[HTML][HTML] Thermoresponsive hydrogels and their biomedical applications: Special insight into their applications in textile based transdermal therapy

S Chatterjee, PC Hui, C Kan - Polymers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Various natural and synthetic polymers are capable of showing thermoresponsive properties
and their hydrogels are finding a wide range of biomedical applications including drug …

A collagen microchannel scaffold carrying paclitaxel-liposomes induces neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells through Wnt/β-catenin signaling for spinal cord …

X Li, C Fan, Z Xiao, Y Zhao, H Zhang, J Sun, Y Zhuang… - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
Neural stem cells (NSCs) show potential for spinal cord injury (SCI) repair. However, the
current challenge is to direct their differentiation into neurons in the lesion site. It has been …

Formulation and evaluation of mixed polymeric micelles of quercetin for treatment of breast, ovarian, and multidrug resistant cancers

A Patra, S Satpathy, AK Shenoy, JA Bush… - International journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background Quercetin (QCT), a naturally occurring flavonoid has a wide array of
pharmacological properties such as anticancer, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities …

Porous Co 3 O 4 nanoplates with pH-switchable peroxidase-and catalase-like activity

Q Wang, J Chen, H Zhang, W Wu, Z Zhang, S Dong - Nanoscale, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Porous Co3O4 nanoplates were synthesized via a soft template method. By using
amphiphilic block copolymer F127 colloids as the pore producer, porous Co (OH) 2 …

Effect of intercalated chitosan/clay nanostructures on concentrated pluronic F127 solution: A FTIR-ATR, DSC and rheological study

C Branca, K Khouzami, U Wanderlingh… - Journal of colloid and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Hypothesis The thermoreversible gel-like behavior of pluronics can be affected by the
presence of drugs or cosolvents. So far, the effects of polysaccharides and of clays …

Polymeric micelles for potentiated antiulcer and anticancer activities of naringin

EA Mohamed, II Abu Hashim, RM Yusif… - International journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Naringin is one of the most interesting phytopharmaceuticals that has been widely
investigated for various biological actions. Yet, its low water solubility, limited permeability …

Co-delivery of doxorubicin and interferon-γ by thermosensitive nanoparticles for cancer immunochemotherapy

Y Yin, Q Hu, C Xu, Q Qiao, X Qin, Q Song… - Molecular …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A dual-sensitive nanoparticle delivery system was constructed by incorporating an acid
sensitive hydrazone linker into thermosensitive nanoparticles (TSNs) for co-encapsulating …

[HTML][HTML] Biomimetic thiamine-and niacin-decorated liposomes for enhanced oral delivery of insulin

H He, Y Lu, J Qi, W Zhao, X Dong, W Wu - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2018 - Elsevier
Biomimetic nanocarriers are emerging as efficient vehicles to facilitate dietary absorption of
biomacromolecules. In this study, two vitamins, thiamine and niacin, are employed to …

An improved surface for enhanced stem cell proliferation and osteogenic differentiation using electrospun composite PLLA/P123 scaffold

G Birhanu, H Akbari Javar, E Seyedjafari… - Artificial cells …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Poly-l-lactic acid (PLLA) nano fibrous scaffolds prepared by electrospinning technology
have been used widely in tissue engineering applications. However, PLLA scaffolds are …

Cyanine-containing polymeric nanoparticles with imaging/therapy-switchable capability for mitochondria-targeted cancer theranostics

GY Pan, HR Jia, YX Zhu, W Sun… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Theranostic nanoparticles (NPs) capable of mitochondrial targeting/imaging, cancer/normal
cell differentiation, early stage cancer diagnosis, and mitochondria-based photothermal …