Samuel K Lai

Summary

Affiliation: University of North Carolina
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Drug carrier nanoparticles that penetrate human chronic rhinosinusitis mucus
    Samuel K Lai
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    Biomaterials 32:6285-90. 2011
  2. ncbi Enhancement of airway gene transfer by DNA nanoparticles using a pH-responsive block copolymer of polyethylene glycol and poly-L-lysine
    Nicholas J Boylan
    The Center for Nanomedicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 400 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
    Biomaterials 33:2361-71. 2012
  3. ncbi Nanoparticles reveal that human cervicovaginal mucus is riddled with pores larger than viruses
    Samuel K Lai
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:598-603. 2010
  4. ncbi Biodegradable polymer nanoparticles that rapidly penetrate the human mucus barrier
    Benjamin C Tang
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:19268-73. 2009
  5. ncbi N-acetylcysteine enhances cystic fibrosis sputum penetration and airway gene transfer by highly compacted DNA nanoparticles
    Jung Soo Suk
    Department of Ophthalmology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
    Mol Ther 19:1981-9. 2011
  6. ncbi Highly compacted DNA nanoparticles with low MW PEG coatings: in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo evaluation
    Nicholas J Boylan
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    J Control Release 157:72-9. 2012
  7. ncbi Non-degradative intracellular trafficking of highly compacted polymeric DNA nanoparticles
    Anthony J Kim
    Department of Ophthalmology, The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 400 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    J Control Release 158:102-7. 2012
  8. ncbi Characterization of the intracellular dynamics of a non-degradative pathway accessed by polymer nanoparticles
    Samuel K Lai
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    J Control Release 125:107-11. 2008
  9. ncbi A poly(ethylene glycol)-based surfactant for formulation of drug-loaded mucus penetrating particles
    Olcay Mert
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    J Control Release 157:455-60. 2012
  10. ncbi Mucus-penetrating nanoparticles for drug and gene delivery to mucosal tissues
    Samuel K Lai
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering JH Primary Appointment, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    Adv Drug Deliv Rev 61:158-71. 2009

Collaborators

  • Michael P Boyle
  • Junghae Suh
  • Ming Yang
  • Pamela L Zeitlin
  • Raz Jelinek
  • Thomas J Hope
  • Jung Soo Suk
  • Justin Hanes
  • Nicholas J Boylan
  • Anthony J Kim
  • Mark J Cooper
  • Ying Ying Wang
  • Benjamin C Tang
  • Olcay Mert
  • Ashish Jachak
  • Jie Fu
  • Laura Ensign
  • Kaoru Hida
  • Nina Markovic
  • Brian W Simons
  • Patrick N Breysse
  • Joseph Wood
  • Shyam Biswal
  • Pichet Adstamongkonkul
  • Jung Ming G Lin
  • Kanika Trehan
  • Craig S Schneider
  • Michelle Dawson
  • Laura M Ensign
  • Kokleong Choy

