Publications

lowct2016 - 2020

Year 2016 – 2020

  1. Zhao Z, Vizetto-Duarte C, Moay ZK, Setyawati MI, Rakshit M, Kathawala MH,Ng KW. Composite Hydrogels in Three-Dimensional in vitro Models. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 8, 611, (2020) [https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00611].
  2. Yang Q, Keerthisinghe TP, Tan TRJ, Cao X, Setyawati MI, Deloid G, Ng KW, Loo SCJ, Demokritou P,Fang M. A high-throughput method to characterize the gut bacteria growth upon engineered nanomaterial treatment. Environmental Science: Nano 7, 3155-3166, (2020) [https://doi.org/10.1039/d0en00568a].
  3. Xu T, Ma C, Aytac Z, Hu X, Ng KW, White JC,Demokritou P. Enhancing Agrichemical Delivery and Seedling Development with Biodegradable, Tunable, Biopolymer-Based Nanofiber Seed Coatings. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 8, 9537-9548, (2020) [https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02696].
  4. Wu Z, Shi P, Lim HK, Ma Y, Setyawati MI, Bitounis D, Demokritou P, Ng KW,Tay CY. Inflammation Increases Susceptibility of Human Small Airway Epithelial Cells to Pneumonic Nanotoxicity. Small 16, 2000963, (2020) [https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202000963].
  5. Wu Z, Lim HK, Tan SJ, Gautam A, Hou HW, Ng KW, Tan NS,Tay CY. Potent-By-Design: Amino Acids Mimicking Porous Nanotherapeutics with Intrinsic Anticancer Targeting Properties. Small 16, 2003757, (2020) [https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202003757].
  6. Setyawati MI, Zhao Z,Ng KW. Transformation of Nanomaterials and Its Implications in Gut Nanotoxicology. Small 16, 2001246, (2020) [https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202001246].
  7. Setyawati MI, Singh D, Krishnan SPR, Huang X, Wang M, Jia S, Goh BHR, Ho CG, Yusoff R, Kathawala MH, Poh TY, Ali NABM, Chotirmall SH, Aitken RJ, Riediker M, Christiani DC, Fang M, Bello D, Demokritou P,Ng KW. Occupational Inhalation Exposures to Nanoparticles at Six Singapore Printing Centers. Environmental Science and Technology 54, 2389-2400, (2020) [https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b06984].
  8. Rakshit M, Gautam A, Toh LZ, Lee YS, Lai HY, Wong TT,Ng KW. Hydroxyapatite particles induced modulation of collagen expression and secretion in primary human dermal fibroblasts. International Journal of Nanomedicine 15, 4943-4956, (2020) [https://doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S245500].
  9. Khanal D, Lei Q, Pinget G, Cheong DA, Gautam A, Yusoff R, Su B, Yamaguchi S, Kondyurin A, Knowles JC, Georgiou G, Macia L, Jang JH, Ramzan I, Ng KW,Chrzanowski W. The protein corona determines the cytotoxicity of nanodiamonds: implications of corona formation and its remodelling on nanodiamond applications in biomedical imaging and drug delivery. Nanoscale Advances 2, 4798-4812, (2020) [https://doi.org/10.1039/d0na00231c].
  10. Hedegaard CL, Redondo-Gómez C, Tan BY, Ng KW, Loessner D,Mata A. Peptide-protein coassembling matrices as a biomimetic 3d model of ovarian cancer. Science Advances 6, eabb3298, (2020) [https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb3298].
  11. Guo Z, Cao X, Deloid GM, Sampathkumar K, Ng KW, Loo SCJ,Demokritou P. Physicochemical and Morphological Transformations of Chitosan Nanoparticles across the Gastrointestinal Tract and Cellular Toxicity in an in Vitro Model of the Small Intestinal Epithelium. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 68, 358-368, (2020) [https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.9b05506].
  12. Guo NL, Bello D, Ye Q, Tagett R, Chanetsa L, Singh D, Poh TY, Setyawati MI, Chotirmall SH, Ng KW,Demokritou P. Pilot deep RNA sequencing of worker blood samples from Singapore printing industry for occupational risk assessment. NanoImpact 19, 100248, (2020) [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2020.100248].
  13. Darwitan A, Wong YS, Nguyen LTH, Czarny B, Vincent A, Nedumaran AM, Tan YF, Muktabar A, Tang JK, Ng KW,Venkatraman S. Liposomal Nanotherapy for Treatment of Atherosclerosis. Advanced Healthcare Materials 9, 2000465, (2020) [https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202000465].
  14. Chua HM, Zhao Z,Ng KW. Cryogelation of Human Hair Keratins. Macromolecular Rapid Communications 41, 2000254, (2020) [https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202000254].
  15. Aytac Z, Huang R, Vaze N, Xu T, Eitzer BD, Krol W, MacQueen LA, Chang H, Bousfield DW, Chan-Park MB, Ng KW, Parker KK, White JC,Demokritou P. Development of Biodegradable and Antimicrobial Electrospun Zein Fibers for Food Packaging. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 8, 15354-15365, (2020) [https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c05917].
