Search Results - "d’Arcy, Richard"
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Amphiphilic polysaccharides as building blocks for self-assembled nanosystems: molecular design and application in cancer and inflammatory diseases
Published in Journal of controlled release (28-02-2018)“…Polysaccharides (PSs) have been extensively studied in healthcare applications; here, we focus our attention on their use as components of nanomaterials in the…”
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Engineering approaches for RNA-based and cell-based osteoarthritis therapies
Published in Nature reviews. Rheumatology (01-02-2024)“…Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic, debilitating disease that substantially impairs the quality of life of affected individuals. The underlying mechanisms of OA…”
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Tuning Ligand Density To Optimize Pharmacokinetics of Targeted Nanoparticles for Dual Protection against Tumor-Induced Bone Destruction
Published in ACS nano (28-01-2020)“…Breast cancer patients are at high risk for bone metastasis. Metastatic bone disease is a major clinical problem that leads to a reduction in mobility,…”
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Nanomanufacturing through microfluidic-assisted nanoprecipitation: Advanced analytics and structure-activity relationships
Published in International journal of pharmaceutics (20-12-2017)“…[Display omitted] We have employed microfluidics (cross-shaped chip) for the preparation of drug-loaded poly(lactic acid-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA)…”
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A Reactive Oxygen Species-Scavenging ‘Stealth’ Polymer, Poly(thioglycidyl glycerol), Outperforms Poly(ethylene glycol) in Protein Conjugates and Nanocarriers and Enhances Protein Stability to Environmental and Biological Stressors
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (23-11-2022)“…This study addresses well-known shortcomings of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-based conjugates. PEGylation is by far the most common method employed to overcome…”
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Core polymer optimization of ternary siRNA nanoparticles enhances in vivo safety, pharmacokinetics, and tumor gene silencing
Published in Biomaterials (01-06-2023)“…Gene silencing with siRNA nanoparticles (si-NPs) is promising but still clinically unrealized for inhibition of tumor driver genes. Ternary si-NPs containing…”
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Influence of Chain Primary Structure and Topology (Branching) on Crystallization and Thermal Properties: The Case of Polysulfides
Published in Macromolecules (12-03-2019)“…We have investigated how variations in primary structure (distribution of monomeric units, chain length) and degree of branching affect the crystallization…”
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Nonviral In Vivo Delivery of CRISPR-Cas9 Using Protein-Agnostic, High-Loading Porous Silicon and Polymer Nanoparticles
Published in ACS nano (12-09-2023)“…The complexity of CRISPR machinery is a challenge to its application for nonviral in vivo therapeutic gene editing. Here, we demonstrate that proteins,…”
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Core Cross‐Linking Enhances the Anti‐Inflammatory Performance of Oxidation‐Sensitive Polymeric Micelles
Published in Macromolecular chemistry and physics (01-12-2023)“…Nanomaterials able to scavenge biologically relevant oxidants (reactive oxygen species, ROS) can directly act as anti‐inflammatory agents. Here, micelles made…”
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Sustainable Active Food Packaging from Poly(lactic acid) and Cocoa Bean Shells
Published in ACS applied materials & interfaces (28-08-2019)“…Sustainable biocomposites have been developed by solvent mixing of poly(lactic acid) (PLA) with a fine powder of cocoa bean shells (CBS) and subsequent…”
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Influence of Primary Structure on Responsiveness. Oxidative, Thermal, and Thermo-Oxidative Responses in Polysulfides
Published in Macromolecules (24-11-2015)“…Using polymers with a double stimulus responsiveness, we show that primary structure, in addition to chemical composition, can significantly influence the…”
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Main Chain Polysulfoxides as Active 'Stealth' Polymers with Additional Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Behaviour
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (17-09-2019)“…We present the evaluation of a sulfoxide-based polymer (poly(propylene sulfoxide), PPSO) as a potential 'stealth' macromolecule, and at the same time as a…”
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Versatile Preparation of Branched Polylactides by Low-Temperature, Organocatalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization in N‑Methylpyrrolidone and Their Surface Degradation Behavior
Published in Macromolecules (26-10-2021)“…We describe how the organocatalytic, 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU)-based lactide ring-opening polymerization can be effectively performed in a very…”
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The Effect of Branching (Star Architecture) on Poly(d,l‑lactide) (PDLLA) Degradation and Drug Delivery
Published in Biomacromolecules (13-03-2017)“…This study focuses on the comparative evaluation of star (branched) and linear poly(l,d-lactic acid) (PDLLA) as degradable materials employed in controlled…”
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Dual Thermal- and Oxidation-Responsive Polymers Synthesized by a Sequential ROP-to-RAFT Procedure Inherently Temper Neuroinflammation
Published in Biomacromolecules (09-10-2023)“…This study is about multiple responsiveness in biomedical materials. This typically implies “orthogonality” (i.e., one response does not affect the other) or…”
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Reactive oxygen species-degradable polythioketal urethane foam dressings to promote porcine skin wound repair
Published in Science translational medicine (20-04-2022)“…Porous, resorbable biomaterials can serve as temporary scaffolds that support cell infiltration, tissue formation, and remodeling of nonhealing skin wounds…”
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“Tandem” Nanomedicine Approach against Osteoclastogenesis: Polysulfide Micelles Synergically Scavenge ROS and Release Rapamycin
Published in Biomacromolecules (10-02-2020)“…We show the first example of a synergic approach of oxidant (ROS) scavenging carrier and ROS-responsive drug release in the context of a potential therapy…”
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Branched polyesters: Preparative strategies and applications
Published in Advanced drug delivery reviews (15-12-2016)“…In the last 20years, the availability of precision chemical tools (e.g. controlled/living polymerizations, ‘click’ reactions) has determined a step change in…”
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Intravascular delivery of an MK2 inhibitory peptide to prevent restenosis after angioplasty
Published in Biomaterials (01-02-2025)“…Peripheral artery disease is commonly treated with balloon angioplasty, a procedure involving minimally invasive, transluminal insertion of a catheter to the…”
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Mitsunobu Reaction: A Versatile Tool for PEG End Functionalization
Published in Macromolecular rapid communications. (01-10-2015)“…The Mitsunobu reaction can be efficiently used for the transformation of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) terminal OH group(s) into a variety of functions. In…”
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