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Evaluation of Various Types of Alginate Inks for Light-Mediated Extrusion 3D Printing
(MDPI, 2024-04-04)
Naturally derived biopolymers modifying or combining with other components are excellent candidates to promote the full potential of additive manufacturing in biomedicine, cosmetics, and the food industry. This work aims ...
Extrusion-Based 3D Printing of Photocrosslinkable Chitosan Inks
(MDPI, 2024-02-04)
Photocuring of chitosan has shown great promise in the extrusion-based 3D printing of scaffolds for advanced biomedical and tissue engineering applications. However, the poor mechanical stability of methacrylated chitosan ...
Membrane Interaction Characteristics of the RTX Toxins and the Cholesterol-Dependence of Their Cytolytic/Cytotoxic Activity
(MDPI, 2024-03-08)
RTX toxins are important virulence factors produced by a wide range of Gram-negative bacteria. They are secreted as water-soluble proteins that are able to bind to the host cell membrane and insert hydrophobic segments ...
The Influence of Lipid Electric Charge on the Binding of Aβ(1–42) Amyloid Peptide to Bilayers in the Liquid-Ordered State
(MDPI, 2024-03-01)
The amyloidogenic Aβ peptides are widely considered as a pathogenic agent in Alzheimer’s disease. Aβ(1-42) would form aggregates of amyloid fibrils on the neuron plasma membranes, thus perturbing neuronal functionality. ...
Development of a high-throughput platform to measure plasmid transfer frequency
(Frontiers Media, 2023-10)
Antibiotic resistance represents one of the greatest threats to global health. The spread of antibiotic resistance genes among bacteria occurs mostly through horizontal gene transfer via conjugation mediated by plasmids. ...
Predictive Modeling and Structure Analysis of Genetic Variants in Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Implications for Diagnosis and Protein Interaction Studies
(Springer Nature, 2023-10)
Purpose of Review Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a hereditary condition characterized by elevated levels of low-
density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease if left ...
Allosteric control of dynamin-related protein 1 through a disordered C-terminal Short Linear Motif
(Nature, 2024-01)
The mechanochemical GTPase dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1) catalyzes mitochondrial and peroxisomal fission, but the regulatory mechanisms remain ambiguous. Here we find that a conserved, intrinsically disordered, six-residue ...
Improving the mechanical and biological functions of cell sheet constructs: The interplay of human-derived periodontal ligament stem cells, endothelial cells and plasma rich in growth factors
(Elsevier, 2024-05)
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The aim of this study was to produce and characterize triple-layered cell sheet constructs with varying cell compositions combined or not with the fibrin membrane scaffold obtained by the technology of Plasma ...
On the antimicrobial properties and endurance of eugenol and 2-phenylphenol functionalized sol-gel coatings
(Elsevier, 2024-04)
Preventing microbiological surface contamination in public spaces is nowadays of high priority. The proliferation of a microbial infection may arise through air, water, or direct contact with infected surfaces. Chemical ...