Silk fibroin/hydroxyapatite composites for bone tissue engineering

M Farokhi, F Mottaghitalab, S Samani… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Silk fibroin (SF) is a natural fibrous polymer with strong potential for many biomedical
applications. SF has attracted interest in the field of bone tissue engineering due to its …

Silk fibroin as biomaterial for bone tissue engineering

J Melke, S Midha, S Ghosh, K Ito, S Hofmann - Acta biomaterialia, 2016 - Elsevier
Silk fibroin (SF) is a fibrous protein which is produced mainly by silkworms and spiders. Its
unique mechanical properties, tunable biodegradation rate and the ability to support the …

Silk fibroin-based nanoparticles for drug delivery

Z Zhao, Y Li, MB Xie - International journal of molecular sciences, 2015 - mdpi.com
Silk fibroin (SF) is a protein-based biomacromolecule with excellent biocompatibility,
biodegradability and low immunogenicity. The development of SF-based nanoparticles for …

Fibroin nanoparticles: A promising drug delivery system

DT Pham, W Tiyaboonchai - Drug delivery, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Fibroin is a dominant silk protein that possesses ideal properties as a biomaterial for drug
delivery. Recently, the development of fibroin nanoparticles (FNPs) for various biomedical …

Challenges in delivering therapeutic peptides and proteins: A silk-based solution

J Wu, JK Sahoo, Y Li, Q Xu, DL Kaplan - Journal of Controlled Release, 2022 - Elsevier
Peptide-and protein-based therapeutics have drawn significant attention over the past few
decades for the treatment of infectious diseases, genetic disorders, oncology, and many …

Preparation and characterization of slow-release and water-retention fertilizer based on starch and halloysite

H Wei, H Wang, H Chu, J Li - International journal of biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, a kind of slow-release and water-retention fertilizer was fabricated by free
radical copolymerization of potato starch, acrylic acid, acrylamide, and β-cyclodextrin …

Silk nanoparticles: From inert supports to bioactive natural carriers for drug delivery

B Crivelli, S Perteghella, E Bari, M Sorrenti, G Tripodo… - Soft Matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Silk proteins have been studied and employed for the production of drug delivery (nano)
systems. They show excellent biocompatibility, controllable biodegradability and non …

Silk fibroin-based biomaterials for musculoskeletal tissue engineering

D Ma, Y Wang, W Dai - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2018 - Elsevier
Tissue engineering (TE) is an emerging and promising strategy to heal tissue failure by
integrating science and technology of materials, cells and growth factors. With the increasing …

Regenerated cellulose products for agricultural and their potential: A review

NA Zainul Armir, A Zulkifli, S Gunaseelan… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cellulose is one of the most abundant natural polymers with excellent biocompatibility, non-
toxicity, flexibility, and renewable source. Regenerated cellulose (RC) products result from …

Bioactive cell-derived matrices combined with polymer mesh scaffold for osteogenesis and bone healing

IG Kim, MP Hwang, P Du, J Ko, C Ha, SH Do, K Park - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
Successful bone tissue engineering generally requires an osteoconductive scaffold that
consists of extracellular matrix (ECM) to mimic the natural environment. In this study, we …