Search Results - "Borgogna, Massimiliano"
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Polysaccharide-Based Networks from Homogeneous Chitosan-Tripolyphosphate Hydrogels: Synthesis and Characterization
Published in Biomacromolecules (08-09-2014)“…Polysaccharide networks, in the form of hydrogels and dried membranes based on chitosan and on the cross-linker tripolyphosphate (TPP), were developed using a…”
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New Hypothesis on the Role of Alternating Sequences in Calcium−Alginate Gels
Published in Biomacromolecules (01-03-2005)“…The availability of mannuronan and mannuronan C-5 epimerases allows the production of a strictly alternating mannuronate−guluronate (MG) polymer and the…”
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Marine polysaccharides in microencapsulation and application to aquaculture: "from sea to sea"
Published in Marine drugs (01-12-2011)“…This review's main objective is to discuss some physico-chemical features of polysaccharides as intrinsic determinants for the supramolecular structures that…”
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Cell-compatible covalently reinforced beads obtained from a chemoenzymatically engineered alginate
Published in Biomaterials (01-09-2006)“…A chemoenzymatic strategy has been exploited to make covalently linked alginate beads with high stability. This was achieved by grafting mannuronan (alginate…”
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Inkjet printing of Chitlac-nanosilver--a method to create functional coatings for non-metallic bone implants
Published in Biofabrication (22-10-2014)“…Biostable fiber-reinforced composites, based on bisphenol-A-dimethacrylate and triethyleneglycoldimethacrylate thermoset polymer matrix reinforced with E-glass…”
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The Effects of Alginate Encapsulation on NIT-1 Insulinoma Cells: Viability, Growth and Insulin Secretion
Published in In vivo (Athens) (01-11-2009)“…Transplantation of microencapsulated insulin-secreting cells is proposed as a promising therapy for the treatment of type I diabetes mellitus. In recent years,…”
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Chitosan nanoparticles: Preparation, size evolution and stability
Published in International journal of pharmaceutics (15-10-2013)“…Characterisation of chitosan-tripolyphosphate nanoparticles is presented with the aim of correlating particle shape and morphology, size distribution, surface…”
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On the Initial Binding of Alginate by Calcium Ions. The Tilted Egg-Box Hypothesis
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (20-06-2013)“…The initial binding of calcium ions by alginate chains was investigated in dilute solution. The use of viscometry, light scattering, circular dichroism, and…”
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Development of biodegradable membranes for the delivery of a bioactive chitosan‐derivative on cartilage defects: A preliminary investigation
Published in Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A (01-05-2020)“…Biodegradable membranes for cartilage applications were manufactured starting from polymeric networks of a lactose‐modified chitosan (CTL), previously proposed…”
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Silver-containing antimicrobial membrane based on chitosan-TPP hydrogel for the treatment of wounds
Published in Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine (01-03-2015)“…Treatment of non-healing wounds represents hitherto a severe dilemma because of their failure to heal caused by repeated tissue insults, bacteria contamination…”
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Adhesive and sealant interfaces for general surgery applications
Published in Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials (01-04-2016)“…The main functions of biological adhesives and sealants are to repair injured tissues, reinforce surgical wounds, or even replace common suturing techniques…”
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Hyaluronan delivery by polymer demixing in polysaccharide-based hydrogels and membranes for biomedical applications
Published in Carbohydrate polymers (05-10-2016)“…•Alginate-hyaluronan hydrogels were obtained exploiting a polymer demixing process.•Freeze-dried membranes with tunable mechanical properties were…”
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Boric Acid Induced Transient Cross-Links in Lactose-Modified Chitosan (Chitlac)
Published in Biomacromolecules (11-12-2017)“…The present paper explores the effect of boric acid on Chitlac, a lactose-modified chitosan which had previously shown interesting biological and…”
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Nucleation, reorganization and disassembly of an active network from lactose-modified chitosan mimicking biological matrices
Published in Carbohydrate polymers (15-03-2019)“…[Display omitted] •Boric acid causes the formation of transient network in lactose-modified chitosan.•The active network shows strain-hardening features…”
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Adhesive coatings based on melanin-like nanoparticles for surgical membranes
Published in Colloids and surfaces, B, Biointerfaces (01-07-2017)“…[Display omitted] •MNPs can be employed to develop adhesive interfaces for surgical membranes.•MNPs-based coatings promote tissue adhesion of surgical…”
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Mimicking mechanical response of natural tissues. Strain hardening induced by transient reticulation in lactose-modified chitosan (chitlac)
Published in International journal of biological macromolecules (01-01-2018)“…The effect of transient cross-links has been explored on a lactose-modified chitosan, which previously had shown interesting biological features. The presence…”
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Butyrate‐Loaded Chitosan/Hyaluronan Nanoparticles: A Suitable Tool for Sustained Inhibition of ROS Release by Activated Neutrophils
Published in Macromolecular bioscience (01-11-2017)“…Tissue damage caused by excessive amounts of neutrophil‐derived reactive oxygen species (ROS) occurs in many inflammatory diseases. Butyrate is a short‐chain…”
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Exploiting natural polysaccharides to enhance in vitro bio-constructs of primary neurons and progenitor cells
Published in Acta biomaterialia (01-06-2018)“…[Display omitted] Current strategies in Central Nervous System (CNS) repair focus on the engineering of artificial scaffolds for guiding and promoting neuronal…”
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Alginate-Hydroxyapatite Bone Scaffolds with Isotropic or Anisotropic Pore Structure: Material Properties and Biological Behavior
Published in Macromolecular materials and engineering (01-10-2015)“…Alginate/hydroxyapatite composites, with isotropic or anisotropic porosity, were developed using two different freezing methods. Morphological analysis…”
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Antibacterial‐nanocomposite bone filler based on silver nanoparticles and polysaccharides
Published in Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (01-02-2018)“…Injectable bone fillers represent an attractive strategy for the treatment of bone defects. These injectable materials should be biocompatible, capable of…”
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