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Jia X, Gao Y, Huang Y, Sun L, Li S, Li H, Zhang X, Li Y, He J, Wu W, Venkannagari H, Yang K, Baker ML, Zhang Q. Architecture of the baculovirus nucleocapsid revealed by cryo-EM. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7481. [PMID: 37980340 PMCID: PMC10657434 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43284-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/20/2023] Open
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Baculovirus Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) has been widely used as a bioinsecticide and a protein expression vector. Despite their importance, very little is known about the structure of most baculovirus proteins. Here, we show a 3.2 Å resolution structure of helical cylindrical body of the AcMNPV nucleocapsid, composed of VP39, as well as 4.3 Å resolution structures of both the head and the base of the nucleocapsid composed of over 100 protein subunits. AcMNPV VP39 demonstrates some features of the HK97-like fold and utilizes disulfide-bonds and a set of interactions at its C-termini to mediate nucleocapsid assembly and stability. At both ends of the nucleocapsid, the VP39 cylinder is constricted by an outer shell ring composed of proteins AC104, AC142 and AC109. AC101(BV/ODV-C42) and AC144(ODV-EC27) form a C14 symmetric inner layer at both capsid head and base. In the base, these proteins interact with a 7-fold symmetric capsid plug, while a portal-like structure is seen in the central portion of head. Additionally, we propose an application of AlphaFold2 for model building in intermediate resolution density.
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- Xudong Jia
- State key laboratory of biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- State key laboratory of biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
- Cryo-EM Facility Center, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- State key laboratory of biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- State key laboratory of biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- State key laboratory of biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- State key laboratory of biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- State key laboratory of biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- State key laboratory of biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- State key laboratory of biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- State key laboratory of biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- State key laboratory of biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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- State key laboratory of biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China.
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Gałęcki R, Bakuła T, Gołaszewski J. Foodborne Diseases in the Edible Insect Industry in Europe-New Challenges and Old Problems. Foods 2023; 12:770. [PMID: 36832845 PMCID: PMC9956073 DOI: 10.3390/foods12040770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Revised: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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Insects play a key role in European agroecosystems. Insects provide important ecosystem services and make a significant contribution to the food chain, sustainable agriculture, the farm-to-fork (F2F) strategy, and the European Green Deal. Edible insects are regarded as a sustainable alternative to livestock, but their microbiological safety for consumers has not yet been fully clarified. The aim of this article is to describe the role of edible insects in the F2F approach, to discuss the latest veterinary guidelines concerning consumption of insect-based foods, and to analyze the biological, chemical, and physical hazards associated with edible insect farming and processing. Five groups of biological risk factors, ten groups of chemical risk factors, and thirteen groups of physical risks factors have been identified and divided into sub-groups. The presented risk maps can facilitate identification of potential threats, such as foodborne pathogens in various insect species and insect-based foods. Ensuring safety of insect-based foods, including effective control of foodborne diseases, will be a significant milestone on the path to maintaining a sustainable food chain in line with the F2F strategy and EU policies. Edible insects constitute a new category of farmed animals and a novel link in the food chain, but their production poses the same problems and challenges that are encountered in conventional livestock rearing and meat production.
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- Remigiusz Gałęcki
- Department of Veterinary Prevention and Feed Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Veterinary Prevention and Feed Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Center for Bioeconomy and Renewable Energies, Department of Genetics, Plant Breeding and Bioresource Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
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Joshy KS, Augustine R, Hasan A, Ali Zahid A, Alex SM, Dalvi YB, Mraiche F, Thomas S, Kalarikkal N, Chi H. Cisplatin encapsulated nanoparticles from polymer blends for anti-cancer drug delivery. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj04311k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Synthesis of cubic nanostructure for cisplatin encapsulation.
