Protein-based materials, wall

Figure 9.19. Small sheet of elastic protein-based material, X "-poly(GVGVP), to be placed between the injured, bloodied abdominal wall and the...

Figure 9.23. Small sheet of elastic protein-based material, X -poly(GVGVP), placed between the injured, bloodied abdominal wall and the injured, bloodied, and contaminated loop of bowel to test the material for its efficacy in preventing adhesion of bowel to wall. (From Hoban et al. and Urry et al. )...

The literature confirms that attempts to clarify the mechanism of silver nanoparticle action against bacteria, viruses, and fungi have been taken. One of the most common mechanisms of nanosilver antibacterial activity is based on its natural affinity for bonding with a thiol group present in cysteine, which is a protein building material of bacterial cell walls. Consequently, the enzymatic function of the proteins is disturbed and the cellular respiration chain is interrupted. At the same time other enzymes such as NADH and succinate dehydrogenase are destroyed (Park et al., 2009). 

Bacterial catabolism of oral food residue is probably responsible for a higher [NHj] in the oral cavity than in the rest of the respiratory tract.Ammonia, the by-product of oral bacterial protein catabolism and subsequent ureolysis, desorbs from the fluid lining the oral cavity to the airstream.. Saliva, gingival crevicular fluids, and dental plaque supply urea to oral bacteria and may themselves be sites of bacterial NH3 production, based on the presence of urease in each of these materials.Consequently, oral cavity fNTi3)4 is controlled by factors that influence bacterial protein catabolism and ureolysis. Such factors may include the pH of the surface lining fluid, bacterial nutrient sources (food residue on teeth or on buccal surfaces), saliva production, saliva pH, and the effects of oral surface temperature on bacterial metabolism and wall blood flow. The role of teeth, as structures that facilitate bacterial colonization and food entrapment, in augmenting [NH3J4 is unknown. 

Local delivery of bevacizumab at the vessel wall can be performed by dedicated stents coated with PC. The PC polymer mimics the chemical structure of the PC headgroup, which makes up 90% of phospholipids in the outer membrane of a red blood cell. PC has been shown to decrease protein absorption and platelet adhesion thereby we can expect that the PC coating reduces the thrombus formation of the stainless steel stent, allowing the prevention of subacute thrombosis. Both in vitro and in vivo researches have demonstrated that PC-based polymers are effective in improving the biocompatibility of inert materials (60-62). 

The separation principle in capillary gel electrophoresis (CGE) is the same as that of slab gel electrophoresis. Most often CGE is used in a denaturing mode with the incorporation of SDS and is referred to as SDS-CGE. As such, separation is based on the protein s molecular mass and, due to the sieving mechanism of the gel, smaller proteins migrate past the detector first. The use of a gel material and SDS decreases the EOF and eliminates protein adsorption to the capillary walls further ensuring that migration is based on molecular mass. This precludes the need for additives and coated capillaries. 

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