed for the hepatocytotoxicity study of exogenous chemicals. The SoC possesses 3 layers of culture chambers, from top to bottom, for human skin equivalent (HSE), Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVEC) and hepatocytes (HepG2), and the maintenance and expression capacity of the corresponding cells on the SoC were verified by specificity parameters. The reactivity of the SoC to exogenous chemicals was verified by 2-aminofluorene (2-AF). The SoC can realistically simulate the in vivo exposure process of exogenous chemicals that are percutaneously exposed and metabolized into the bloodstream and then to the liver to produce toxicity, and it can achieve the same effects on transcriptome as those of animal tests at lower exposure levels while examining multiple toxicological targets of the skin, vascular endothelial cells, and hepatocytes. Both in terms of species similarity, the principles of reduction, replacement and refinement (3R), or the level of exposure suggest that the present SoC has a degree of replacement for animal models in assessing exogenous chemicals, especially those that are hepatotoxic after percutaneous metabolism.
研究领域:
生物医学工程
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毒理学
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药理学
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细胞生物学
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
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2024
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IF 4.9
Zhiyuan Liu,Rui Sun,Yaxuan Huang,Fengyun Xu,Nan Li,Wei Zhang,Pengfei Ge,Wenke Zhang
Shikonin (SHK), an active naphthoquinone pigment isolated from the root of Chinese herbal medicine has been proven to have a significant therapeutic effect on breast cancer. However, the poor water solubility as well as the lack of tumor targeting restrict the practice application of SHK molecules as chemotherapeutic agents. Here, SHK drugs were chemically conjugated to polyethylene glycol (PEG) molecules via a disulfide bond (referred to as SHK-SS-PEG) through a facile one-step strategy. The conjugates exhibited an excellent water solubility of 12.96 mM, which is ca. 7807 times as high as that of pure SHK drugs. Noteworthily, the conjugates can self-assemble into spherical micelles with an average particle size of 106 nm, facilitating in vivo delivery as well as the accumulation in tumor tissues based on the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect. Moreover, the disulfide bond enables rapid cleavage of micelles and efficient release of SHK molecules from the conjugates in response to reduced Glutathione (GSH) overexpressed within tumor cells. Thanks to the GSH-responsiveness release of SHK, the conjugate-based micelles (containing 6 μM SHK) resulted in the cell killing rate of 73 % for the MCF-7 breast cancer cells after 48 h incubation, which is 45 % higher than that for the HUVEC normal cells. All these collective beneficial properties make the SHK-SS-PEG conjugate a promising candidate for the treatment of many types of cancers.
研究领域:
药学
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纳米技术
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癌症研究
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药物递送系统
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2022
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IF 10.383
Yingqi Chen,Weibei Sheng,Jianjing Lin,Chongzhou Fang,Jiapeng Deng,Peng Zhang,Meng Zhou,Peng Liu,Jian Weng,Fei Yu,Deli Wang,Bin Kang,Hui Zeng
Natural polysaccharide (NPH)-based injectable hydrogels have shown great potential for critical-sized bone defect repair. However, their osteogenic, angiogenic, and mechanical properties are insufficient. Here, MgO nanoparticles (NPs) were incorporated into a newly synthesized water-soluble phosphocreatine-functionalized chitosan (CSMP) water solution to form an injectable hydrogel (CSMP-MgO) via supramolecular combination between phosphate groups in CSMP and magnesium in MgO NPs to circumvent these drawbacks of chitosan-based injectable hydrogels. Water-soluble chitosan deviate CSMP was first synthesized by grafting methacrylic anhydride and phosphocreatine into a chitosan chain in a one-step lyophilization process. The phosphocreatine in this hydrogel not only provides sites to combine with MgO NPs to form supramolecular binding but also serves as the reservoir to control Mg2+ release. As a result, the lyophilized CSMP-MgO hydrogels presented a porous structure with some small holes in the pore wall, and the pore diameters ranged from 50 to 100 μm. The CSMP-MgO injectable hydrogels were restricted from swelling in DI water (lowest swelling ratio was 16.0 ± 1.1 g/g) and presented no brittle failure during compression even at a strain above 85% (maximum compressive strength was 195.0 kPa) versus the control groups (28.0 and 41.3 kPa for CSMP and CSMP-MgO (0.5) hydrogels), with regulated Mg2+ release in a stable and sustained manner. The CSMP-MgO injectable hydrogels promoted in vitro calcium phosphate (hydroxyapatite (HA) and tetracalcium phosphate (TTCP)) deposition in supersaturated calcium phosphate solution and presented no cytotoxicity to MC3T3-E1 cells; the CSMP-MgO hydrogel promoted MC3T3-E1 cell osteogenic differentiation with upregulation of BSP, OPN, and Osterix osteogenic gene expression and mineralization and HUVEC tube formation. Among them, CSMP-MgO (5) presented most of these properties. Moreover, this hydrogel (CSMP-MgO (5)) showed an excellent ability to promote new bone formation in critical-sized calvarial defects in rats. Thus, the CSMP-MgO injectable hydrogel shows great promise for bone regeneration.