  16. Tan S, Yu CY, Sim ZW, Low ZS, Lee B, See F, Min N, Gautam A, Chu JJH, Ng KW,Wong E. Pomegranate activates TFEB to promote autophagy-lysosomal fitness and mitophagy. Scientific Reports 9, 1-18, (2019) [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37400-1].
  17. Khanal D, Zhang F, Song Y, Hau H, Gautam A, Yamaguchi S, Uertz J, Mills S, Kondyurin A, Knowles JC, Georgiou G, Ramzan I, Cai W, Ng KW,Chrzanowski W. Biological impact of nanodiamond particles–label free, high-resolution methods for nanotoxicity assessment. Nanotoxicology 13, 1210-1226, (2019) [https://doi.org/10.1080/17435390.2019.1650970].
  18. Kathawala MH, Ng WL, Liu D, Naing MW, Yeong WY, Spiller KL, Van Dyke M,Ng KW. Healing of Chronic Wounds: An Update of Recent Developments and Future Possibilities. Tissue Engineering – Part B: Reviews 25, 429-444, (2019) [https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.teb.2019.0019].
  19. Guo NL, Poh TY, Pirela S, Farcas MT, Chotirmall SH, Tham WK, Adav SS, Ye Q, Wei Y, Shen S, Christiani DC, Ng KW, Thomas T, Qian Y,Demokritou P. Integrated transcriptomics, metabolomics, and lipidomics profiling in rat lung, blood, and serum for assessment of laser printer-emitted nanoparticle inhalation exposure-induced disease risks. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, 6348, (2019) [https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20246348].
  20. Goh WL, Luo B, Zeng Z, Yuan J,Ng KW. Effects of hardness and toughness of ceramic in a ceramic armour module against long rod impacts C3 – Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings.  39, 187-198, (2019)
  21. Gautam A, Rakshit M, Nguyen KT, Kathawala MH, Nguyen LTH, Tay CY, Wong E,Ng KW. Understanding the implications of engineered nanoparticle induced autophagy in human epidermal keratinocytes in vitro. NanoImpact 15, 100177, (2019) [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2019.100177].
  22. Deloid GM, Cao X, Molina RM, Silva DI, Bhattacharya K, Ng KW, Loo SCJ, Brain JD,Demokritou P. Toxicological effects of ingested nanocellulose in: In vitro intestinal epithelium and in vivo rat models. Environmental Science: Nano 6, 2105-2115, (2019) [https://doi.org/10.1039/c9en00184k].
  23. Carvalho CR, Costa JB, Costa L, Silva-Correia J, Moay ZK, Ng KW, Reis RL,Oliveira JM. Enhanced performance of chitosan/keratin membranes with potential application in peripheral nerve repair. Biomaterials Science 7, 5451-5466, (2019) [https://doi.org/10.1039/c9bm01098j].
  24. Cao X, Deloid GM, Bitounis D, De La Torre-Roche R, White JC, Zhang Z, Ho CG, Ng KW, Eitzer BD,Demokritou P. Co-exposure to the food additives SiO2 (E551) or TiO2 (E171) and the pesticide boscalid increases cytotoxicity and bioavailability of the pesticide in a tri-culture small intestinal epithelium model: Potential health implications. Environmental Science: Nano 6, 2786-2800, (2019) [https://doi.org/10.1039/c9en00676a].
  25. Yusoff R, Nguyen LTH, Chiew P, Wang ZM,Ng KW. Comparative differences in the behavior of TiO2 and SiO2 food additives in food ingredient solutions. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 20, 1-13, (2018) [https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-018-4176-8].
  26. Yusoff R, Kathawala MH, Nguyen LTH, Setyawati MI, Chiew P, Wu Y, Ch’ng AL, Wang ZM,Ng KW. Biomolecular interaction and kinematics differences between P25 and E171 TiO2 nanoparticles. NanoImpact 12, 51-57, (2018) [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.impact.2018.10.001].
  27. Wu Z, Yang H, Archana G, Rakshit M, Ng KW,Tay CY. Human keratinocytes adapt to ZnO nanoparticles induced toxicity via complex paracrine crosstalk and Nrf2-proteasomal signal transduction. Nanotoxicology 12, 1215-1229, (2018) [https://doi.org/10.1080/17435390.2018.1537409].
  28. Tan YF, Lee YS, Seet LF, Ng KW, Wong TT,Venkatraman S. Design and in vitro release study of siRNA loaded Layer by Layer nanoparticles with sustained gene silencing effect. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery 15, 937-949, (2018) [https://doi.org/10.1080/17425247.2018.1518426].
  29. Subbaiah RS, Kerk SK, Lian Y, Lunny D, Sze SK, Ng KW, Schmidtchen A,Adav SS. Identification of antibacterial components in human hair shafts. Acta Dermato-Venereologica 98, 708-710, (2018) [https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-2952].