Detail Information

Publications21

  1. ncbi Drug carrier nanoparticles that penetrate human chronic rhinosinusitis mucus
    Samuel K Lai
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    Biomaterials 32:6285-90. 2011
    ..Our findings strongly support the development of mucus-penetrating nanomedicines for the treatment of CRS...
  2. ncbi Enhancement of airway gene transfer by DNA nanoparticles using a pH-responsive block copolymer of polyethylene glycol and poly-L-lysine
    Nicholas J Boylan
    The Center for Nanomedicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 400 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
    Biomaterials 33:2361-71. 2012
    ..These results represent an important step toward the rational development of an efficient gene delivery platform for the lungs based on highly compacted DNA nanoparticles...
  3. ncbi Nanoparticles reveal that human cervicovaginal mucus is riddled with pores larger than viruses
    Samuel K Lai
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:598-603. 2010
    ....
  4. ncbi Biodegradable polymer nanoparticles that rapidly penetrate the human mucus barrier
    Benjamin C Tang
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:19268-73. 2009
    ..Biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles capable of overcoming human mucus barriers and providing sustained drug release open significant opportunities for improved drug and gene delivery at mucosal surfaces...
  5. ncbi N-acetylcysteine enhances cystic fibrosis sputum penetration and airway gene transfer by highly compacted DNA nanoparticles
    Jung Soo Suk
    Department of Ophthalmology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
    Mol Ther 19:1981-9. 2011
    ..Our findings suggest that a promising synthetic nanoparticle gene carrier may transfer genes substantially more effectively to lungs of CF patients if administered following adjuvant mucolytic therapy with NAC or NAC + rhDNase...
  6. ncbi Highly compacted DNA nanoparticles with low MW PEG coatings: in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo evaluation
    Nicholas J Boylan
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    J Control Release 157:72-9. 2012
    ..However, all DNA nanoparticle formulations were immobilized in freshly expectorated human CF sputum, likely due to inadequate PEG surface coverage...
  7. ncbi Non-degradative intracellular trafficking of highly compacted polymeric DNA nanoparticles
    Anthony J Kim
    Department of Ophthalmology, The Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 400 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
    J Control Release 158:102-7. 2012
    ..These findings show that highly compacted DNPs employ highly regulated trafficking mechanisms similar to biological pathogens to target specific intracellular compartments...
  8. ncbi Characterization of the intracellular dynamics of a non-degradative pathway accessed by polymer nanoparticles
    Samuel K Lai
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    J Control Release 125:107-11. 2008
    ..This non-degradative pathway may prove beneficial for the delivery of therapeutics and nucleic acids to the nucleus or nearby organelles...
  9. ncbi A poly(ethylene glycol)-based surfactant for formulation of drug-loaded mucus penetrating particles
    Olcay Mert
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    J Control Release 157:455-60. 2012
    ..Our results offer a promising new method for engineering biodegradable, drug-loaded MPP for sustained and targeted delivery of therapeutics at mucosal surfaces...
  10. ncbi Mucus-penetrating nanoparticles for drug and gene delivery to mucosal tissues
    Samuel K Lai
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering JH Primary Appointment, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    Adv Drug Deliv Rev 61:158-71. 2009
    ..It then reviews the design and development of new mucus-penetrating particles that may avoid rapid mucus clearance mechanisms, and thereby provide targeted or sustained drug delivery for localized therapies in mucosal tissues...
  11. ncbi PEGylation of nanoparticles improves their cytoplasmic transport
    Junghae Suh
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    Int J Nanomedicine 2:735-41. 2007
    ..2% (unmodified) to 48.8% (PEGylated). This result adds to an impressive list of positive benefits associated with PEGylation of drug and gene delivery vectors...
  12. ncbi Real-time multiple particle tracking of gene nanocarriers in complex biological environments
    Samuel K Lai
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Methods Mol Biol 434:81-97. 2008
    ..We have applied MPT to enhance understanding of critical extracellular and intracellular bottlenecks to gene transfer...
  13. ncbi Privileged delivery of polymer nanoparticles to the perinuclear region of live cells via a non-clathrin, non-degradative pathway
    Samuel K Lai
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    Biomaterials 28:2876-84. 2007
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  14. ncbi Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 is trapped by acidic but not by neutralized human cervicovaginal mucus
    Samuel K Lai
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
    J Virol 83:11196-200. 2009
    ..Our results reveal that CVM likely plays an important but currently unappreciated role in decreasing the rate of HIV sexual transmission...
  15. ncbi Altering mucus rheology to "solidify" human mucus at the nanoscale
    Samuel K Lai
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    PLoS ONE 4:e4294. 2009
    ..These findings provide important insight into the nanoscale structural and barrier properties of mucus, and how the penetration of foreign particles across mucus might be inhibited...
  16. ncbi Transport of metal oxide nanoparticles and single-walled carbon nanotubes in human mucus
    Ashish Jachak
    Department of Environmental Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
    Nanotoxicology 6:614-22. 2012
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  17. ncbi The penetration of fresh undiluted sputum expectorated by cystic fibrosis patients by non-adhesive polymer nanoparticles
    Jung Soo Suk
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    Biomaterials 30:2591-7. 2009
    ..The results also offer hope that desperately needed sputum-penetrating drug- and gene-carrier nanoparticles can be developed for CF...
  18. ncbi Quantifying the intracellular transport of viral and nonviral gene vectors in primary neurons
    Jung Soo Suk
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 232:461-9. 2007
    ..This result suggests that the sequestration of nonviral gene vectors within acidic vesicles may be a critical barrier to gene delivery to primary neurons in the central nervous system (CNS)...
  19. ncbi Rapid transport of large polymeric nanoparticles in fresh undiluted human mucus
    Samuel K Lai
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:1482-7. 2007
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  20. ncbi Micro- and macrorheology of mucus
    Samuel K Lai
    Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering JH Primary Appointment, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    Adv Drug Deliv Rev 61:86-100. 2009
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  21. ncbi Gene delivery to differentiated neurotypic cells with RGD and HIV Tat peptide functionalized polymeric nanoparticles
    Jung Soo Suk
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
    Biomaterials 27:5143-50. 2006
    ..RGD functionalization resulted in a statistically significant increase in vector escape from endosomes, suggesting it may improve gene delivery by more than one mechanism...