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- K. S. Joshy
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, 2713, Doha, Qatar
- Biomedical Research Center (BRC), Qatar University, PO Box 2713, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, 2713, Doha, Qatar
- Biomedical Research Center (BRC), Qatar University, PO Box 2713, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, 2713, Doha, Qatar
- Biomedical Research Center (BRC), Qatar University, PO Box 2713, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, 2713, Doha, Qatar
- Biomedical Research Center (BRC), Qatar University, PO Box 2713, Doha, Qatar
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- Pushpagiri Research Centre, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Tiruvalla, Kerala 689 101, India
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- International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam – 686 560, Kerala, India
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- School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam – 686 560, Kerala, India
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China
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Do-Thi VA, Lee H, Jeong HJ, Lee JO, Kim YS. Protective and Therapeutic Effects of an IL-15:IL-15Rα-Secreting Cell-Based Cancer Vaccine Using a Baculovirus System. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13164039. [PMID: 34439192 PMCID: PMC8394727 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13164039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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This study reports the use of the BacMam system to deliver and express self-assembling IL-15 and IL-15Rα genes to murine B16F10 melanoma and CT26 colon cancer cells. BacMam-based IL-15 and IL-15Rα were well-expressed and assembled to form the biologically functional IL-15:IL-15Rα complex. Immunization with this IL-15:IL-15Rα cancer vaccine delayed tumor growth in mice by inducing effector memory CD4+ and CD8+ cells and effector NK cells which are tumor-infiltrating. It caused strong antitumor immune responses of CD8+ effector cells in a tumor-antigen specific manner both in vitro and in vivo and significantly attenuated Treg cells which a control virus-infected cancer vaccine could induce. Post-treatment with this cancer vaccine after a live cancer cell injection also prominently delayed the growth of the tumor. Collectively, we demonstrate a vaccine platform consisting of BacMam virus-infected B16F10 or CT26 cancer cells that secrete IL-15:IL-15Rα. This study is the first demonstration of a functionally competent soluble IL-15:IL-15Rα complex-related cancer vaccine using a baculovirus system and advocates that the BacMam system can be used as a secure and rapid method of producing a protective and therapeutic cancer vaccine.
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- Van Anh Do-Thi
- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea; (V.A.D.-T.); (H.J.J.)
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea;
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea; (V.A.D.-T.); (H.J.J.)
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- Department of Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Korea; (V.A.D.-T.); (H.J.J.)
- Correspondence: (J.-O.L.); (Y.S.K.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
- Correspondence: (J.-O.L.); (Y.S.K.)
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Doi H, Gałęcki R, Mulia RN. The merits of entomophagy in the post COVID-19 world. Trends Food Sci Technol 2021; 110:849-854. [PMID: 33564209 PMCID: PMC7862027 DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2021.01.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND In 2020, human society underwent several drastic changes due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which generated an unprecedented global impact. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, various pressing concerns underlying food security, such as transport, production, and maintenance of the supply chain, have been raised. SCOPE AND APPROACH The present study aimed to describe and review the merits of entomophagy in the post COVID-19 world, especially with regard to the low risk for zoonotic disease spread, high production rate, and future prospects for inducing entomophagy to enhance the diversity in the food system in comparison to conventional livestock. KEY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS The advantages of entomophagy in the post COVID-19 world have been elucidated herein, with particular emphasis on the minimal risk of zoonotic disease transmission and production efficiency, in addition to the future goal of establishment of entomophagy to expand redundancy and diversity in the food system as against the utility of conventional livestock. In the current scenario, as well as in the post COVID-19 situation, boosting entomophagy may play a pivotal role in global food security, as the aspects already touched upon have amply demonstrated.
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- Hideyuki Doi
- Graduate School of Simulation Studies, University of Hyogo, 7-1-28 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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- Department of Veterinary Prevention and Feed Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 13, 10-719, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Graduate School of Simulation Studies, University of Hyogo, 7-1-28 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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Augustine R, Das S, Hasan A, S A, Abdul Salam S, Augustine P, Dalvi YB, Varghese R, Primavera R, Yassine HM, Thakor AS, Kevadiya BD. Rapid Antibody-Based COVID-19 Mass Surveillance: Relevance, Challenges, and Prospects in a Pandemic and Post-Pandemic World. J Clin Med 2020; 9:E3372. [PMID: 33096742 PMCID: PMC7589650 DOI: 10.3390/jcm9103372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The aggressive outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) as COVID-19 (coronavirus disease-2019) pandemic demands rapid and simplified testing tools for its effective management. Increased mass testing and surveillance are crucial for controlling the disease spread, obtaining better pandemic statistics, and developing realistic epidemiological models. Despite the advantages of nucleic acid- and antigen-based tests such as accuracy, specificity, and non-invasive approaches of sample collection, they can only detect active infections. Antibodies (immunoglobulins) are produced by the host immune system within a few days after infection and persist in the blood for at least several weeks after infection resolution. Antibody-based tests have provided a substitute and effective method of ultra-rapid detection for multiple contagious disease outbreaks in the past, including viral diseases such as SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome). Thus, although not highly suitable for early diagnosis, antibody-based methods can be utilized to detect past infections hidden in the population, including asymptomatic ones. In an active community spread scenario of a disease that can provide a bigger window for mass detections and a practical approach for continuous surveillance. These factors encouraged researchers to investigate means of improving antibody-based rapid tests and employ them as reliable, reproducible, sensitive, specific, and economic tools for COVID-19 mass testing and surveillance. The development and integration of such immunoglobulin-based tests can transform the pandemic diagnosis by moving the same out of the clinics and laboratories into community testing sites and homes. This review discusses the principle, technology, and strategies being used in antibody-based testing at present. It also underlines the immense prospect of immunoglobulin-based testing and the efficacy of repeated planned deployment in pandemic management and post-pandemic sustainable screenings globally.
