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Prosswimmer T, Nick SE, Bryers JD, Daggett V. Designed De Novo α-Sheet Peptides Destabilize Bacterial Biofilms and Increase the Susceptibility of E. coli and S. aureus to Antibiotics. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Jun 27;25(13). doi: 10.3390/ijms25137024. PubMed PMID: 39000131; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11241457.
Chan NR, Hwang B, Mulligan MS, Ratner BD, Bryers JD. Porous Precision-Templated 40 μm Pore Scaffolds Promote Healing through Synergy in Macrophage Receptor with Collagenous Structure and Toll-Like Receptor Signaling. Tissue Eng Part A. 2024 Apr;30(7-8):287-298. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEA.2023.0144. Epub 2024 Feb 2. PubMed PMID: 38205652; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11040183.
Chan NR, Hwang B, Waworuntu RL, Tran AJ, Ratner BD, Bryers JD. Novel HALO® image analysis to determine cell phenotype in porous precision-templated scaffolds. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2023 Sep;111(9):1459-1467. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.37547. Epub 2023 Apr 8. PubMed PMID: 37029696; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10524297.
Hady TF, Hwang B, Waworuntu RL, Ratner BD, Bryers JD. Cells resident to precision templated 40-µm pore scaffolds generate small extracellular vesicles that affect CD4(+) T cell phenotypes through regulatory TLR4 signaling. Acta Biomater. 2023 Aug;166:119-132. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2023.05.007. Epub 2023 May 6. PubMed PMID: 37150279; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10330460.
Bleem A, Prosswimmer T, Chen R, Hady TF, Li J, Bryers JD, Daggett V. Designed α-sheet peptides disrupt uropathogenic E. coli biofilms rendering bacteria susceptible to antibiotics and immune cells. Sci Rep. 2023 Jun 7;13(1):9272. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-36343-6. PubMed PMID: 37286572; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10247742.
Chan NR, Hwang B, Ratner BD, Bryers JD. Monocytes contribute to a pro-healing response in 40 μm diameter uniform-pore, precision-templated scaffolds. J Tissue Eng Regen Med. 2022 Mar;16(3):297-310. doi: 10.1002/term.3280. Epub 2022 Jan 4. PubMed PMID: 34964563; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8953147.
Crawford L, Wyatt M, Bryers J, Ratner B. Biocompatibility Evolves: Phenomenology to Toxicology to Regeneration. Adv Healthc Mater. 2021 Jun;10(11):e2002153. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202002153. Epub 2021 Apr 7. Review. PubMed PMID: 33829678; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8221530.
Hwang B, Bryers J, Mulligan MS. Potential role of exosome-based allorecognition pathways involved in lung transplant rejection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Feb;161(2):e129-e134. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.04.183. Epub 2020 Jun 18. PubMed PMID: 33258452; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7909740.
Hady TF, Hwang B, Pusic AD, Waworuntu RL, Mulligan M, Ratner B, Bryers JD. Uniform 40-µm-pore diameter precision templated scaffolds promote a pro-healing host response by extracellular vesicle immune communication. J Tissue Eng Regen Med. 2021 Jan;15(1):24-36. doi: 10.1002/term.3160. Epub 2020 Dec 1. PubMed PMID: 33217150; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7954460.
Heinecke JW. Does HDL (High-Density Lipoprotein) Play a Causal Role in Host Defenses Against Infection?. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2020 Jan;40(1):5-6. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.119.313651. Epub 2019 Dec 23. PubMed PMID: 31869273; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7192228.
Yan J, Chen R, Zhang H, Bryers JD. Injectable Biodegradable Chitosan-Alginate 3D Porous Gel Scaffold for mRNA Vaccine Delivery. Macromol Biosci. 2019 Feb;19(2):e1800242. doi: 10.1002/mabi.201800242. Epub 2018 Nov 16. PubMed PMID: 30444317; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6611697.
Chen R, Zhang H, Yan J, Bryers JD. Scaffold-mediated delivery for non-viral mRNA vaccines. Gene Ther. 2018 Dec;25(8):556-567. doi: 10.1038/s41434-018-0040-9. Epub 2018 Sep 21. PubMed PMID: 30242259; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6309225.
