Browsing by Author "Horng, Jia-Cherng"

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Artificial peptide-controlled protein release of Zn2+-triggered, self-assembled histidine-tagged protein microparticle
(2020-03-01)
Chen, Tzu-Yin
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Cheng, Wan-Jung
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Horng, Jia-Cherng
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Hsu, Hsin-Yun
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Protein microparticles have received attention as drug delivery systems because of their high protein stability and prolonged release in vivo. However, most current preparation processes introduce chemical crosslinkers, which often lead to protein inactivation and limit drug efficacy in delivery systems. In this study, we employed the well-known hexahistidine (His)-tag recombinant protein technology and a metal-triggerable collagen-mimetic peptide to enhance the binding strength between the protein and metal ion and fine-tuned the protein drug release. His-tagged proteins self-assembled to form microparticles (similar to 2 mu m) upon zinc ion treatment and sustained protein drug release was achieved in physiological saline. The results also indicated that by adjusting the peptide concentration and N- and C-terminal hexahistidine-tags, protein release could be controlled. Moreover, no protein denaturation was observed. We developed a universal strategy for facile protein microparticle fabrication under mild conditions and we demonstrated its potential as a therapeutics formulation with tunable protein release.
Open-Cage Fullerenes as n-Type Materials in Organic Photovoltaics: Relevance of Frontier Energy Levels, Carrier Mobility and Morphology of Different Sizable Open-Cage Fullerenes with Power Conversion Efficiency in Devices
(2011-10-01)
Chen, Chih-Ping
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Lin, Yu-Wei
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Horng, Jia-Cherng
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Chuang, Shih-Ching
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Synthesis, Isolation, and Characterization of Mono- and Bis-norbornene-Annulated Biarylamines through Pseudo-Catellani Intermediates
(2019-02-15)
Annamalai, Pratheepkumar
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Hsiao, Huan-Chang
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Raju, Selvam
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Fu, Yi-Hsuan
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Chen, Pei-Ling
A palladium-catalyzed C-H functionalization of an external ring of N-acyl 2-aminobiaryl with bicyclo[2.2.1]-hept-2-ene (norbornene) via multiple C-H bond activations was developed. This study is the first report of the formation of bis-norbornene annulated biarylamines isomers (syn-3a'/anti-3a' = 36:64) from multiple C-H bond functionalizations. Additionally, nondirected C-H bond functionalization at the C-4' position with alkenes rendered complete C-H functionalization of five C-H bonds that formed a stable hexasubstituted benzene ring.