Polymersome-based protein drug delivery–quo vadis?

MG Gouveia, JP Wesseler, J Ramaekers… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein-based therapeutics are an attractive alternative to established therapeutic
approaches and represent one of the fastest growing families of drugs. While many of these …

Advances in block copolymer-phospholipid hybrid vesicles: from physical-chemical properties to applications

E Brodszkij, B Städler - Chemical Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Hybrid vesicles, made of lipids and amphiphilic block copolymers, have become
increasingly popular thanks to their versatile properties that enable the construction of …

Light-triggered nitric oxide (NO) release from photoresponsive polymersomes for corneal wound healing

Y Duan, Y Wang, X Li, G Zhang, G Zhang, J Hu - Chemical Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymersomes have been extensively used in the delivery of both small and
macromolecular payloads. However, the controlled delivery of gaseous therapeutics (eg …

Artificial organelles: towards adding or restoring intracellular activity

RAJF Oerlemans, SBPE Timmermans… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Compartmentalization is one of the main characteristics that define living systems. Creating
a physically separated microenvironment allows nature a better control over biological …

Advancing biomimetic functions of synthetic cells through compartmentalized cell-free protein synthesis

J Powers, Y Jang - Biomacromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Synthetic cells are artificial constructs that mimic the structures and functions of living cells.
They are attractive for studying diverse biochemical processes and elucidating the origins of …

Recent advances in functional nanomaterials for catalytic generation of nitric oxide: a mini review

C Wang, G Tian, X Yu, X Zhang - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a gaseous second messenger, nitric oxide (NO) plays an important role in a series of
signal pathways. Research on the NO regulation for various disease treatments has aroused …

[HTML][HTML] Membrane composition of polymer-lipid hybrid vesicles

E Brodszkij, IN Westensee, SF Holleufer, C Ade… - Applied Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hybrid vesicles (HVs) assembled from phospholipids and amphiphilic block copolymers
(BCPs) are a more recent alternative to liposomes and polymersomes. We aim to change …

Compartmentalized intracellular click chemistry with biodegradable polymersomes

RAJF Oerlemans, J Shao… - Macromolecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polymersome nanoreactors that can be employed as artificial organelles have gained much
interest over the past decades. Such systems often include biological catalysts (ie, enzymes) …

Cell mimicry as a bottom‐up strategy for hierarchical engineering of nature‐inspired entities

X Qian, I Nymann Westensee… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial biology is an emerging concept that aims to design and engineer the structure and
function of natural cells, organelles, or biomolecules with a combination of biological and …

Mucopenetrating polymer–Lipid hybrid nanovesicles as subunits in alginate beads as an oral formulation

E Taipaleenmäki, G Christensen, E Brodszkij… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Crossing the intestinal mucus layer remains a great hurdle in oral drug delivery. The viscous
mucus gel protects the body from pathogens but simultaneously traps many types of delivery …