Bleem A, Christiansen G, Madsen DJ, Maric H, Strømgaard K, Bryers JD, Daggett V, Meyer RL, Otzen DE. Protein Engineering Reveals Mechanisms of Functional Amyloid Formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms. J Mol Biol. 2018 Oct 12;430(20):3751-3763. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.06.043. Epub 2018 Jun 30. PubMed PMID: 29964047; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6178955.
Chen R, Ma H, Zhang L, Bryers JD. Precision-porous templated scaffolds of varying pore size drive dendritic cell activation. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2018 Apr;115(4):1086-1095. doi: 10.1002/bit.26532. Epub 2018 Jan 22. PubMed PMID: 29280498; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6176859.
Maris NL, Shea D, Bleem A, Bryers JD, Daggett V. Chemical and Physical Variability in Structural Isomers of an l/d α-Sheet Peptide Designed To Inhibit Amyloidogenesis. Biochemistry. 2018 Feb 6;57(5):507-510. doi: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00345. Epub 2017 Dec 19. PubMed PMID: 29202245; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5801053.
Katzenmeyer KN, Szott LM, Bryers JD. Artificial opsonin enhances bacterial phagocytosis, oxidative burst and chemokine production by human neutrophils. Pathog Dis. 2017 Aug 31;75(6). doi: 10.1093/femspd/ftx075. PubMed PMID: 28859309; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5827578.
Bleem A, Francisco R, Bryers JD, Daggett V. Designed α-sheet peptides suppress amyloid formation in Staphylococcus aureus biofilms. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2017;3:16. doi: 10.1038/s41522-017-0025-2. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28685098; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5495782.
Carney RP, Hazari S, Colquhoun M, Tran D, Hwang B, Mulligan MS, Bryers JD, Girda E, Leiserowitz GS, Smith ZJ, Lam KS. Multispectral Optical Tweezers for Biochemical Fingerprinting of CD9-Positive Exosome Subpopulations. Anal Chem. 2017 May 16;89(10):5357-5363. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00017. Epub 2017 Apr 25. PubMed PMID: 28345878; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5551404.
Eiampongpaiboon T, Chung WO, Bryers JD, Chung KH, Chan DCN. Antibacterial activity of gold-titanates on Gram-positive cariogenic bacteria. Acta Biomater Odontol Scand. 2015 Dec;1(2-4):51-58. doi: 10.3109/23337931.2015.1084883. eCollection 2015 Dec. PubMed PMID: 28642901; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5433202.
Pozhitkov AE, Daubert D, Brochwicz Donimirski A, Goodgion D, Vagin MY, Leroux BG, Hunter CM, Flemmig TF, Noble PA, Bryers JD. Interruption of Electrical Conductivity of Titanium Dental Implants Suggests a Path Towards Elimination Of Corrosion. PLoS One. 2015;10(10):e0140393. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140393. eCollection 2015. PubMed PMID: 26461491; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4604158.
Chen YW, Drury JL, Chung WO, Hobbs DT, Wataha JC. Titanates and Titanate-Metal Compounds in Biological Contexts. Int J Med Nano Res. 2015;2(1). doi: 10.23937/2378-3664/1410009. Epub 2015 Jun 13. PubMed PMID: 26430701; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4587770.
Yan L, Zhang L, Ma H, Chiu D, Bryers JD. A Single B-repeat of Staphylococcus epidermidis accumulation-associated protein induces protective immune responses in an experimental biomaterial-associated infection mouse model. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2014 Sep;21(9):1206-14. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00306-14. Epub 2014 Jun 11. PubMed PMID: 24920603; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4178571.
Hopping G, Kellock J, Barnwal RP, Law P, Bryers J, Varani G, Caughey B, Daggett V. Designed α-sheet peptides inhibit amyloid formation by targeting toxic oligomers. Elife. 2014 Jul 15;3:e01681. doi: 10.7554/eLife.01681. PubMed PMID: 25027691; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4091096.
Ma H, Darmawan ET, Zhang M, Zhang L, Bryers JD. Development of a poly(ether urethane) system for the controlled release of two novel anti-biofilm agents based on gallium or zinc and its efficacy to prevent bacterial biofilm formation. J Control Release. 2013 Dec 28;172(3):1035-44. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2013.10.005. Epub 2013 Oct 17. PubMed PMID: 24140747; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3858484.
