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Polymeric nanogels as vaccine delivery systems

Polymeric nanogels find a relevant field of application in the formulation of a new generation of therapeutic and preventive vaccines, aiming at the fine-tuned modulation of the immune response. Intrinsic properties of polymeric nanogels, such as material chemistry, size and shape, surface charge, and hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity, may be determining factors in shaping the induced immune response. These mate...

Self-assembled mannan nanogel : cytocompatibility and cell localization

Amphiphilic mannan, produced by the Michael addition of hydrophobic 1-hexadecanethiol to vinyl methacrylated mannan, self-assembles in aqueous medium through hydrophobic interactions among alkyl chains. Resultant nanogel is stable, spherical, polydisperse, with 50–140 nm mean hydrodynamic diameter depending on the polymer degree of substitution, and nearly neutral negative surface charge. No cytotoxicity of man...

Development of multifunctional mannan nanogel

Tese de doutoramento em Biomedical Engineering ; Self-assembled nanogels made of hydrophobized mannan or pullulan were obtained using a versatile, simple, reproducible and low-cost method. In a first reaction pullulan or mannan were modified with hydroxyethyl methacrylate or vinyl methacrylate, further modified in the second reaction with 1-hexadecanethiol. The resultant amphiphilic material self-assembles in ...

Biocompatibility of mannan nanogel : safe interaction with plasma proteins

BACKGROUND: Self-assembled mannan nanogels are designed to provide a therapeutic or vaccine delivery platform based on the bioactive properties of mannan to target mannose receptor expressed on the surface of antigen-presenting cells, combined with the performance of nanogels as carriers of biologically active agents. METHODS: Proteins in the corona around mannan nanogel formed in human plasma were identifie...

Unraveling the uptake mechanisms of mannan nanogel in bone-marrow-derived macro...

The mechanisms associated with the cellular internalization of nanomedicines must be carefully considered when designing drug- and vaccine-delivery systems. The cellular fate and effects of nanomedicines depend to a large extent on the cell uptake routes. A self-assembled mannan nanogel is developed as a vaccination platform for antigen and adjuvant delivery. The mannan nanogel uptake by murine bone-marrow-deri...

Self-assembled nanogels for biomedical applications

Synthesis and characterization of self-assembled nanogels made of pullulan

Self-assembled nanogels made of hydrophobized pullulan were obtained using a versatile, simple, reproducible and low-cost method. In a first reaction pullulan was modified with hydroxyethyl methacrylate or vinyl methacrylate, further modified in the second step with hydrophobic 1-hexadecanethiol, resulting as an amphiphilic material, which self-assembles in water via the hydrophobic interaction among alkyl chai...

Self-assembled dextrin nanogel as protein carrier : controlled release and biol...

Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine, which active form is a non-covalent homodimer. Given the potential of IL-10 for application in various medical conditions, it is essential to develop systems for its effective delivery. In previous work, it has been shown that a dextrin nanogel effectively incorporated and stabilized rIL10, enabling its release over time. In this work, the delivery system...

Self-assembled nanogel made of mannan : synthesis and characterization

Amphiphilic mannan (mannan-C16) was synthesized by the Michael addition of hydrophobic 1-hexadecanethiol (C16) to hydroxyethyl methacrylated mannan (mannan-HEMA). Mannan-C16 formed nanosized aggregates in water by selfassembly via the hydrophobic interaction among C16molecules as confirmed by hydrogen nuclearmagnetic resonance (1H NMR), fluorescence spectroscopy, cryo-field emission scanning electron microscopy...

Self assembling nanogels

Este resumo faz parte de: Book of abstracts of the Meeting of the Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2, Braga, Portugal, 2010. A versão completa do livro de atas está disponível em: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/10968