Water sorption, membrane potentials, and ion permeability of styrene-grafted Bombyx mori silk fibroin membrane

1988 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 535-543 ◽  
Author(s):  
Makoto Demura ◽  
Aio Kitamura ◽  
Akio Shibamoto ◽  
Tetsuo Asakura
Keyword(s):  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Silk Fibroin ◽  
Water Sorption ◽  
Membrane Potentials ◽  
Ion Permeability ◽  
Bombyx Mori Silk

scholarly journals Oxygen Permeability of Silk Fibroin Hydrogels and Their Use as Materials for Contact Lenses: A Purposeful Analysis

Gels ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Traian V. Chirila
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Silk Fibroin ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Oxygen Permeability ◽  
Contact Lenses ◽  
The Past ◽  
Fibrous Protein ◽  
Silk Moth ◽  
Bombyx Mori Silk

Fibroin is a fibrous protein that can be conveniently isolated from the silk cocoons produced by the larvae of Bombyx mori silk moth. In its form as a hydrogel, Bombyx mori silk fibroin (BMSF) has been employed in a variety of biomedical applications. When used as substrates for biomaterial-cells constructs in tissue engineering, the oxygen transport characteristics of the BMSF membranes have proved so far to be adequate. However, over the past three decades the BMSF hydrogels have been proposed episodically as materials for the manufacture of contact lenses, an application that depends on substantially elevated oxygen permeability. This review will show that the literature published on the oxygen permeability of BMSF is both limited and controversial. Additionally, there is no evidence that contact lenses made from BMSF have ever reached commercialization. The existing literature is discussed critically, leading to the conclusion that BMSF hydrogels are unsuitable as materials for contact lenses, while also attempting to explain the scarcity of data regarding the oxygen permeability of BMSF. To the author’s knowledge, this review covers all publications related to the topic.

Immobilization of glucose oxidase on nonwoven fabrics with bombyx mori silk fibroin gel

1992 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuo Asakura ◽  
Motohiro Kitaguchi ◽  
Makoto Demura ◽  
Harutoshi Sakai ◽  
Keiichi Komatsu
Keyword(s):  
Glucose Oxidase ◽  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Silk Fibroin ◽  
Nonwoven Fabrics ◽  
Bombyx Mori Silk

Nucleation of hydroxyapatite crystals by self-assembled Bombyx mori silk fibroin

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 742-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingying Yang ◽  
Wen He ◽  
Yajun Shuai ◽  
Sijia Min ◽  
Liangjun Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Silk Fibroin ◽  
Bombyx Mori Silk ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Hydroxyapatite Crystals

scholarly journals Glycerin-Induced Conformational Changes in Bombyx mori Silk Fibroin Film Monitored by 13C CP/MAS NMR and 1H DQMAS NMR

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (9) ◽  
pp. 1517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuo Asakura ◽  
Masanori Endo ◽  
Misaki Hirayama ◽  
Hiroki Arai ◽  
Akihiro Aoki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Silk Fibroin ◽  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Mas Nmr ◽  
Silk Fibroin Film ◽  
Bombyx Mori Silk ◽  
Cp Mas Nmr ◽  
13C Cp Mas Nmr

PRESENCE OF α-HELICAL PORTION OF Bombyx mori SILK FIBROIN

1985 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. T231-T234
Author(s):  
Masuhiro Tsukada ◽  
Masanobu Nagura ◽  
Hiroshi Ishikawa
Keyword(s):  
Bombyx Mori ◽  
Silk Fibroin ◽  
Bombyx Mori Silk
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