Ma H, Katzenmeyer KN, Bryers JD. Non-invasive in situ monitoring and quantification of TOL plasmid segregational loss within Pseudomonas putida biofilms. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2013 Nov;110(11):2949-58. doi: 10.1002/bit.24953. Epub 2013 May 23. PubMed PMID: 23633286; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5764076.
Linnes JC, Ma H, Bryers JD. Giant extracellular matrix binding protein expression in Staphylococcus epidermidis is regulated by biofilm formation and osmotic pressure. Curr Microbiol. 2013 Jun;66(6):627-33. doi: 10.1007/s00284-013-0316-7. Epub 2013 Feb 5. PubMed PMID: 23380801; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3631293.
Galperin A, Oldinski RA, Florczyk SJ, Bryers JD, Zhang M, Ratner BD. Integrated bi-layered scaffold for osteochondral tissue engineering. Adv Healthc Mater. 2013 Jun;2(6):872-83. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201200345. Epub 2012 Dec 6. PubMed PMID: 23225568; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3644393.
Wilson JT, Keller S, Manganiello MJ, Cheng C, Lee CC, Opara C, Convertine A, Stayton PS. pH-Responsive nanoparticle vaccines for dual-delivery of antigens and immunostimulatory oligonucleotides. ACS Nano. 2013 May 28;7(5):3912-25. doi: 10.1021/nn305466z. Epub 2013 Apr 30. PubMed PMID: 23590591; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4042837.
Park J, Wu CT, Bryers JD. Chemokine programming dendritic cell antigen response: part I - select chemokine programming of antigen uptake even after maturation. Immunology. 2013 May;139(1):72-87. doi: 10.1111/imm.12056. PubMed PMID: 23278719; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3634540.
Park J, Bryers JD. Chemokine programming dendritic cell antigen response: part II - programming antigen presentation to T lymphocytes by partially maintaining immature dendritic cell phenotype. Immunology. 2013 May;139(1):88-99. doi: 10.1111/imm.12059. PubMed PMID: 23277917; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3634541.
Galperin A, Long TJ, Garty S, Ratner BD. Synthesis and fabrication of a degradable poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) scaffold for tissue engineering applications. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2013 Mar;101(3):775-86. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.34380. Epub 2012 Sep 8. PubMed PMID: 22961921; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3712632.
Cooper A, Oldinski R, Ma H, Bryers JD, Zhang M. Chitosan-based nanofibrous membranes for antibacterial filter applications. Carbohydr Polym. 2013 Jan 30;92(1):254-9. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.08.114. Epub 2012 Sep 7. PubMed PMID: 23218292; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3579628.
Ma H, Bryers JD. Non-invasive determination of conjugative transfer of plasmids bearing antibiotic-resistance genes in biofilm-bound bacteria: effects of substrate loading and antibiotic selection. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2013 Jan;97(1):317-28. doi: 10.1007/s00253-012-4179-9. Epub 2012 Jun 6. PubMed PMID: 22669634; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3465625.
Cheng C, Convertine AJ, Stayton PS, Bryers JD. Multifunctional triblock copolymers for intracellular messenger RNA delivery. Biomaterials. 2012 Oct;33(28):6868-76. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.06.020. Epub 2012 Jul 9. PubMed PMID: 22784603; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3412061.
Linnes JC, Mikhova K, Bryers JD. Adhesion of Staphylococcus epidermidis to biomaterials is inhibited by fibronectin and albumin. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2012 Aug;100(8):1990-7. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.34036. Epub 2012 May 5. PubMed PMID: 22566405; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3381423.
Bryers JD, Giachelli CM, Ratner BD. Engineering biomaterials to integrate and heal: the biocompatibility paradigm shifts. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2012 Aug;109(8):1898-911. doi: 10.1002/bit.24559. Epub 2012 May 24. Review. PubMed PMID: 22592568; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3490630.
Park KR, Bryers JD. Effect of macrophage classical (M1) activation on implant-adherent macrophage interactions with Staphylococcus epidermidis: A murine in vitro model system. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2012 Aug;100(8):2045-53. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.34087. Epub 2012 May 12. PubMed PMID: 22581669; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3394406.