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生物材料
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组织工程
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生物医学工程
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材料科学
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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
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2021
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IF 5.268
Wei Liu,Xingtong Dong,Han Qin,Lei Sui,Jian Wang
The guided bone regeneration (GBR) membrane is intended to provide sufficient space for alveolar bone regeneration and meanwhile prevent the invasion of gingival epithelium. In this study, three-dimensional porous reduced graphene oxide/hydroxyapatite (3D rGO/HA) membrane with two different sides was prepared using a two-step electrochemical method. One side of this composite membrane facing the bone defect was formed by 3D porous rGO with HA deposited on the frame of the 3D structure, and the other side of the membrane presented a dense 2D rGO surface to prevent the invasion of the gingival epithelium. The morphology, phase composition, and physical properties of the 3D rGO/HA composite membrane were characterized. Then the cell morphology, viability, and proliferation of pre-osteoblasts (MC3T3-E1 cells) on the 3D porous structure surface of membranes were evaluated and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) secretion as an indication of osteogenic differentiation was also investigated. Meanwhile, cell morphology, viability, and proliferation of HUVEC and L929 cells on the dense structure surface were examined. Finally, a cranial defect model of rat was employed to evaluate the effect of 3D rGO/HA as a GBR membrane in vivo. The results revealed the 3D rGO/HA membrane had good biocompatibility for MC3T3-E1 and HUVEC cells and could significantly enhance ALP secretion. Furthermore, this membrane also promoted the repair of calvarial defects in vivo . These results demonstrated that 3D porous rGO/HA composite membrane with a porous side and another dense side represents great application potential as an ideal GBR membrane.
研究领域:
生物材料
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组织工程
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生物医学工程
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骨科
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牙科材料
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Materials Today Communications
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2024
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IF 3.7
Jing Bai,Xianli Wang,Xin Ye,Xiaoyu Li,Xi Tan,Cheng Wang,Yunfei Guo,Jiaqi Dong,Yi Shao,Chenglin Chu,Feng Xue,Li Tao,Liqu Huang
Due to bacteria in urine and inadequate blood supply, urethral defect repair faces great clinical difficulties. Inspired by the natural structure of the urethra, in this study, we designed a multifunctional hydrogel urethral patch with a Janus structure. The inner layer was a double-network hydrogel of polyvinyl alcohol/carboxymethyl chitosan (PVA/CMCS) enhanced by natural phytic acid (PA) and Mg 2+ (Mg 2+ -PA/PVA/CMCS). The outer layer was composed of poly (L-lactic acid) (PLLA) nanofibers to form a hydrophobic barrier, coupling via a micelle layer to ensure interfacial bonding. The patch exhibited mechanical properties matching soft tissues, with maximum tensile strength and toughness of 1.69±0.13 MPa and 24.7±0.9 MJ/m 3 , respectively, under the strengthening effect of Mg 2+ -PA chelation. Therein, the 4 % Mg 2+ -PA/PVA/CMCS composite patch could maintain unilateral hydrophobicity for at least 14 days and demonstrated an antibacterial rate of 99.0 %±0.1 % against E. coli . In PBS, the patch could deliver Mg 2+ for at least 7 days and stabilize the surrounding pH environment for up to 28 days. In vitro cell experiments indicated that the 4 % Mg 2+ -PA/PVA/CMCS composite patch could promote the human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) proliferation and migration, with the angiogenic protein expression enhanced more than 1.2 times compared with the Control group. In conclusion, the patch constructed in this study may provide a new approach to clinical urethral injury repair.
