Publications by authors named "Boyao Lu"

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  • Titanium dioxide (TiO)-based photodynamic antibacterial agents are effective against drug-resistant infections, but face challenges like poor dispersibility and weak performance under visible light.
  • This study developed a new Zn-TiO/reduced graphene oxide nano-system (HTGZ) that improves dispersibility, enhances catalytic activity under visible light, and shows over 98% antibacterial effectiveness.
  • HTGZ showed no significant toxicity to healthy cells, and in vivo tests demonstrated its ability to significantly promote tissue regeneration and reduce wound size compared to a control group, making it a promising option for treating bacterial infections.
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Background And Objective: Periodontitis (PD), a chronic infectious inflammatory disease initiated by bacteria, is associated with several local contributing factors including occlusal trauma. Previous studies have found that the traumatic occlusal force could aggravate alveolar bone loss during PD. However, the effect of reduced occlusal force during PD remains unclear.

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Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the endo-sinus bone remodeling of dental implants placed via osteotome sinus floor elevation (OSFE) after 6 months and using different implant protrusion lengths and bone grafts through cone beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Methods: Ninety-six patients with 124 implants were included and assigned into four groups. Group 1: implant protrusion length<4 mm with bone graft; group 2: implant protrusion length>4 mm with bone graft; group 3: implant protrusion length<4 mm without bone graft; group 4: implant protrusion length>4 mm without bone graft.

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Background And Objective: Diabetes accelerates inflammaging in various tissue with an increase in senescent cell burden and senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) secretion, which is a significant cause of tissue dysfunction and contributes to the diabetic complications. Recently, inflammasomes are thought to contribute to inflammaging. Here, utilizing diabetic models in vivo and in vitro, we investigated the potential association between hyperglycemia-induced inflammaging and gingival tissue dysfunction and the mechanism underlying inflammasome-associated inflammaging.

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siRNA is found to effectively knock down the target gene in cells, which is considered a promising strategy for gene therapy. However, the application of siRNA is limited due to its low efficiency of the cellular uptake. Tetrahedral framework nucleic acids (tFNAs) are synthesized by four single-stranded DNAs and show multiple biological functions in recent studies, especially suitable for drug delivery.

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The interaction of nanoparticles (NPs) with proteins and the formation of protein corona in the biological fluids are of great interest and significance for drug delivery. In the past decade, the corona formation in the blood and its impacts on the in vitro and in vivo fate of NPs has been well investigated and reviewed. Recently, more and more attention is paid to the nano-protein interactions taking place in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) between the orally administered NPs and the digestive enzymes.

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The emergent need for new treatment methods for multi-drug resistant pathogens such as methicillin-resistant (MRSA) has focused attention on novel potential tools like nanoparticles (NPs). In the present study, a drug-free cationic nanoparticles (CNPs) system was developed and its anti-MRSA effects were firstly investigated. The results showed that CNPs (261.

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Graphene oxide (GO) is often quantified via its UV absorption, typically at around 230 nm. This is convenient but the effect of the size of GO on the accuracy of this method has been ignored so far. The authors report that the molar absorbance of GO is size-dependent.

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Aim: Recently, nano-bio interactions and their biomedical impacts have drawn much attention, but nano-bacteria interaction and its function are unknown. Herein, we aim to synthesize drug-free and cationic nanoparticles (CNPs) and investigate CNP-bacteria interaction and its antibiofilm effect.

Materials & Methods: The bioactivity of CNPs against Streptococcus mutans was examined by colony-forming units counting and scanning electron microscopy.

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Aim: A comprehensive understanding of nanoparticle (NP)-protein interaction (protein corona formation) is required. So far, many factors influencing this interaction have been investigated, like size and ζ potential. However, NPs exposure concentration has always been ignored.

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Background: Targeting drug delivery is an attractive research area, as it enables localized treatment, improves the efficacy of therapeutics and reduces systemic toxicity. Colon targeting delivery is particularly beneficial to the treatment of colon diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer, due to the improved local drug concentrations. The traditional strategies for colon targeting delivery include time-dependent and pH-dependent technologies, etc.

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This study evaluated the effects of metformin on orthodontic tooth movement in a rat model of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Rats were fed a high-fat diet for 4 weeks to induce fat accumulation and insulin resistance, and then injected with a low dose of streptozotocin (35 mg/kg) intraperitoneally to induce type 2 diabetes. An orthodontic appliance was placed in normoglycemic, type 2 diabetes, and type 2 diabetes with metformin-administrated rats.

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