Genipin, a herbal iridoid, is known to have both neuroprotective and neuritogenic activity in neuronal cell lines. As it is structurally similar to tetrahydrobiopterin, its activity is believed to be nitric oxide (NO)-dependent. We previously proposed a novel neuroprotective activity of a genipin derivative, (1R)-isoPropyloxygenipin (IPRG001), whereby it reduces oxidative stress in RGC-5, a neu...

Polyvinyl alcohol gelatin hydrogels were fabricated using genipin as a crosslinking agent for bone regeneration application. Optimized formulation of PVA-GE hydrogel was fabricated using genipin as crosslinking agent. Characterizations such as FTIR, morphology, porosity, pore size, degradation and swelling rate were investigated. Bone regeneration potential of optimized genipin cross-linked pol...

Fibroin monoliths, produced by compression molding starting from the protein powder, are known to achieve an impressive mechanical strength when tested in dry conditions. However, presence of water, loss structural integrity and performances is striking. Considering bone scaffold applications for which this material intended, remarkable weakening after implantation strongly limits its usage non...

Biomaterial surfaces and their nanostructures can significantly influence cell growth and viability. Thus, manipulating surface characteristics of scaffolds can be a potential strategy to control cell functions for stem cell tissue engineering. In this study, in order to construct a hydroxyapatite (HAp) coated genipin-chitosan conjugation scaffold (HGCCS) with a well-defined HAp nanostructured ...

Immediately following spinal cord injury, further injury can occur through several secondary injury cascades. As a consequence of cell lysis, an increase in extracellular Ca(2+) results in additional neuronal loss by inducing apoptosis. Thus, hydrogels that reduce extracellular Ca(2+) concentration may reduce secondary injury severity. The goal of this study was to develop composite hydrogels c...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Glutaraldehyde (GA) has been used as a representative method of tissue preservation in cardiovascular surgery. However, GA has showed limited durability including calcification, mechanical failure and toxicity. To overcome those unsolved problems, we analyzed the crosslinking differences of primary amines, GA and genipin in their mechanical and biochemical properties w...

Lysozyme hydrolyses ?-(1,4) linkages between d -glucosamine and N -acetyl- units in chitosan, degrades one of the bifunctional crosslinks chitosan–genipin hydrogels. Degraded particles have potential to be renally excreted vivo .

The immune response due to Galα1,3-Galβ1-4GlcNAc-R(α-Gal) epitopes is an important factor in bioprosthetic heart valve failure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the immune reaction and anticalcification effect of α-galactosidase and decellularization for glutaraldehyde (GA)/genipin fixed bovine pericardium using α1,3-galactosyltransferase knockout(α-Gal KO) mouse(C57BL/6). Bovine pericardi...