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- Robin Augustine
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha PO Box 2713, Qatar;
- Biomedical Research Center (BRC), Qatar University, Doha PO Box 2713, Qatar;
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA;
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha PO Box 2713, Qatar;
- Biomedical Research Center (BRC), Qatar University, Doha PO Box 2713, Qatar;
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- Department of Microbiology, Majlis Arts and Science College, Puramannur, Malappuram, Kerala 676552, India;
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- Department of Biosciences, MES College Marampally, Aluva, Ernakulam, Kerala 683107, India;
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- Department of Zoology, Providence Women’s College, Kozhikode, Kerala 673009, India;
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- Pushpagiri Research Centre, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Science & Research, Tiruvalla, Kerala 689101, India; (Y.B.D.); (R.V.)
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- Pushpagiri Research Centre, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Science & Research, Tiruvalla, Kerala 689101, India; (Y.B.D.); (R.V.)
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- Interventional Regenerative Medicine and Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA; (R.P.); (A.S.T.); (B.D.K.)
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- Interventional Regenerative Medicine and Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA; (R.P.); (A.S.T.); (B.D.K.)
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- Interventional Regenerative Medicine and Imaging Laboratory, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA; (R.P.); (A.S.T.); (B.D.K.)
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Zand Z, Khaki PA, Salihi A, Sharifi M, Qadir Nanakali NM, Alasady AA, Aziz FM, Shahpasand K, Hasan A, Falahati M. Cerium oxide NPs mitigate the amyloid formation of α-synuclein and associated cytotoxicity. Int J Nanomedicine 2019; 14:6989-7000. [PMID: 31695369 PMCID: PMC6718255 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s220380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Aim Among therapeutic proposals for amyloid-associated disorders, special attention has been given to the exploitation of nanoparticles (NPs) as promising agents against aggregation. Methods In this paper, the inhibitory effect of cerium oxide (CeO2) NPs against α-synuclein (α-syn) amyloid formation was explored by different methods such as Thioflavin T (ThT) and 8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid (ANS) fluorescence spectroscopy, Congo red adsorption assay, circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and bioinformatical approaches. Also, the cytotoxicity of α-syn amyloid either alone or with CeO2 NPs against neuron-like cells (SH-SY5Y) was examined using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT), flow cytometry, and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (Bax and Bcl-2 gene expression) assays. Results ThT and ANS fluorescence assays indicated that CeO2 NPs inhibit the formation of aggregated species and hydrophobic patches of α-syn in amyloidogenic conditions, respectively. Congo red and CD assays demonstrated that CeO2 NPs reduce the formation of amyloid species and β-sheets structures of α-syn molecules, respectively. TEM investigation also confirmed that CeO2 NPs limited the formation of well-defined fibrillary structures of α-syn molecules. Molecular docking and dynamic studies revealed that CeO2 NPs could bind with different affinities to α-syn monomer and amyloid species and fibrillar structure of α-syn is disaggregated in the presence of CeO2 NPs. Moreover, cellular assays depicted that CeO2 NPs mitigate the cell mortality, apoptosis, and the ratio of Bax/Bcl-2 gene expression associated with α-syn amyloids. Conclusion It may be concluded that CeO2 NPs can be used as therapeutic agents to reduce the aggregation of proteins and mitigate the occurrence of neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Zahra Zand
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.,Department of Medical Analysis, Faculty of Science, Tishk International University, Erbil, Iraq
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- Department of Nanomedicine, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Cihan University-Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.,Department of Biology, College of Education, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
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- Anatomy, Biology and Histology Unit, College of Medicine, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
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- Department of Biology, College of Science, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.,Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
