Fusion of amyloid beta with ferritin yields an isolated oligomeric beta-sheet-rich aggregate inside the ferritin cage

Biomater. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4BM00173G, Paper
Basudev Maity, Shiori Kameyama, Jiaxin Tian, Thuc Toan Pham, Satoshi Abe, Eri Chatani, Kazuyoshi Murata, Takafumi Ueno
Amyloid beta peptide is genetically fused with a ferritin monomer. When the 24-mer ferritin cage is formed, 24 Aβ peptides are encapsulated and form a β-sheet-rich oligomer which can be directly visualized by high-speed AFM after cage disassembly.
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Transplantation of a bioengineered tissue patch promotes uterine repair in the sheep

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,2136-2148
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM01912H, Paper
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Edina Sehic, Lucía de Miguel Gómez, Hardis Rabe, Emy Thorén, Ingigerdur Gudmundsdottir, Mihai Oltean, Randa Akouri, Mats Brännström, Mats Hellström
Innovative bioengineering strategies utilizing extracellular matrix (ECM) based scaffolds derived from decellularized tissue offer new prospects for restoring damaged uterine tissue.
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Enhancing antioxidant properties of CeO2 nanoparticles with Nd3+ doping: structural, biological, and machine learning insights

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,2108-2120
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM02107F, Paper
Oscar Ceballos-Sanchez, Diego E. Navarro-López, Jorge L. Mejía-Méndez, Gildardo Sanchez-Ante, Vicente Rodríguez-González, Angélica Lizeth Sánchez-López, Araceli Sanchez-Martinez, Sergio M. Duron-Torres, Karla Juarez-Moreno, Naveen Tiwari, Edgar R. López-Mena
The antioxidant capabilities of nanoparticles are contingent upon various factors, including their shape, size, and chemical composition.
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Application of a meshed artificial dermal scaffold and negative-pressure wound therapy in the treatment of full-thickness skin defects: a prospective in vivo study

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,1914-1923
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM01675G, Paper
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Pei Wei, Lijiao Wu, Hongteng Xie, Zhaohong Chen, Rongwei Tan, Zhaorong Xu
A novel meshed ADS combined with NPWT can reduce the risk of scaffold-related complications, which helps to improve the quality of wound repair and promotes a broader range of applications.
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Fibromodulin facilitates the osteogenic effect of Masquelet’s induced membrane by inhibiting the TGF-β/SMAD signaling pathway

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,1898-1913
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM01665J, Paper
Kai Wang, Ming Zhou, Yuanshu Zhang, Yesheng Jin, Yuan Xue, Dong Mao, Yongjun Rui
Schematic illustration of the mechanism by which an IM promotes bone formation. FMOD secreted by the IM promotes osteogenesis of BMSCs and angiogenesis of HUVECs by inhibiting the TGF-β/SMAD signaling pathway, thus facilitating bone formation.
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Nanotechnology-based delivery of therapeutics through the intranasal pathway and the blood–brain barrier for Alzheimer’s disease treatment

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,2007-2018
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM02003G, Review Article
Mark-Jefferson Buer Boyetey, Yonghyun Choi, Hee-Young Lee, Jonghoon Choi
Drugs for Alzheimer's disease (AD) fail to exhibit efficacy in clinical trials for a number of reasons, a major one being blood–brain barrier (BBB) permeability.
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Engineering sulfated polysaccharides and silk fibroin based injectable IPN hydrogels with stiffening and growth factor presentation abilities for cartilage tissue engineering

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,2067-2085
DOI: 10.1039/D3BM01466E, Paper
Akansha Dixit, Aman Mahajan, Rakshita Saxena, Saptomee Chakraborty, Dhirendra S. Katti
In this study, we combined the β-sheet mediated self-stiffening ability of silk with growth factor presenting ability of sulphated carboxymethyl cellulose in an injectable interpenetrating network hydrogel for repair of articular cartilage defects.
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A mitochondria-targeting heptamethine cyanine-chlorambucil formulated polymeric nanoparticle to potentiate native tumor chemotherapeutic efficacy

Biomater. Sci., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4BM00003J, Paper
Jing Liu, Jie Zhang, Yongteng Zhang, Wei Wei, Meixiao Zhan, Zhiren Zhang, Bing Liu, Xianglong Hu, Weiling He
Facile conjugation of chlorambucil with IR775 chloride can afford IR775-Cbl with mitochondria-targeting potency for tumor cells, exhibiting distinct “1 + 1 > 2” tumor inhibition.
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Retraction: Strontium-doped gelatin scaffolds promote M2 macrophage switch and angiogenesis through modulating the polarization of neutrophils

Biomater. Sci., 2024, 12,2167-2167
DOI: 10.1039/D4BM90023E, Retraction
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Tao Li, Hongtao He, Zezheng Yang, Junjie Wang, Yuxin Zhang, Guangxu He, Jun Huang, Deye Song, Jiangdong Ni, Xiaojun Zhou, Junfeng Zhu, Muliang Ding
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