Ruckh TT, Floreani RA, Carroll DA, Mikhova K, Bryers JD, Popat KC. Antimicrobial effects of nanofiber poly(caprolactone) tissue scaffolds releasing rifampicin. J Mater Sci Mater Med. 2012 Jun;23(6):1411-20. doi: 10.1007/s10856-012-4609-3. Epub 2012 Mar 10. PubMed PMID: 22407002; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3490623.
Manganiello MJ, Cheng C, Convertine AJ, Bryers JD, Stayton PS. Diblock copolymers with tunable pH transitions for gene delivery. Biomaterials. 2012 Mar;33(7):2301-9. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.11.019. Epub 2011 Dec 12. PubMed PMID: 22169826; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3266685.
Garty S, Shirakawa R, Warsen A, Anderson EM, Noble ML, Bryers JD, Ratner BD, Shen TT. Sustained antibiotic release from an intraocular lens-hydrogel assembly for cataract surgery. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011 Aug 3;52(9):6109-16. doi: 10.1167/iovs.10-6071. PubMed PMID: 21447687; NIHMSID:NIHMS486516.
Valdes TI, Ciridon W, Ratner BD, Bryers JD. Modulation of fibroblast inflammatory response by surface modification of a perfluorinated ionomer. Biointerphases. 2011 Jun;6(2):43-53. doi: 10.1116/1.3583535. PubMed PMID: 21721839; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3483874.
Katzenmeyer KN, Bryers JD. Multivalent artificial opsonin for the recognition and phagocytosis of Gram-positive bacteria by human phagocytes. Biomaterials. 2011 Jun;32(16):4042-51. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.02.007. PubMed PMID: 21388677; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3069663.
Ma H, Bryers JD. Non-invasive method to quantify local bacterial concentrations in a mixed culture biofilm. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. 2010 Oct;37(10):1081-9. doi: 10.1007/s10295-010-0756-z. Epub 2010 Jun 15. PubMed PMID: 20552252; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3070421.
Anderson EM, Noble ML, Garty S, Ma H, Bryers JD, Shen TT, Ratner BD. Sustained release of antibiotic from poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) to prevent blinding infections after cataract surgery. Biomaterials. 2009 Oct;30(29):5675-81. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.06.047. Epub 2009 Jul 23. PubMed PMID: 19631376; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2820401.
Cheng G, Li G, Xue H, Chen S, Bryers JD, Jiang S. Zwitterionic carboxybetaine polymer surfaces and their resistance to long-term biofilm formation. Biomaterials. 2009 Oct;30(28):5234-40. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.05.058. Epub 2009 Jul 1. PubMed PMID: 19573908; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2825140.
Novak MT, Bryers JD, Reichert WM. Biomimetic strategies based on viruses and bacteria for the development of immune evasive biomaterials. Biomaterials. 2009 Apr;30(11):1989-2005. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2008.11.025. Epub 2009 Jan 29. Review. PubMed PMID: 19185345; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2673477.
Bryers JD. Medical biofilms. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2008 May 1;100(1):1-18. doi: 10.1002/bit.21838. Review. PubMed PMID: 18366134; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2706312.
Valdes TI, Ciridon W, Ratner BD, Bryers JD. Surface modification of a perfluorinated ionomer using a glow discharge deposition method to control protein adsorption. Biomaterials. 2008 Apr;29(10):1356-66. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2007.11.035. Epub 2007 Dec 21. PubMed PMID: 18155292; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2262101.
Cheng G, Zhang Z, Chen S, Bryers JD, Jiang S. Inhibition of bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation on zwitterionic surfaces. Biomaterials. 2007 Oct;28(29):4192-9. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2007.05.041. Epub 2007 Jun 29. PubMed PMID: 17604099; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5463736.
Bryers JD, Jarvis RA, Lebo J, Prudencio A, Kyriakides TR, Uhrich K. Biodegradation of poly(anhydride-esters) into non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and their effect on Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms in vitro and on the foreign-body response in vivo. Biomaterials. 2006 Oct;27(29):5039-48. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2006.05.034. Epub 2006 Jun 14. PubMed PMID: 16777217; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6639030.
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