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- Department of Nanomedicine, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Graves LP, Aksular M, Alakeely RA, Ruiz Buck D, Chambers AC, Murguia-Meca F, Plata-Muñoz JJ, Hughes S, Johnson PRV, Possee RD, King LA. Improved Baculovirus Vectors for Transduction and Gene Expression in Human Pancreatic Islet Cells. Viruses 2018; 10:E574. [PMID: 30347797 PMCID: PMC6213606 DOI: 10.3390/v10100574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 10/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Pancreatic islet transplantation is a promising treatment for type 1 diabetes mellitus offering improved glycaemic control by restoring insulin production. Improved human pancreatic islet isolation has led to higher islet transplantation success. However, as many as 50% of islets are lost after transplantation due to immune responses and cellular injury, gene therapy presents a novel strategy to protect pancreatic islets for improved survival post-transplantation. To date, most of the vectors used in clinical trials and gene therapy studies have been derived from mammalian viruses such as adeno-associated or retrovirus. However, baculovirus BacMam vectors provide an attractive and safe alternative. Here, a novel BacMam was constructed containing a frameshift mutation within fp25, which results in virus stocks with higher infectious titres. This improved in vitro transduction when compared to control BacMams. Additionally, incorporating a truncated vesicular stomatitis virus G protein increased transduction efficacy and production of EGFP and BCL2 in human kidney (HK-2) and pancreatic islet β cells (EndoC βH3). Lastly, we have shown that our optimized BacMam vector can deliver and express egfp in intact pancreatic islet cells from human cadaveric donors. These results confirm that BacMam vectors are a viable choice for providing delivery of transgenes to pancreatic islet cells.
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- Leo P Graves
- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK.
- Oxford Expression Technologies Ltd., Bioinnovation Hub, Gipsy Lane Campus, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK.
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- Oxford Expression Technologies Ltd., Bioinnovation Hub, Gipsy Lane Campus, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK.
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- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK.
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Sciences, Baghdad University, Baghdad 10071, Iraq.
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- Oxford Expression Technologies Ltd., Bioinnovation Hub, Gipsy Lane Campus, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK.
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- Oxford Expression Technologies Ltd., Bioinnovation Hub, Gipsy Lane Campus, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK.
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- Centre for Molecular and Cell-Based Therapeutics SA de CV, Mexico City 15820, Mexico.
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- Centre for Molecular and Cell-Based Therapeutics SA de CV, Mexico City 15820, Mexico.
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
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- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK.
- Oxford Expression Technologies Ltd., Bioinnovation Hub, Gipsy Lane Campus, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK.
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- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK.
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Hasan A, Morshed M, Memic A, Hassan S, Webster TJ, Marei HES. Nanoparticles in tissue engineering: applications, challenges and prospects. Int J Nanomedicine 2018; 13:5637-5655. [PMID: 30288038 PMCID: PMC6161712 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s153758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Tissue engineering (TE) is an interdisciplinary field integrating engineering, material science and medical biology that aims to develop biological substitutes to repair, replace, retain, or enhance tissue and organ-level functions. Current TE methods face obstacles including a lack of appropriate biomaterials, ineffective cell growth and a lack of techniques for capturing appropriate physiological architectures as well as unstable and insufficient production of growth factors to stimulate cell communication and proper response. In addition, the inability to control cellular functions and their various properties (biological, mechanical, electrochemical and others) and issues of biomolecular detection and biosensors, all add to the current limitations in this field. Nanoparticles are at the forefront of nanotechnology and their distinctive size-dependent properties have shown promise in overcoming many of the obstacles faced by TE today. Despite tremendous progress in the use of nanoparticles over the last 2 decades, the full potential of the applications of nanoparticles in solving TE problems has yet to be realized. This review presents an overview of the diverse applications of various types of nanoparticles in TE applications and challenges that need to be overcome for nanotechnology to reach its full potential.
