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Chemical modification of hyaluronic acid by carbodiimides.

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The degree of conversion to NaHA-acylurea products appears to depend upon both the characteristics of various carbodiimides and the conformational structure of NaHA.
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This article is published in Bioconjugate Chemistry.The article was published on 1991-07-01. It has received 207 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Chemical modification & Diamine.

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Steric Stabilization of a Cellulose Microcrystal Suspension by Poly(ethylene glycol) Grafting

TL;DR: A sterically stabilized aqueous suspension of rod-like cellulose microcrystals was prepared by the combination of acid hydrolysis of native cellulose, oxidative carboxylation of micro-crystals, and grafting of poly(ethylene glycol) having a terminal amino group on one end (PEG-NH2, MW = 1000) using water-soluble carbodiimide as discussed by the authors.
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Cross-linked hyaluronic acid hydrogel films: new biomaterials for drug delivery.

TL;DR: A new hyaluronic acid (HA)-based hydrogel film was prepared and evaluated for use in drug delivery and can be employed for controlled release of therapeutic agents at wound sites.
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New strategy for chemical modification of hyaluronic acid: preparation of functionalized derivatives and their use in the formation of novel biocompatible hydrogels.

TL;DR: A versatile method for chemical crosslinking high-molecular-weight hyaluronic acid under physiological conditions yielding biocompatible and biodegradable hydrogels is developed.
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Chemical modifications of hyaluronic acid for the synthesis of derivatives for a broad range of biomedical applications

TL;DR: The purpose of this paper is to review the various chemical modification methods and synthetic routes to obtain HA derivatives, encompassing all applications.
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Target specific and long-acting delivery of protein, peptide, and nucleotide therapeutics using hyaluronic acid derivatives.

TL;DR: A peer overview on novel HA derivatives and the latest advances in HA-based drug delivery systems of various biopharmaceuticals for further clinical development is given.
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The Chemistry of Carbodiimides.

H. G. Khorana
- 01 Oct 1953 - 
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[56] Carbodiimide modification of proteins.

TL;DR: A carbodiimide-nucleophile procedure for modifying carboxyl groups in proteins can be utilized under mild conditions for the quantitative determination of all carboxy groups or for the modification of selected residues in activity studies.
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Affinity chromatography on immobilized hyaluronate and its application to the isolation of hyaluronate binding proteins from cartilage

TL;DR: Partially degraded hyaluronate was coupled to AH-Sepharose 4B using carbodiimide and the derivatized gel was used to purify components of the hyAluronate-proteoglycan complex of cartilage.
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