Dr VINCENZO TARESCO's Outputs (92)

Synthesis and properties of a biodegradable polymer-drug conjugate: Methotrexate-poly(glycerol adipate) (2018)
Journal Article
Suksiriworapong, J., Taresco, V., Ivanov, D. P., Styliari, I. D., Sakchaisri, K., Junyaprasert, V. B., & Garnett, M. C. (2018). Synthesis and properties of a biodegradable polymer-drug conjugate: Methotrexate-poly(glycerol adipate). Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 167, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.03.048

Polymer-drug conjugates have been actively developed as potential anticancer drug delivery systems. In this study, we report the first polymer-anticancer drug conjugate with poly(glycerol adipate) (PGA) through the successful conjugation of methotrex... Read More about Synthesis and properties of a biodegradable polymer-drug conjugate: Methotrexate-poly(glycerol adipate).

Enhanced uptake in 2D- and 3D- lung cancer cell models of redox responsive PEGylated nanoparticles with sensitivity to reducing extra-and intracellular environments (2018)
Journal Article
Conte, C., Mastrotto, F., Taresco, V., Tchoryk, A., Quaglia, F., Stolnik, S., & Alexander, C. (2018). Enhanced uptake in 2D- and 3D- lung cancer cell models of redox responsive PEGylated nanoparticles with sensitivity to reducing extra-and intracellular environments. Journal of Controlled Release, 277, 126-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.03.011

In the treatment of lung cancer, there is an urgent need of innovative medicines to optimize pharmacological responses of conventional chemotherapeutics while attenuating side effects. Here, we have exploited some relatively unexplored subtle differe... Read More about Enhanced uptake in 2D- and 3D- lung cancer cell models of redox responsive PEGylated nanoparticles with sensitivity to reducing extra-and intracellular environments.

Water solubility enhancement of pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives via miniaturized polymer-drug microarrays (2018)
Journal Article
Sanna, M., Sicilia, G., Alazzo, A., Singh, N., Musumeci, F., Schenone, S., Spriggs, K., Burley, J. C., Garnett, M., Taresco, V., & Alexander, C. (in press). Water solubility enhancement of pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives via miniaturized polymer-drug microarrays. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 9(3), https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.7b00456

A miniaturized assay was optimized to evaluate the enhanced apparent water solubility of pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives used extensively as anticancer drug scaffolds. The applied amount of drugs used in the reported strategy ranged from 5-10 μ... Read More about Water solubility enhancement of pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives via miniaturized polymer-drug microarrays.

Identification of novel ‘inks’ for 3D printing using high throughput screening: bioresorbable photocurable polymers for controlled drug delivery (2018)
Journal Article
Louzao, I., Koch, B., Taresco, V., Ruiz Cantu, L., Irvine, D. J., Roberts, C. J., Tuck, C. J., Alexander, C., Hague, R. J., Wildman, R. D., & Alexander, M. R. (in press). Identification of novel ‘inks’ for 3D printing using high throughput screening: bioresorbable photocurable polymers for controlled drug delivery. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(8), https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b15677

A robust discovery methodology is presented to identify novel biomaterials suitable for 3D printing. Currently the application of Additive Manufacturing is limited by the availability of functional inks, especially in the area of biomaterials-this me... Read More about Identification of novel ‘inks’ for 3D printing using high throughput screening: bioresorbable photocurable polymers for controlled drug delivery.

Versatile routes to functional RAFT chain transfer agents through the Passerini multicomponent reaction (2017)
Journal Article
Pearce, A. K., Travanut, A., Couturaud, B., Taresco, V., Howdle, S. M., Alexander, M. R., & Alexander, C. (2017). Versatile routes to functional RAFT chain transfer agents through the Passerini multicomponent reaction. ACS Macro Letters, 6(7), 781-785. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.7b00415

The widespread adoption of RAFT polymerization stems partly from the ease and utility of installing a functional chain transfer agent onto the ends of the generated polymer chains. In parallel, the Passerini multicomponent reaction offers great versa... Read More about Versatile routes to functional RAFT chain transfer agents through the Passerini multicomponent reaction.

Rapid nano-gram scale screening method of micro-arrays to evaluate drug-polymer blends using high-throughput printing technology (2017)
Journal Article
Taresco, V., Louzao, I., Scurr, D. J., Turpin, E. R., Laughton, C. A., Alexander, C., Burley, J. C., & Garnett, M. (in press). Rapid nano-gram scale screening method of micro-arrays to evaluate drug-polymer blends using high-throughput printing technology. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 14(6), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00182

A miniaturized, high-throughput assay was optimized to screen polymer-drug solid dispersions using a 2-D Ink-jet printer. By simply printing nanoliter amounts of polymer and drug solutions onto an inert surface, drug:polymer micro-dots of tunable com... Read More about Rapid nano-gram scale screening method of micro-arrays to evaluate drug-polymer blends using high-throughput printing technology.