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- Anwarul Hasan
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar,
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- School of Life Sciences, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Center of Nanotechnology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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Zhou Y. The recent development and applications of fluidic channels by 3D printing. J Biomed Sci 2017; 24:80. [PMID: 29047370 PMCID: PMC5646158 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-017-0384-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Accepted: 09/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The technology of “Lab-on-a-Chip” allows the synthesis and analysis of chemicals and biological substance within a portable or handheld device. The 3D printed structures enable precise control of various geometries. The combination of these two technologies in recent years makes a significant progress. The current approaches of 3D printing, such as stereolithography, polyjet, and fused deposition modeling, are introduced. Their manufacture specifications, such as surface roughness, resolution, replication fidelity, cost, and fabrication time, are compared with each other. Finally, novel application of 3D printed channel in biology are reviewed, including pathogenic bacteria detection using magnetic nanoparticle clusters in a helical microchannel, cell stimulation by 3D chemical gradients, perfused functional vascular channels, 3D tissue construct, organ-on-a-chip, and miniaturized fluidic “reactionware” devices for chemical syntheses. Overall, the 3D printed fluidic chip is becoming a powerful tool in the both medical and chemical industries.
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- Yufeng Zhou
- Singapore Centre for 3D Printing (SC3DP), School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Ave, Singapore, 639798, Singapore.
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Image-based cell-size estimation for baculovirus quantification. Biotechniques 2017; 63:161-168. [DOI: 10.2144/000114595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Measurement of virus concentration is essential for effective virus-based transfection technologies. Here, we describe a user-friendly, image-based cell-size estimation (ICSE) assay for baculovirus quantification that relies on automated determination of cell diameters from bright-field microscopy images. In the ICSE assay, microplate-based imaging systems and our custom ICSE-Tools software enable measurement of cell morphological parameters over time. Results from the ICSE assay were in agreement with virus concentration measurements obtained using the traditional plaque assay as well as the Coulter principle–based cell-size measurement assay. ICSE-Tools is designed for data organization and image analysis from microplate-based imaging systems, and is freely available at www.gpcr.ut.ee/software.html .
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Pacelli S, Basu S, Whitlow J, Chakravarti A, Acosta F, Varshney A, Modaresi S, Berkland C, Paul A. Strategies to develop endogenous stem cell-recruiting bioactive materials for tissue repair and regeneration. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2017; 120:50-70. [PMID: 28734899 PMCID: PMC5705585 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2017.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2017] [Revised: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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A leading strategy in tissue engineering is the design of biomimetic scaffolds that stimulate the body's repair mechanisms through the recruitment of endogenous stem cells to sites of injury. Approaches that employ the use of chemoattractant gradients to guide tissue regeneration without external cell sources are favored over traditional cell-based therapies that have limited potential for clinical translation. Following this concept, bioactive scaffolds can be engineered to provide a temporally and spatially controlled release of biological cues, with the possibility to mimic the complex signaling patterns of endogenous tissue regeneration. Another effective way to regulate stem cell activity is to leverage the inherent chemotactic properties of extracellular matrix (ECM)-based materials to build versatile cell-instructive platforms. This review introduces the concept of endogenous stem cell recruitment, and provides a comprehensive overview of the strategies available to achieve effective cardiovascular and bone tissue regeneration.
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- Settimio Pacelli
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
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Hitchman E, Hitchman RB, King LA. BacMam Delivery of a Protective Gene to Reduce Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Hum Gene Ther 2016; 28:747-756. [PMID: 28042948 DOI: 10.1089/hum.2016.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury remains the primary contributor to delayed graft function in kidney transplantation. The beneficial application of manganese superoxide dismutase (sod), delivered by a BacMam vector, against renal I/R injury has not been evaluated previously. Therefore, this study overexpressed sod-2 in proximal tubular epithelial (HK-2) cells and porcine kidney organs during simulated renal I/R injury. Incubation of HK-2 cells with antimycin A and 2-deoxyglucose resulted in a significant decrease in intracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels; following reperfusion, ATP levels significantly increased over time in cells overexpressing sod-2. In addition, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release declined over 72 h in BacMam-transduced injured cells. Ex vivo delivery of sod-2 significantly increased ATP levels in organs after 24 h of cold perfusion. In vitro and ex vivo results suggested that BacMam transduction successfully delivered sod-2, which reduced injury associated with I/R, by improving ATP cell content and decreasing LDH release with a subsequent increase in kidney tissue viability. These data provide further evidence for the potential application of BacMam as a gene delivery system for attenuating injury after cold preservation.
