Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2234-2244
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01931F, Paper

Qiaojie Luo, Xiaojun Li, Ying Wang, Jianfang He, Qiao Zhang, Pengfei Ge, Xia Cai, Qiang Sun, Weipu Zhu, Zhiquan Shen, Xiaodong Li
A biodegradable CO₂-based polymeric nanodrug is obtained via a surfactant- and solvent-free miniemulsion preparation, which can be concentrated at tumor site by EPR and releases the encapsulated drug through pH responsiveness.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2264-2273
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00112K, Paper

Jie Ding, Xu Zhang, Chuangqi Chen, Yuqiang Huang, Xingsu Yu, Xiaomao Li
An ultra pH-sensitive polymeric nanovesicle was constructed to co-deliver doxorubicin and navitoclax for highly efficient synergetic treatment of endometrial carcinoma.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2283-2288
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00088D, Paper

Guihong Lu, Liping Zuo, Jinfeng Zhang, Houshun Zhu, Wanru Zhuang, Wei Wei, Hai-Yan Xie
A highly efficient two-step targeting strategy integrating metabolic lipid-engineering with in situ click chemistry is developed, thus significantly improved the tumor theranostic performance of the red blood cells ghosts based drug delivery.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2202-2211
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01794A, Paper

Li Zhang, Shiyu Zhang, Huajian Chen, Yu Liang, Bingxia Zhao, Wanxian Luo, Qian Xiao, Jinheng Li, Junqiao Zhu, Chao Peng, Yaru Zhang, Zhe Hong, Ying Wang, Yingjia Li
Ultrasound-assisted fast extravasation and the following laser-triggered drug release of thermo-sensitive liposomes synergistically enhanced drug delivery in deep tumors.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2318-2328
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM02000D, Paper

Bin Gao, Xiaoyu Wang, Meiyu Wang, Xiang-kui Ren, Jintang Guo, Shihai Xia, Wencheng Zhang, Yakai Feng
A dual-gene delivery system with coordinated expression function boosted the neovascularization.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2289-2299
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01474H, Paper

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Jefferson O. Abaricia, Arth H. Shah, Ryan M. Musselman, Rene Olivares-Navarrete
Neutrophils are sensitive to biomaterial surface properties, controlling activation and inflammatory microenvironment, revealing a novel target for enhancing biomaterial integration.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2300-2307
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00276C, Paper

Ruru Li, Xiaoyu Huang, Guolin Lu, Chun Feng
A PEG₄₅-b-PVPOP₁₄ diblock copolymer with pendant levulinate-protected phenol groups exhibited a highly specific response toward sulfites.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00453G, Paper

Zhongzheng Yu, Yong Yao Chun, Jingwen Xue, Jodie Zu Yi Tan, Wen Kiat Chan, Weizheng Cai, Yan Zhang, Timothy Thatt Yang Tan
Balancing the thickness of sensitizing and inert layers in neodymium-sensitized tetralayer nanoconstructs for optimal ultraviolet upconversion.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00128G, Paper

Sagar Rayamajhi, Ramesh Marasini, Tuyen Duong Thanh Nguyen, Brandon L. Plattner, David Biller, Santosh Aryal
Reconstruction of extracellular vesicles with imaging agents allows precise downstream analysis using clinical imaging modalities, for example, MRI. This will further improve the biocompatibility of agents thereby enhancing clinical investigations.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00269K, Review Article

Lu Wang, Cunyang Wang, Shuai Wu, Yubo Fan, Xiaoming Li
We have clarified the influence of the mechanical properties of biomaterials on degradability and cell response, and also mechanical design targets and approaches.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00323A, Paper

Bunty Sharma, Gurpreet Kaur, Ganga Ram Chaudhary, Santosh L. Gawali, P. A. Hassan
Developments in the field of photodynamic therapy (PDT) are being made by investigating appropriate photosensitizers (PSs) and enhancing the penetration effect of light by developing new metallocatanionic vesicles.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00175A, Paper

