Microparticles, microspheres, and microcapsules for advanced drug delivery

M Lengyel, N Kállai-Szabó, V Antal, AJ Laki… - Scientia …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Microparticles, microspheres, and microcapsules are widely used constituents of
multiparticulate drug delivery systems, offering both therapeutic and technological …

Alginate: current use and future perspectives in pharmaceutical and biomedical applications

M Szekalska, A Puciłowska… - … journal of polymer …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decades, alginates, natural multifunctional polymers, have increasingly drawn
attention as attractive compounds in the biomedical and pharmaceutical fields due to their …

Alginate microparticles as oral colon drug delivery device: A review

L Agüero, D Zaldivar-Silva, L Peña, ML Dias - Carbohydrate polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
The increase in the research interest on alginate microparticles in pharmaceutical and
biomedical areas confirms its potential use as an effective matrix for drug and cell delivery …

Natural polysaccharide nanomaterials: an overview of their immunological properties

FG Torres, OP Troncoso, A Pisani, F Gatto… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Natural occurring polymers, or biopolymers, represent a huge part of our planet biomass.
They are formed by long chains of monomers of the same type or a combination of different …

Photopolymerization of bio-based polymers in a biomedical engineering perspective

I Chiulan, EB Heggset, SI Voicu… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photopolymerization is an effective method to covalently cross-link polymer chains that can
be shaped into several biomedical products and devices. Additionally, polymerization …

Functional role of crosslinking in alginate scaffold for drug delivery and tissue engineering: A review

L Aguero, S Alpdagtas, E Ilhan, D Zaldivar-Silva… - European Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
The actual tendency exhibits continuous increment to use alginate polysaccharides in drug
delivery and tissue engineering fields due to its attractive properties. Alginate pH …

[HTML][HTML] Microencapsulated human mesenchymal stem cells decrease liver fibrosis in mice

RPH Meier, R Mahou, P Morel, J Meyer… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplantation was shown to be
effective for the treatment of liver fibrosis, but the mechanisms of action are not yet fully …

[HTML][HTML] Degradation properties and metabolic activity of alginate and chitosan polyelectrolytes for drug delivery and tissue engineering applications

V Guarino, T Caputo, R Altobelli… - AIMS Materials …, 2015 - aimspress.com
Polysaccharides are long monosaccharide units which are emerging as promising materials
for tissue engineering and drug delivery applications due to their biocompatibility, mostly …

Xenotransplantation: back to the future?

RPH Meier, YD Muller, A Balaphas… - Transplant …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The field of xenotransplantation has fluctuated between great optimism and doubts over the
last 50 years. The initial clinical attempts were extremely ambitious but faced technical and …

Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells enhance insulin secretion from human islets via N-cadherin interaction and prolong function of transplanted encapsulated …

E Montanari, RPH Meier, R Mahou, JD Seebach… - Stem Cell Research & …, 2017 - Springer
Background Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) enhance viability and function of
islets of Langerhans. We aimed to examine the interactions between human MSC and …