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ArticleScience advances2020

De novo design of functional zwitterionic biomimetic material for immunomodulation.

Bowen Li, Zhefan Yuan, Priyesh Jain, Hsiang-Chieh Hung, Yuwei He, Xiaojie Lin, Patrick McMullen, Shaoyi Jiang

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Article in Science advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Bowen LiDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5006-9143
Zhefan YuanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4724-6214
Priyesh JainDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Hsiang-Chieh HungDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7930-3674
Yuwei HeDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Xiaojie LinDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2911-3685
Patrick McMullenDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4485-0595
Shaoyi JiangDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9863-6899
University of Washington · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Superhydrophilic zwitterionic polymers are a class of nonfouling materials capable of effectively resisting any nonspecific interactions with biological systems. We designed here a functional zwitterionic polymer that achieves a trade-off between nonspecific interactions providing the nonfouling property and a specific interaction for bioactive functionality. Built from phosphoserine, an immune-signaling molecule in nature, this zwitterionic polymer exhibits both nonfouling and immunomodulatory properties. Its conjugation to uricase is shown to proactively eradicate all unwanted immune response, outperforming the zwitterionic polymers. On the other hand, this polymer could significantly prolong the half-life of protein drugs in vivo, overcoming the innate drawback of phosphoserine in inducing accelerated clearance. Our demonstration of a nonfouling zwitterionic material with built-in immunomodulatory functionality provides new insights into the fundamental design of biomaterials, as well as far-reaching implications for broad applications such as drug delivery, implants, and cell therapy.

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PMID32523997
PMCPMC7259941
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