In Vitro Cytotoxicity of Injectable and Biodegradable Poly(propylene fumarate)-Based Networks:  Unreacted Macromers, Cross-Linked Networks, and Degradation Products

2003 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 1026-1033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark D. Timmer ◽  
Heungsoo Shin ◽  
R. Adam Horch ◽  
Catherine G. Ambrose ◽  
Antonios G. Mikos
Author(s):  
Laura J. Suggs ◽  
Matthew S. Shive ◽  
C. Alejandra Garcia ◽  
James M. Anderson ◽  
Antonios G. Mikos

RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (70) ◽  
pp. 42816-42826
Author(s):  
Rasha M. Ahmed ◽  
Marwa A. A. Fayed ◽  
Mohammed F. El-Behairy ◽  
Inas A. Abdallah

Simeprevir is a new direct-acting antiviral drug used for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C.


2017 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 148-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johnsirani P. ◽  
Vishnuvardhan Ch. ◽  
Lingesh A. ◽  
Naidu V.G.M. ◽  
Naveen Ch. ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (22) ◽  
pp. 6511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiane Franco Codevilla ◽  
Alini Dall Cortivo Lange ◽  
Juliana Maria de Mello Andrade ◽  
Jéferson Segalin ◽  
Pedro Eduardo Fröehlich ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (13) ◽  
pp. 1333-1342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vítor Todeschini ◽  
Maximiliano da Silva Sangoi ◽  
Gustavo Krumel Goelzer ◽  
Juliana Maria de Mello Andrade ◽  
Nadia Maria Volpato

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 137-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.M. Chen ◽  
Tingfei Xi ◽  
Yudong Zheng ◽  
Tingting Guo ◽  
Jiaquan Hou ◽  
...  

The in vitro degradation and cytotoxicity of bacterial cellulose (BC) and its degradation products were studied for potential applications in bone tissue engineering. Emission scanning electron microscope was used to observe the morphology of original materials and their degradation products. The degradation was evaluated by measuring the concentration of reducing sugar by using ultraviolet spectrophotometer. Bone forming osteoblast (OB) cells and infinite culture cell line L929 fibroblasts were used to measure the cytotoxicity of materials using the MTT assay. Both types of cells proliferated normally with the BC and its degradation products with a cytotoxicity graded of 0–1. Nevertheless, the bone-forming target OB cells were more susceptible to cytotoxicity than the infinite culture fibroblast cells L929 fibroblasts. The results indicate that the BC is not very cytotoxic and that tissue functional cells are more suitable for evaluating the cytotoxicity of biomedical materials.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1465
Author(s):  
Svetlana Lukáš Petrova ◽  
Eliézer Jäger ◽  
Alessandro Jäger ◽  
Anita Höcherl ◽  
Rafał Konefał ◽  
...  

Here, we report on the construction of biodegradable poly(ethylene oxide monomethyl ether) (MPEO)-b-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) nanoparticles (NPs) having acid-labile (acyclic ketal group) linkage at the block junction. In the presence of acidic pH, the nanoassemblies were destabilized as a consequence of cleaving this linkage. The amphiphilic MPEO-b-PCL diblock copolymer self-assembled in PBS solution into regular spherical NPs. The structure of self-assemble and disassemble NPs were characterized in detail by dynamic (DLS), static (SLS) light scattering, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The key of the obtained NPs is using them in a paclitaxel (PTX) delivery system and study their in vitro cytostatic activity in a cancer cell model. The acid-labile ketal linker enabled the disassembly of the NPs in a buffer simulating an acidic environment in endosomal (pH ~5.0 to ~6.0) and lysosomal (pH ~4.0 to ~5.0) cell compartments resulting in the release of paclitaxel (PTX) and formation of neutral degradation products. The in vitro cytotoxicity studies showed that the activity of the drug-loaded NPs was increased compared to the free PTX. The ability of the NPs to release the drug at the endosomal pH with concomitant high cytotoxicity makes them suitable candidates as a drug delivery system for cancer therapy.


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