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- Elisabetta Hitchman
- 1 Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University , Oxford, United Kingdom
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- 2 Oxford Expression Technologies Ltd. , BioInnovation Hub, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- 1 Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University , Oxford, United Kingdom
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Balasundaram G, Kwang TW, Wang S. cDNA microarray assays to evaluate immune responses following intracranial injection of baculoviral vectors in non-human primates. J Neurochem 2016; 140:320-333. [DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Revised: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Ghayathri Balasundaram
- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology; Singapore
- Department of Biological Sciences; National University of Singapore; Singapore
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology; Singapore
- Department of Biological Sciences; National University of Singapore; Singapore
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Whitlow J, Pacelli S, Paul A. Polymeric Nanohybrids as a New Class of Therapeutic Biotransporters. MACROMOL CHEM PHYS 2016; 217:1245-1259. [PMID: 29151704 PMCID: PMC5693378 DOI: 10.1002/macp.201500464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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A possible solution to enhance existing drug and gene therapies is to develop hybrid nanocarriers capable of delivering therapeutic agents in a controlled and targeted manner. This goal can be achieved by designing nanohybrid systems, which combine organic or inorganic nanomaterials with biomacromolecules into a single composite. The unique combination of properties along with their facile fabrication enables the design of smart carriers for both drug and gene delivery. These hybrids can be further modified with cell targeting motifs to enhance their biological interactivity. In this Talents and Trends article, an overview of emerging nanohybrid-based technologies will be provided to highlight their potential use as innovative platforms for improved cancer therapies and new strategies in regenerative medicine. The clinical relevance of these systems will be reviewed to define the current challenges which still need to be addressed to allow these therapies to move from bench to bedside.
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- Jonathan Whitlow
- BioIntel Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Bioengineering Program, School of Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- BioIntel Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Bioengineering Program, School of Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- BioIntel Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Bioengineering Program, School of Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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Paul A. Nanocomposite hydrogels: an emerging biomimetic platform for myocardial therapy and tissue engineering. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2016; 10:1371-4. [PMID: 25996115 DOI: 10.2217/nnm.15.33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Fundamentals of Baculovirus Expression and Applications. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2016; 896:187-97. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27216-0_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Sari D, Gupta K, Thimiri Govinda Raj DB, Aubert A, Drncová P, Garzoni F, Fitzgerald D, Berger I. The MultiBac Baculovirus/Insect Cell Expression Vector System for Producing Complex Protein Biologics. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2015; 896:199-215. [PMID: 27165327 PMCID: PMC7122245 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27216-0_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Multiprotein complexes regulate most if not all cellular functions. Elucidating the structure and function of these complex cellular machines is essential for understanding biology. Moreover, multiprotein complexes by themselves constitute powerful reagents as biologics for the prevention and treatment of human diseases. Recombinant production by the baculovirus/insect cell expression system is particularly useful for expressing proteins of eukaryotic origin and their complexes. MultiBac, an advanced baculovirus/insect cell system, has been widely adopted in the last decade to produce multiprotein complexes with many subunits that were hitherto inaccessible, for academic and industrial research and development. The MultiBac system, its development and numerous applications are presented. Future opportunities for utilizing MultiBac to catalyze discovery are outlined.
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- Duygu Sari
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
- Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, UMI 3265, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
- Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, UMI 3265, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
- Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, UMI 3265, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
- Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, UMI 3265, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
- Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, UMI 3265, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
- Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, UMI 3265, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Geneva Biotech SARL, Avenue de la Roseraie 64, 1205, Genève, Switzerland
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
- Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, UMI 3265, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TD, UK.
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Hasan A, Khattab A, Islam MA, Hweij KA, Zeitouny J, Waters R, Sayegh M, Hossain MM, Paul A. Injectable Hydrogels for Cardiac Tissue Repair after Myocardial Infarction. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2015; 2:1500122. [PMID: 27668147 PMCID: PMC5033116 DOI: 10.1002/advs.201500122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Revised: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Cardiac tissue damage due to myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. The available treatments of MI include pharmaceutical therapy, medical device implants, and organ transplants, all of which have severe limitations including high invasiveness, scarcity of donor organs, thrombosis or stenosis of devices, immune rejection, and prolonged hospitalization time. Injectable hydrogels have emerged as a promising solution for in situ cardiac tissue repair in infarcted hearts after MI. In this review, an overview of various natural and synthetic hydrogels for potential application as injectable hydrogels in cardiac tissue repair and regeneration is presented. The review starts with brief discussions about the pathology of MI, its current clinical treatments and their limitations, and the emergence of injectable hydrogels as a potential solution for post MI cardiac regeneration. It then summarizes various hydrogels, their compositions, structures and properties for potential application in post MI cardiac repair, and recent advancements in the application of injectable hydrogels in treatment of MI. Finally, the current challenges associated with the clinical application of injectable hydrogels to MI and their potential solutions are discussed to help guide the future research on injectable hydrogels for translational therapeutic applications in regeneration of cardiac tissue after MI.
