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Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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Diet-induced metabolic hamster model of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
(Dove Medical Press, 2011-06-03)Obesity, hypercholesterolemia, elevated triglycerides, and type 2 diabetes are major risk factors for metabolic syndrome. Hamsters, unlike rats or mice, respond well to diet-induced obesity, increase body mass and adiposity ... -
Oral Probiotic Microcapsule Formulation Ameliorates Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Bio F1B Golden Syrian Hamsters
(Public Library of Science, 2013-03-12)The beneficial effect of a microencapsulated feruloyl esterase producing Lactobacillus fermentum ATCC 11976 formulation for use in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) was investigated. For which Bio F1B Golden Syrian ... -
A novel polyethyleneimine-coated adeno-associated virus-like particle formulation for efficient siRNA delivery in breast cancer therapy: preparation and in vitro analysis
(Dove Medical Press, 2012)Systemic delivery of small interfering RNA (siRNA) is limited by its poor stability and limited cell-penetrating properties. To overcome these limitations, we designed an efficient siRNA delivery system using polyethylen ... -
Genipin-Cross-Linked Microencapsulated Human Adipose Stem Cells Augment Transplant Retention Resulting in Attenuation of Chronically Infarcted Rat Heart Fibrosis and Cardiac Dysfunction
(Cognizant Communication Corporation, 2012)Stem cell transplantation has been widely acknowledged for their immense potential in regenerative medicine. In these procedures, the implanted cells need to maintain both their viability and functional properties for ... -
Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells in regenerative medicine
(BioMed Central, 2013-11-25)Cells of the human umbilical cord offer tremendous potential for improving human health. Cells from the Wharton’s jelly (umbilical cord stroma) in particular, referred to as human umbilical cord mesenchymal stromal cells ... -
Poly(vinylamine) microgels: pH-responsive particles with high primary amine contents
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013-01-16)pH-responsive microgels are crosslinked polymer colloid particles that swell when the pH approaches the pKa of the polybase or polyacid chains. Poly(vinylamine) (PVAM) has the highest primary amine content of all ... -
Design of a new reactor-like high temperature near ambient pressure scanning tunneling microscope for catalysis studies
(American Institute of Physics, 2013)Here, we present the design of a new reactor-like high-temperature near ambient pressure scanning tunneling microscope (HT-NAP-STM) for catalysis studies. This HT-NAP-STM was designed for exploration of structures of ... -
Water–gas shift on gold catalysts: catalyst systems and fundamental studies
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013-06-18)Since the pioneering finding by Haruta et al. that small gold nanoparticles on reducible supports can be highly active for low-temperature CO oxidation, the synthesis, characterization, and application of supported gold ... -
Fabrication of nanofibres using bioinspired microfluidic spinning
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Nano-size layered manganese–calcium oxide as an efficient and biomimetic catalyst for water oxidation under acidic conditions: comparable to platinum
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013-01-24)Inspired by Nature's catalyst, a nano-size layered manganese–calcium oxide showed a low overvoltage for water oxidation in acidic solutions, which is comparable to platinum. -
Monitoring phases and phase transitions in phosphatidylethanolamine monolayers using active interfacial microrheology
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015)Active interfacial microrheology is a sensitive tool to detect phase transitions and headgroup order in phospholipid monolayers. The re-orientation of a magnetic nickel nanorod is used to explore changes in the surface ... -
Tug of War in Lung Surfactant Components: MiniB Dominates over Cholesterol during Lipid Domain Formation
(Elsevier, 2015-01-27)Lung surfactants (LS), a complex mixture of lipids and proteins present in the alveolar lining of lungs, help in lowering surface tension to near zero at expiration. Deficiency of this surfactant can lead to Neonatal ... -
Dynamic Measurements of Membrane Insertion Potential of Synthetic Cell Penetrating Peptide/pDNA/Ca2+ Complexes
(Elsevier, 2015-01-27)Noncovalent complexation of plasmid DNA (pDNA) using cell penetrating peptides (CPPs) has been less explored due to the relatively large complex size formed and the low-level gene expression. Here, condensing synthetic CPP ... -
Effect of Orally Administered Microencapsulated FA-Producing L. fermentum on Markers of Metabolic Syndrome: An In Vivo Analysis
(OMICS International, 2012-05-25)Ferulic Acid (FA) is a natural phenolic acid produced by a number of lactic acid bacteria. FA has a number of beneficial properties, including: antioxidant activity, anti-tumorigenic properties and cholesterol-lowering ... -
Suppression of Tumorigenesis: Modulation of Inflammatory Cytokines by Oral Administration of Microencapsulated Probiotic Yogurt Formulation
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2010-08)The objective of this study was to examine the ability of a novel microencapsulated probiotic yogurt formulation to suppress the intestinal inflammation. We assessed its anticancer activity by screening interleukin-1, 6, ... -
Genipin-Cross-Linked Microencapsulated Human Adipose Stem Cells Augment Transplant Retention Resulting in Attenuation of Chronically Infarcted Rat Heart Fibrosis and Cardiac Dysfunction
(Cognizant Communication Corporation, 2012-12-01)Stem cell transplantation has been widely acknowledged for their immense potential in regenerative medicine. In these procedures, the implanted cells need to maintain both their viability and functional properties for ... -
A novel polyethyleneimine-coated adeno-associated virus-like particle formulation for efficient siRNA delivery in breast cancer therapy: preparation and in vitro analysis
(Dove Medical Press, 2012-03-23)Systemic delivery of small interfering RNA (siRNA) is limited by its poor stability and limited cell-penetrating properties. To overcome these limitations, we designed an efficient siRNA delivery system using polyethylen ... -
Angiopoietin-1-expressing adipose stem cells genetically modified with baculovirus nanocomplex: investigation in rat heart with acute infarction
(Dove Medical Press, 2011-10-06)The objective of this study was to develop angiopoietin-1 (Ang1)-expressing genetically modified human adipose tissue derived stem cells (hASCs) for myocardial therapy. For this, an efficient gene delivery system using ... -
Intramyocardial sustained delivery of placental growth factor using nanoparticles as a vehicle for delivery in the rat infarct model
(Dove Medical Press, 2011-10-31)Acute myocardial ischemia results in scar formation with ventricular dilatation and eventually heart failure. Placental growth factor (PlGF) is reported to stimulate angiogenesis and improve cardiac function. In this study, ... -
Mitotic and antiapoptotic effects of nanoparticles coencapsulating human VEGF and human angiopoietin-1 on vascular endothelial cells
(Dove Medical Press, 2011-05-24)Research towards the application of nanoparticles as carrier vehicles for the delivery of therapeutic agents is increasingly gaining importance. The angiogenic growth factors, human vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) ...