New N-acyl amino acid-functionalized biodegradable polyesters for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications (2016)
Journal Article
Taresco, V., Suksiriworapong, J., Styliari, I. D., Argent, R. H., Swainson, S. M., Booth, J., Turpin, E. R., Laughton, C. A., Burley, J. C., Alexander, C., & Garnett, M. C. (in press). New N-acyl amino acid-functionalized biodegradable polyesters for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications. RSC Advances, 6(111), 109401-109405. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA21464A

A novel class of biodegradable polyesters has been generated by coupling poly(glycerol adipate) with N-acyl aromatic amino acids. This new set of polymers from this highly versatile polymeric platform may offer unprecedented new opportunities to prod... Read More about New N-acyl amino acid-functionalized biodegradable polyesters for pharmaceutical and biomedical applications.

Amphiphilic block copolymers from a renewable Ɛ-decalactone monomer: prediction and characterization of micellar core effects on drug encapsulation and release (2016)
Journal Article
Kakde, D., Taresco, V., Bansal, K. K., Magennis, E. P., Howdle, S. M., Mantovani, G., Irvine, D. J., & Alexander, C. (in press). Amphiphilic block copolymers from a renewable Ɛ-decalactone monomer: prediction and characterization of micellar core effects on drug encapsulation and release. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 44, https://doi.org/10.1039/C6TB01839D

Here we describe a methoxy poly(ethyleneglycol)-b-poly(ε-decalactone) (mPEG-b-PεDL) copolymer and investigate the potential of the copolymer as a vehicle for solubilisation and sustained release of indomethacin (IND). The indomethacin loading and rel... Read More about Amphiphilic block copolymers from a renewable Ɛ-decalactone monomer: prediction and characterization of micellar core effects on drug encapsulation and release.

Properties of acyl modified poly(glycerol-adipate) comb-like polymers and their self-assembly into nanoparticles (2016)
Journal Article
Taresco, V., Suksiriworapong, J., Creasey, R., Burley, J. C., Mantovani, G., Alexander, C., & Garnett, M. (2016). Properties of acyl modified poly(glycerol-adipate) comb-like polymers and their self-assembly into nanoparticles. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 54(20), 3267-3278. https://doi.org/10.1002/pola.28215

There is an increasing need to develop bio-compatible polymers with an increased range of different physicochemical properties. Poly(glycerol-adipate) (PGA) is a biocompatible, biodegradable amphiphilic polyester routinely produced from divinyl adipa... Read More about Properties of acyl modified poly(glycerol-adipate) comb-like polymers and their self-assembly into nanoparticles.

Variation in structure and properties of poly(glycerol adipate) via control of chain branching during enzymatic synthesis (2016)
Journal Article
Taresco, V., Creasey, R., Kennon, J., Mantovani, G., Alexander, C., Burley, J. C., & Garnett, M. C. (2016). Variation in structure and properties of poly(glycerol adipate) via control of chain branching during enzymatic synthesis. Polymer, 89, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2016.02.036

Poly (glycerol adipate) (PGA) can be produced from divinyl adipate and unprotected glycerol by an enzymatic route to generate a polymer with relatively low molar mass (12 kDa). PGA bears a pendant hydroxyl group which imparts a hydrophilic character... Read More about Variation in structure and properties of poly(glycerol adipate) via control of chain branching during enzymatic synthesis.

Combinatorial Biomolecular Nanopatterning for High-Throughput Screening of Stem-Cell Behavior (2015)
Journal Article
Amin, Y. Y. I., Runager, K., Simoes, F., Celiz, A., Taresco, V., Rossi, R., Enghild, J. J., Abildtrup, L. A., Kraft, D. C. E., Sutherland, D. S., Alexander, M. R., Foss, M., & Ogaki, R. (2016). Combinatorial Biomolecular Nanopatterning for High-Throughput Screening of Stem-Cell Behavior. Advanced Materials, 28(7), 1472-1476. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201504995

© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. A novel combinatorial biomolecular nanopatterning method is reported, in which multiple biomolecular ligands can be patterned in multiple nanoscale dimensions on a single surface. The applicability... Read More about Combinatorial Biomolecular Nanopatterning for High-Throughput Screening of Stem-Cell Behavior.

Antioxidant Hydroxytyrosol-Based Polyacrylate with Antimicrobial and Antiadhesive Activity Versus Staphylococcus Epidermidis (2015)
Book Chapter
Crisante, F., Taresco, V., Donelli, G., Vuotto, C., Martinelli, A., D’Ilario, L., Pietrelli, L., Francolini, I., & Piozzi, A. (2015). Antioxidant Hydroxytyrosol-Based Polyacrylate with Antimicrobial and Antiadhesive Activity Versus Staphylococcus Epidermidis. In Advances in Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Public Health. Volume 2 (25-36). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2015_5013

The accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in microbial biofilms has been recently recognized to play a role in promoting antibiotic resistance in biofilm-growing bacteria. ROS are also over-produced when a medical device is implanted and they... Read More about Antioxidant Hydroxytyrosol-Based Polyacrylate with Antimicrobial and Antiadhesive Activity Versus Staphylococcus Epidermidis.