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- Anwarul Hasan
- Center for Biomedical Engineering Department of Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Cambridge MA 02139 USA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA 02139 USA; Biomedical Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Architecture American University of Beirut Beirut 1107 2020 Lebanon
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Architecture American University of Beirut Beirut 1107 2020 Lebanon
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- Laboratory of Nanomedicine and Biomaterials Department of Anesthesiology Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston MA 02115 USA; Laboratory for Nanoengineering and Drug Delivery Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Boston MA 02115 USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Architecture American University of Beirut Beirut 1107 2020 Lebanon
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Architecture American University of Beirut Beirut 1107 2020 Lebanon
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- BioIntel Research Laboratory Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Bioengineering Graduate Program School of Engineering University of Kansas Lawrence KS 66045 USA
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- Department of Medicine Lyell McEwin Hospital University of Adelaide South Australia 5112 Australia
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- BioIntel Research Laboratory Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Bioengineering Graduate Program School of Engineering University of Kansas Lawrence KS 66045 USA
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Alrefai MT, Murali D, Paul A, Ridwan KM, Connell JM, Shum-Tim D. Cardiac tissue engineering and regeneration using cell-based therapy. STEM CELLS AND CLONING-ADVANCES AND APPLICATIONS 2015; 8:81-101. [PMID: 25999743 PMCID: PMC4437607 DOI: 10.2147/sccaa.s54204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Stem cell therapy and tissue engineering represent a forefront of current research in the treatment of heart disease. With these technologies, advancements are being made into therapies for acute ischemic myocardial injury and chronic, otherwise nonreversible, myocardial failure. The current clinical management of cardiac ischemia deals with reestablishing perfusion to the heart but not dealing with the irreversible damage caused by the occlusion or stenosis of the supplying vessels. The applications of these new technologies are not yet fully established as part of the management of cardiac diseases but will become so in the near future. The discussion presented here reviews some of the pioneering works at this new frontier. Key results of allogeneic and autologous stem cell trials are presented, including the use of embryonic, bone marrow-derived, adipose-derived, and resident cardiac stem cells.
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- Mohammad T Alrefai
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada ; Division of Surgical Research, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada ; King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada ; Division of Surgical Research, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada ; Division of Surgical Research, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada ; Division of Surgical Research, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Hasan A, Nurunnabi M, Morshed M, Paul A, Polini A, Kuila T, Al Hariri M, Lee YK, Jaffa AA. Recent advances in application of biosensors in tissue engineering. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:307519. [PMID: 25165697 PMCID: PMC4140114 DOI: 10.1155/2014/307519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 05/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Biosensors research is a fast growing field in which tens of thousands of papers have been published over the years, and the industry is now worth billions of dollars. The biosensor products have found their applications in numerous industries including food and beverages, agricultural, environmental, medical diagnostics, and pharmaceutical industries and many more. Even though numerous biosensors have been developed for detection of proteins, peptides, enzymes, and numerous other biomolecules for diverse applications, their applications in tissue engineering have remained limited. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in application of novel biosensors in cell culture and tissue engineering, for example, real-time detection of small molecules such as glucose, lactose, and H2O2 as well as serum proteins of large molecular size, such as albumin and alpha-fetoprotein, and inflammatory cytokines, such as IFN-g and TNF-α. In this review, we provide an overview of the recent advancements in biosensors for tissue engineering applications.