研究领域:
生物材料
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组织工程
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生物医学工程
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材料科学
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再生医学
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JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A
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2024
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IF 3.9
Junbiao Zhang,Srisurang Suttapreyasri,Chidchanok Leethanakul,Bancha Samruajbenjakun
Bone tissue is a highly vascularized tissue. When constructing tissue-engineered bone models, both the osteogenic and angiogenic capabilities of the construct should be carefully considered. However, fabricating a vascularized tissue-engineered bone to promote vascular formation and bone generation, while simultaneously establishing nutrition channels to facilitate nutrient exchange within the constructs, remains a significant challenge. Triaxial bioprinting, which not only allows the independent encapsulation of different cell types while simultaneously forming nutrient channels, could potentially emerge as a strategy for fabricating vascularized tissue-engineered bone. Moreover, bioinks should also be applied in combination to promote both osteogenesis and angiogenesis. In this study, employing triaxial bioprinting, we used a blend bioink of gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA), sodium alginate (Alg), and different concentrations of nano beta-tricalcium phosphate (nano β-TCP) encapsulated MC3T3-E1 preosteoblasts as the outer layer, a mixed bioink of GelMA and Alg loaded with human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) as the middle layer, and gelatin as a sacrificial material to form nutrient channels in the inner layer to fabricate vascularized bone constructs simulating the microenvironment for bone and vascular tissues. The results showed that the addition of nano β-TCP could adjust the mechanical, swelling, and degradation properties of the constructs. Biological assessments revealed the cell viability of constructs containing different concentrations of nano β-TCP was higher than 90% on day 7, The cell-laden constructs containing 3% (w/v) nano β-TCP exhibited better osteogenic (higher Alkaline phosphatase activity and larger Osteocalcin positive area) and angiogenic (the gradual increased CD31 positive area) potential. Therefore, using triaxial bioprinting technology and employing GelMA, Alg, and nano β-TCP as bioink components could fabricate vascularized bone tissue constructs, offering a novel strategy for vascularized bone tissue engineering.
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组织工程
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生物打印
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生物材料
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再生医学
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
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2022
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IF 7.088
Xing-Rong Wang,Shuai Wang,Hong-Xia Mu,Kai-Yan Xu,Xue-Ting Wang,Jian-Tao Shi,Qi-Hang Cui,Li-Wen Zhang,Shi-Wu Chen
VEGFR-2 is an attractive therapeutic target for antitumor drug research by blocking tumor angiogenesis and PROTAC provides a new technology for targeted protein knockout. Herein, a library of novel VEGFR-2-PROTAC degraders were rationally designed and synthesized based on the Lys residue region on the surface of VEGFR-2 protein using protein structure-based drug design strategy. Among them, P7 exhibited preferable antitumor activity against HGC-27 cells and less toxic to human normal HUVEC, HEK293T and GES-1 cells in vitro , as well as the potent degradation activity of VEGFR-2 protein in HGC-27 cells (DC 50 : 0.084 ± 0.04 μM, D max : 73.7%) and HUVEC cells (DC 50 : 0.51 ± 0.10 μM, Dmax: 76.6%). Additionally, P7 degraded VEGFR-2 protein by the formation of ternary complex and the ubiquitin proteasome pathway in HGC-27 cells. Furthermore, P7 shortened the half-life of VEGFR-2 protein synthesis and had no inhibitory effect on the expression of VEGFR-2 mRNA in HGC-27 cells. Moreover, P7 inhibited the colony formation, migration and invasion of HGC-27 cells in a time- and dose-dependent manner, and meanwhile induced G 2 /M phase cycle arrest and apoptosis . All the results demonstrated that P7 could be as a promising VEGFR-2-PROTAC degrader for gastric cancer therapy.