Mohamed F. Attia, Meenakshi Ranasinghe, Roman Akasov, Jeffrey N. Anker, Daniel C. Whitehead, Frank Alexis
Hybrid gold-polyester nanoparticles were synthesized by UV irradiation of a gold salt and photoinitiator encapsulated in a polyester nanoparticle. The resulting materials exhibit excellent cellular imaging and surface plasmon resonance properties.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00015A, Paper

Manisha Ahir, Priyanka Upadhyay, Avijit Ghosh, Sushmita Sarker, Saurav Bhattacharya, Payal Gupta, Swatilekha Ghosh, Sreya Chattopadhyay, Arghya Adhikary
Cationic Mesoporous silica Nanoparticle coated with hyaluronic acid conjugated polymer (HA-Dual miRNA Np) facilitated enhanced dual miRNA loading, efficient delivery and significantly inhibited tumor growth as well as retarded metastasis in triple-negative breast cancer.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01809C, Review Article

Jiajun Zhong, Yuexiong Yang, Liqiong Liao, Chao Zhang
The microenvironments that cells encounter with in vitro.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM90037K, Correction

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Zhilin Liu, Na Shen, Zhaohui Tang, Dawei Zhang, Lili Ma, Chenguang Yang, Xuesi Chen
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01990A, Paper

Taufiq Ahmad, Hayeon Byun, Hyeok Jun Shin, Jinkyu Lee, Sajeesh Kumar Madhurakkat Perikamana, Eun Mi Kim, Young Min Shin, Heungsoo Shin
Adenosine and its receptors have emerged as alternative targets to control cellular functions for bone healing.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00318B, Communication

Pengyuan Qi, Qianyuan Chen, Dong Tu, Songhuan Yao, Yupeng Zhang, Jike Wang, Conghua Xie, Chunxu Pan, Hao Peng
The potential role of borophene as a radiosensitizer in PT and BNCT was investigated.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00466A, Paper

Peng Zhang, Yu Zhang, Xiaoya Ding, Chunsheng Xiao, Xuesi Chen
An efficient strategy to selectively promote nanoparticle accumulation in solid tumors was developed by encapsulating sildenafil in cisplatin-incorporated polymeric micelles.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00063A, Paper

Yuyang Xia, Hongying Bao, Jie Huang, Xiaodi Li, Chenggong Yu, Zhijun Zhang, Haishui Wang
A dual-labeling strategy integrating near-infrared-persistent luminescence and RfLuc-based bioluminescence imaging techniques has been developed to track the transplanted stem cells, deepening the understanding of the role played by stem cells in PF treatment.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00395F, Communication

Yue Hu, Yuyin Tang, Xiao-Jing Zhang, Xiao-Tong Yang, Ying-Ying Tang, Su Li, Linyu Hu, Peng Chen, Dong Zhu
Multi-functional and hierarchically structured silica nanospheres are rationally designed and fabricated, which encapsulate quantum dots to permit near infrared deep tissue imaging and are loaded with carcinoembryonic antigen messenger RNA (CEAmRNA) to enable stable and abundant antigen expression in DCs.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM02017A, Paper

Teresa Dean, Nancy T. Li, Jose L. Cadavid, Laurie Ailles, Alison P. McGuigan
A novel 3D in vitro co-culture platform to explore the interactions between cancer-associated fibroblasts and tumour cells that drive increased tumour cell invasion and the impact of matrix density.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00376J, Paper

Dawei Li, Jin Zhou, Mingming Zhang, Yuanzheng Ma, Yanyu Yang, Xue Han, Xing Wang
An alendronate-loaded tetra-PEG hydrogel, as an injectable and effective drug carrier, regulates the optimized release of therapeutic cargoes to promote osteoporosis therapy and bone regeneration.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00159G, Minireview