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- Anwarul Hasan
- Biomedical Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon ; Center for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA ; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, 50 Daehak-ro, Chungju 380-702, Republic of Korea
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- Tissue Engineering Centre, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia), 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA ; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA ; Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045-7609, USA
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA ; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Surface Engineering & Tribology Division, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Durgapur, West Bengal 713209, India
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, 50 Daehak-ro, Chungju 380-702, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon
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Hasan A, Paul A, Vrana NE, Zhao X, Memic A, Hwang YS, Dokmeci MR, Khademhosseini A. Microfluidic techniques for development of 3D vascularized tissue. Biomaterials 2014; 35:7308-25. [PMID: 24906345 PMCID: PMC4118596 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.04.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Accepted: 04/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Development of a vascularized tissue is one of the key challenges for the successful clinical application of tissue engineered constructs. Despite the significant efforts over the last few decades, establishing a gold standard to develop three dimensional (3D) vascularized tissues has still remained far from reality. Recent advances in the application of microfluidic platforms to the field of tissue engineering have greatly accelerated the progress toward the development of viable vascularized tissue constructs. Numerous techniques have emerged to induce the formation of vascular structure within tissues which can be broadly classified into two distinct categories, namely (1) prevascularization-based techniques and (2) vasculogenesis and angiogenesis-based techniques. This review presents an overview of the recent advancements in the vascularization techniques using both approaches for generating 3D vascular structure on microfluidic platforms.
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- Anwarul Hasan
- Biomedical Engineering, and Department of Mechanical Engineering, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon; Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Division of Biomedical Engineering, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 65 Landsdowne Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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- Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Division of Biomedical Engineering, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 65 Landsdowne Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- INSERM, UMR-S 1121, Biomatériaux et Bioingénierie, 11 rue Humann, F-67085 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Division of Biomedical Engineering, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 65 Landsdowne Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Center of Nanotechnology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Maxillofacial Biomedical Engineering, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea
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- Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Division of Biomedical Engineering, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 65 Landsdowne Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Biomaterials Innovation Research Center, Division of Biomedical Engineering, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 65 Landsdowne Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA; World Premier International - Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan; Department of Physics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
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Barthes J, Özçelik H, Hindié M, Ndreu-Halili A, Hasan A, Vrana NE. Cell microenvironment engineering and monitoring for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: the recent advances. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:921905. [PMID: 25143954 PMCID: PMC4124711 DOI: 10.1155/2014/921905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2014] [Accepted: 06/15/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, the conditions in the immediate vicinity of the cells have a direct effect on cells' behaviour and subsequently on clinical outcomes. Physical, chemical, and biological control of cell microenvironment are of crucial importance for the ability to direct and control cell behaviour in 3-dimensional tissue engineering scaffolds spatially and temporally. In this review, we will focus on the different aspects of cell microenvironment such as surface micro-, nanotopography, extracellular matrix composition and distribution, controlled release of soluble factors, and mechanical stress/strain conditions and how these aspects and their interactions can be used to achieve a higher degree of control over cellular activities. The effect of these parameters on the cellular behaviour within tissue engineering context is discussed and how these parameters are used to develop engineered tissues is elaborated. Also, recent techniques developed for the monitoring of the cell microenvironment in vitro and in vivo are reviewed, together with recent tissue engineering applications where the control of cell microenvironment has been exploited. Cell microenvironment engineering and monitoring are crucial parts of tissue engineering efforts and systems which utilize different components of the cell microenvironment simultaneously can provide more functional engineered tissues in the near future.
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- Julien Barthes
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) UMR-S 1121, “Biomatériaux et Bioingénierie”, 11 rue Humann, 67085 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) UMR-S 1121, “Biomatériaux et Bioingénierie”, 11 rue Humann, 67085 Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Equipe de Recherche sur les Relations Matrice Extracellulaire-Cellules, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, 2 Avenue Adolphe Chauvin, 95302 Cergy Pontoise, France
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- Biomedical Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, American University of Beirut, Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon
- Center for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) UMR-S 1121, “Biomatériaux et Bioingénierie”, 11 rue Humann, 67085 Strasbourg Cedex, France
- Protip SAS, 8 Place de l'Hôpital, 67000, Strasbourg, France
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Bansal R, Singh M, Gupta KC, Kumar P. Oligoamine-tethered low generation polyamidoamine dendrimers as potential nucleic acid carriers. Biomater Sci 2014; 2:1275-1286. [DOI: 10.1039/c4bm00115j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Oligoamine-tethered low generation PAMAM dendrimers (mG2–mG4) have been synthesized, which showed significantly higher transfection efficiency with minimal cytotoxicity in vitro.
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- Ruby Bansal
- Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory
- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
- Delhi-110007, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research
- New Delhi, India
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- Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory
- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
- Delhi-110007, India
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- Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory
- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
- Delhi-110007, India
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research
- Lucknow-226001, India
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- Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory
- CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
- Delhi-110007, India
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