Polycations are useful delivery vehicles for nucleic acids and proteins. Physicochemical
properties, safety, and cost are important design parameters for polycation-enabled …

Classically, white adipose tissue (WAT) was considered an inert component of connective
tissue but is now appreciated as a major regulator of metabolic physiology and endocrine …

Wound healing is a complex multifactorial process that relies on coordinated signaling
molecules to succeed. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) is a mitogenic polypeptide that …

There is a need for enabling non-viral nanobiotechnology to allow safe and effective gene
therapy and cell therapy, which can be utilized to treat devastating diseases such as brain …

A family of Shear-thinning Hydrogels for Injectable Encapsulation and Long-term Delivery
(SHIELD) has been designed and synthesized with controlled in situ stiffening properties to …

Strategies to enhance survival and direct the differentiation of stem cells in vivo following
transplantation in tissue repair site are critical to realizing the potential of stem cell-based …

Central nervous system (CNS) diseases and injuries are accompanied by reactive gliosis
and scarring involving the activation and proliferation of astrocytes to form hypertrophic and …

The development of efficient and safe gene delivery carriers has been a major challenge in
the clinical application of non-viral gene therapy. Herein, we report novel bioreducible poly …

We aimed to clarify the effects of cold stimulation at various temperatures on mitochondrial
activity and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression in vitro. Human fibroblast …

Objective: To investigate the effect of vascular endothelial growth factor 165 (VEGF165) and
adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ASCs) in promoting the survival of fat grafts, and …