Nicole F. Steinmetz, Sierin Lim, Frank Sainsbury
Protein cages found in nature have evolved for a variety of purposes and this review focuses on how they are being co-opted for use in immunotherapy and therapeutic delivery.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01872G, Review Article

Ratchapol Jenjob, Treethip Phakkeeree, Daniel Crespy
Core–shell particles offer significant advantages in their use for bioimaging and biosensors.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01968E, Paper

Teng Zhang, Qingguang Wei, Hua Zhou, Wenhao Zhou, Daoyang Fan, Xinhong Lin, Zehao Jing, Hong Cai, Yan Cheng, Xiaoguang Liu, Weishi Li, Chunli Song, Yun Tian, Nanfang Xu, Yufeng Zheng, Zhongjun Liu
Sustainable release of vancomycin from micro-arc oxidised 3D-printed porous Ti6A14V for treating MRSA bone infection and enhancing osteogenesis.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00204F, Paper

Yongju He, Linjie Shao, Ibrahim Usman, Yao Hu, Anqiang Pan, Shuquan Liang, Hui Xu
The dilemma between tumor accumulation and renal clearance has severely limited the efficacy of mesoporous silica-based drug nanocarrier in cancer therapy. Herein, a pH-responsive dissociable mesoporous silica-based nanoplatform with efficient...
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00278J, Paper

Qinghua Li, Zujian Feng, Huijuan Song, Jianhua Zhang, Anjie Dong, Deling Kong, Weiwei Wang, Pingsheng Huang
¹⁹ F MRI is able to precisely monitor the localization and quantify the degradation rate of implantable/injectable hydrogels in real-time and noninvasive manner, with no interference of endogenous background signals and limitation of penetration depth.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00188K, Paper

Ning Han, Ziyang Xu, Chunyan Cui, Yuan Li, Dongfei Zhang, Meng Xiao, Chuanchuan Fan, Tengling Wu, Jianhai Yang, Wenguang Liu
A tunicate-inspired gelatin-based hydrogel prepared by a simple mixing method, exhibits strong adhesion and antibacterial capacity, and facilitates wound healing.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00147C, Paper

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Junxiong Qiu, Peng Peng, Min Xin, Zhenkang Wen, Zhong Chen, Sipeng Lin, Manyuan Kuang, Yuan Fu, Guibin Fang, Shixun Li, Changchuan Li, Jiaji Mao, Ling Qin, Yue Ding
Aseptic loosening (AL) caused by wear particles released from implant surfaces is one of the main causes for the failure of artificial joints, which is initiated by macrophage inflammatory responses.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2526-2536
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM02046B, Paper

Rui Hou, Xiaolong Liang, Xiaoda Li, Xu Zhang, Xiaotu Ma, Fan Wang
Sonosensitizer microbubbles enhance drug accumulation and the antitumor efficacy of sonodynamic therapy by ultrasound mediated micro to nano conversion.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2472-2480
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00172D, Paper

Haishi Qiao, Xingmei Chen, Qiming Wang, Junmei Zhang, Dechun Huang, Enping Chen, Hongliang Qian, Yinan Zhong, Qi Tang, Wei Chen
Illustration of pH-degradable microgels (MGs) for the simultaneous encapsulation of OA and JQ1 for an enhanced oncolytic viral treatment with JQ1-meidated boosting viral replication and PD-L1 suppression.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2600-2610
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01764J, Paper

Burcu Sumer Bolu, Bianka Golba, Amitav Sanyal, Rana Sanyal
Incorporation of a therapeutic antibody into nanosized drug delivery systems can improve their target specificity.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2507-2513
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00078G, Paper

Rong Jin, Jing Sun, Liefu Zhou, Xuelian Guo, Aoneng Cao
Core-crosslinked dual-responsive micelles can be readily constructed from a pair of clickable copolymers and applied for controlled release of anticancer drugs in cancer therapy.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2459-2471
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00102C, Paper