研究领域:
肿瘤学
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药理学
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分子生物学
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细胞生物学
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ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
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2015
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IF 6.723
Guangzhi Wang,Longgang Wang,Weifeng Lin,Zhen Wang,Juan Zhang,Fangqin Ji,Guanglong Ma,Zhefan Yuan,Shengfu Chen
Polyurethane with zwitterionic side chains (PCB-ester-PU) based on a poly(carboxybetaine) ester analogue is developed for marine coatings and biomedical applications by introducing dihydroxy-terminated PCB-ester(OH)2 with different polymerization as the macrodiol, 4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) as the diisocyanate, and 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BD) as the chain extender. Robust coatings are obtained and exhibit long-term excellent resistance to nonspecific protein adsorption, bacterial adhesion, and human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) attachment after hydrolysis. Tests of adhesion on different substrates and film hardness indicate that the material possesses far more stable mechanic properties than hydrogel coatings. Moreover, such a resistance can be generated not only by alkaline solution, but also by a physiological buffer (such as phosphate-buffered saline (0.15 M pH 7.4 PBS)) or by steam in an autoclave. Ultimately, its excellent long-term nonfouling property, its healing capability through self-regeneration and superior mechanic properties (such as hardness and elasticity), and its good adhesiveness as a paint on both polar and nonpolar substrates make this material an ideal candidate as a coating for marine and medical devices.
研究领域:
材料科学
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生物医学工程
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海洋科学
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BIOMATERIALS
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2021
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IF 12.479
Ying Wang,Ranjith Kumar Kankala,Yuan-Yuan Cai,Han-Xiao Tang,Kai Zhu,Jian-Ting Zhang,Da-Yun Yang,Shi-Bin Wang,Yu Shrike Zhang,Ai-Zheng Chen
Various conventional treatment strategies for volumetric muscle loss (VML) are often hampered by the extreme donor site morbidity, the limited availability of quality muscle flaps, and complicated, as well as invasive surgical procedures. The conventional biomaterial-based scaffolding systems carrying myoblasts have been extensively investigated towards improving the regeneration of the injured muscle tissues, as well as their injectable forms. However, the applicability of such designed systems has been restricted due to the lack of available vascular networks. Considering these facts, here we present the development of a unique set of two minimally invasively injectable modular microtissues, consisting of mouse myoblast (C2C12)-laden poly(lactic- co -glycolic acid) porous microspheres (PLGA PMs), or the micro-muscles, and human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC)-laden poly(ethylene glycol) hollow microrods (PEG HMs), or the microvessels. Besides systematic in vitro investigations, the myogenic performance of these modular composite microtissues, when co-injected, was explored in vivo using a mouse VML model, which confirmed improved in situ muscle regeneration and remolding. Together, we believe that the construction of these injectable modular microtissues and their combination for minimally invasive therapy provides a promising method for in situ tissue healing.
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组织工程
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再生医学
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生物医学工程
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细胞生物学
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肌肉骨骼研究
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2022
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IF 10.53
Qi Chen,Miaoshen Kou,Yang He,Yiping Zhao,Li Chen
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients undergoing hemodialysis is often accompanied by high levels of oxidative stress, profoundly affecting the survival rate and long-term outcome of patients. Functionalized hemodialysis membranes with relieving oxidative stress and outstanding biocompatibility have aroused more attention among researchers. In this work, we incorporated a tannic acid (TA) coating onto the poly (ether sulfone) (PES) hemodialysis membrane in order to alleviate the increased oxidative stress status during hemodialysis. Further modification of poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) (PEtOx) brushes devoted to improving the biocompatibility of hemodialysis membrane. The TA/PEtOx brushes functionalized membranes effectively eliminated reactive oxygen species (ROS), increased serum antioxidant level, and inhibited lipid peroxides and glycation products generation. The functionalized membranes attenuated the H 2 O 2 -induced oxidative damage to cardiomyocytes (H9C2) and vascular endothelial cells (HUVEC) by modulating the antioxidant enzymes expression (SOD, CAT and GSH). The immobilization of PEtOx brushes significantly improved the biocompatibility, and the TA/PEtOx brushes functionalized membranes have been constructed through the Michael addition reaction between TA and PEtOx brushes. Simultaneously, the cyclic PEtOx (C-PEtOx) brushes simulating the structure of endothelial glycocalyx formed a stronger steric hindrance and a denser hydration layer that significantly suppressed the platelets and erythrocytes adhesion on membrane surface. The optimal functionalized membrane exhibited a 76.5% of urea clearance, 53.4% of lysozyme clearance and 95.9% of bovine serum albumin (BSA) retention. This present work fabricated a biomimetic surface structure for the development and preparation of novel hemodialysis membrane, which would greatly improve the therapeutic effect in patients.
研究领域:
生物医学工程
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材料科学
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生物材料
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细胞生物学
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肾病学
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高影响因子
危险品化学品经营许可证（带存储）