  30. Sevivas N, Teixeira FG, Portugal R, Direito-Santos B, Espregueira-Mendes J, Oliveira FJ, Silva RF, Sousa N, Sow WT, Nguyen LTH, Ng KW,Salgado AJ. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Secretome Improves Tendon Cell Viability In Vitro and Tendon-Bone Healing In Vivo When a Tissue Engineering Strategy Is Used in a Rat Model of Chronic Massive Rotator Cuff Tear. American Journal of Sports Medicine 46, 449-459, (2018) [https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546517735850].
  31. Poh TY, Ali NABM, Mac Aogáin M, Kathawala MH, Setyawati MI, Ng KW,Chotirmall SH. Inhaled nanomaterials and the respiratory microbiome: Clinical, immunological and toxicological perspectives. Particle and Fibre Toxicology 15, 1-16, (2018) [https://doi.org/10.1186/s12989-018-0282-0].
  32. Nguyen LTH, Muktabar A, Tang J, Wong YS, Thaxton CS, Venkatraman SS,Ng KW. The Potential of Fluocinolone Acetonide to Mitigate Inflammation and Lipid Accumulation in 2D and 3D Foam Cell Cultures. BioMed Research International 2018, (2018) [https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/3739251].
  33. Lai HY, Wang S, Singh V, Nguyen LTH,Ng KW. Evaluating the antioxidant effects of human hair protein extracts. Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition 29, 1081-1093, (2018) [https://doi.org/10.1080/09205063.2017.1421345].
  34. Kerk SK, Lai HY, Sze SK, Ng KW, Schmidtchen A,Adav SS. Bacteria display differential growth and adhesion characteristics on human hair shafts. Frontiers in Microbiology 9, (2018) [https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02145].
  35. Hedegaard CL, Collin EC, Redondo-Gómez C, Nguyen LTH, Ng KW, Castrejón-Pita AA, Castrejón-Pita JR,Mata A. Hydrodynamically Guided Hierarchical Self-Assembly of Peptide–Protein Bioinks. Advanced Functional Materials 28, 1703716, (2018) [https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201703716].
  36. Deloid GM, Sohal IS, Lorente LR, Molina RM, Pyrgiotakis G, Stevanovic A, Zhang R, McClements DJ, Geitner NK, Bousfield DW, Ng KW, Loo SCJ, Bell DC, Brain J,Demokritou P. Reducing Intestinal Digestion and Absorption of Fat Using a Nature-Derived Biopolymer: Interference of Triglyceride Hydrolysis by Nanocellulose. ACS Nano 12, 6469-6479, (2018) [https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b03074].
  37. Adav SS, Subbaiaih RS, Kerk SK, Lee AY, Lai HY, Ng KW, Sze SK,Schmidtchen A. Studies on the Proteome of Human Hair – Identification of Histones and Deamidated Keratins. Scientific Reports 8, 1-11, (2018) [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20041-9].
  38. Tan BY, Nguyen LTH, Kim HS, Kim JH,Ng KW. Cultivation of human dermal fibroblasts and epidermal keratinocytes on keratin-coated silica bead substrates. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research – Part A 105, 2789-2798, (2017) [https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.36142].
  39. Singh V, Wang S,Ng KW. 2.25 Keratin as a biomaterial. Comprehensive Biomaterials II https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.09317-6, 542-557, (2017) [https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.09317-6].
  40. Sevivas N, França G, Oliveira N, Pereira H, Ng KW, Salgado A,Espregueira-Mendes J. Biomaterials for tendon regeneration. Muscle and Tendon Injuries: Evaluation and Management https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54184-5_13, 131-143, (2017) [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-54184-5_13].
  41. Nguyen LTH, Muktabar A, Tang J, Dravid VP, Thaxton CS, Venkatraman S,Ng KW. Engineered nanoparticles for the detection, treatment and prevention of atherosclerosis: how close are we? Drug Discovery Today 22, 1438-1446, (2017) [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2017.07.006].
  42. Ko J, Nguyen LTH, Surendran A, Tan BY, Ng KW,Leong WL. Human Hair Keratin for Biocompatible Flexible and Transient Electronic Devices. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 9, 43004-43012, (2017) [https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b16330].
  43. Hartrianti P, Nguyen LTH, Johanes J, Chou SM, Zhu P, Tan NS, Tang MBY,Ng KW. Fabrication and characterization of a novel crosslinked human keratin-alginate sponge. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 11, 2590-2602, (2017) [https://doi.org/10.1002/term.2159].
  44.  Goh WL, Zheng Y, Yuan J,Ng KW. Effects of hardness of steel on ceramic armour module against long rod impact. International Journal of Impact Engineering 109, 419-426, (2017) [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2017.08.004].
  45. Zhao X, Lang Q, Yildirimer L, Lin ZY, Cui W, Annabi N, Ng KW, Dokmeci MR, Ghaemmaghami AM,Khademhosseini A. Photocrosslinkable Gelatin Hydrogel for Epidermal Tissue Engineering. Advanced Healthcare Materials 5, 108-118, (2016) [https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201500005].
  46. Leong WS, Wu SC, Ng KW,Tan LP. Electrospun 3D multi-scale fibrous scaffold for enhanced human dermal fibroblasts infiltration. International Journal of Bioprinting 2, 81-92, (2016) [https://doi.org/10.18063/IJB.2016.01.002]