Tian Ding, Jianhua Li, Xingshuang Zhang, Lingqian Du, Yang Li, Dengwang Li, Biao Kong, Shaohua Ge
In this work, a super-assembled framework (SAF) was fabricated to achieve sequential delivery of bFGF and BMP-2 for in situ cementum–ligament–bone complex regeneration.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2488-2506
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM02081K, Paper

Hai-yan Wang, Li Hou, Hai-liang Li, Xu Wang, Yang Cao, Bo-yu Zhang, Jing-tao Wang, Shi-jie Wei, Hong-wan Dang, Hai-tao Ran
A novel nanosystem (FURH-PFH-NPs) combined with LIFU and laser irradiation realized multimodal imaging, targeted release of HCPT, UCNPs-RB and synergetic chemo-photodynamic therapy of cancer.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2420-2433
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01905G, Paper

Vera L. Silva, Abdessamad Kaassis, Ashkan Dehsorkhi, Cédrik-Roland Koffi, Maja Severic, Moustafa Abdelhamid, Duuamene Nyimanu, Christopher J. Morris, Wafa’ T. Al-Jamal
Cu(TPZ)₂ complex as a promising hypoxia selective cytotoxin in prostate cancer.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2514-2525
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01624D, Paper

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Carolina Åstrand, Veronique Chotteau, Anna Falk, My Hedhammar
The functionalized recombinant spider silk protein FN-silk can self-assemble into a 3D microfiber network. When combined with recombinant laminin521 it provides a 3D culture system suitable for expansion of hPSCs and following neural differentiation.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2694-2701
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00322K, Paper

Xijie Gao, Qiyuan Dai, Longtao Yao, Hua Dong, Qingtao Li, Xiaodong Cao
A medical adhesive called TASK based on polyphenol-gel systems was developed and showed wet-adhesive, stretchable, self-healing and restorable properties.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2537-2548
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00104J, Paper

Weinan Cheng, Zhaozhao Ding, Xin Zheng, Qiang Lu, Xiangdong Kong, Xiaozhong Zhou, Guozhong Lu, David L. Kaplan
Tunable multiple angiogenic and osteogenic cues were introduced into hydrogel systems simultaneously to optimize the niches for bone regeneration.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2564-2576
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00241K, Paper

Yun Qian, Afnan Altamimi, Shaina Alston Yates, Santu Sarkar, Matthew Cochran, Mingjun Zhou, Nicole Levi-Polyachenko, John B. Matson
Hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) is an endogenous signaling gas, and exogenous H₂S administration has the potential for promoting wound healing. Here we investigate the antimicrobial effects of H₂S-releasing hydrogels in the context of burn wound healing.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2376-2393
DOI: 10.1039/D0BM00129E, Review Article

Lifen Huang, Jun Huang, Junbin Huang, Hongman Xue, Zhiqing Liang, Jun Wu, Chun Chen
Nanoparticles (NPs) are used for the diagnosis and treatment of hematological tumors by loading various pharmacodynamic molecules.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2673-2681
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01957J, Paper

Angela Saccardo, Mikhail Soloviev, Enrico Ferrari
Engineering of the neuronal SNARE proteins yields chimeric bio-materials that reversibly assemble and disassemble at set temperatures.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2611-2626
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM01965K, Paper

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F. A. A. Ruiter, L. E. Sidney, K. L. Kiick, J. I. Segal, C. Alexander, F. R. A. J. Rose
The fabrication and application of a biocompatible peptide conjugated thermo-responsive fibrous scaffolds for cellular phenotype support and enzymatic-free passaging of mammalian cells.
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Biomater. Sci., 2020, 8,2394-2397
DOI: 10.1039/C9BM02019E, Communication

Peng-Hao Hsu, Carina Arboleda, Alexandra Stubelius, Ling-Wei Li, Jason Olejniczak, Adah Almutairi
Nanoparticles formulated from fast-degrading oxidation-responsive polycaprolactone are responsive to 50 μM of H₂O₂.
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