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Overview

Honggang Cui is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work focuses on subfields such as Biomaterials, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Immunology, and Biomedical Engineering. Key research topics include Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, Polydiacetylene-based materials and applications, Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

The frequent co-authors in their collaborative projects include Han Wang, Hao Su, Feihu Wang, Caleb F. Anderson, and Maya K. Monroe.

Honggang Cui has published extensively in several venues, with notable frequent publications in:

  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Nano
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Tumour sensitization via the extended intratumoural release of a STING agonist and camptothecin from a self-assembled hydrogel, 2020, Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • Supramolecular prodrug hydrogelator as an immune booster for checkpoint blocker-based immunotherapy, 2020, Science Advances
  • Machine learning overcomes human bias in the discovery of self-assembling peptides, 2022, Nature Chemistry
  • The role of critical micellization concentration in efficacy and toxicity of supramolecular polymers, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Targeting ACE2 for COVID-19 Therapy: Opportunities and Challenges, 2020, American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Best Publications

  • Self‐assembly of peptide amphiphiles: From molecules to nanostructures to biomaterials

    Honggang Cui;Matthew J. Webber;Samuel I. Stupp

  • Block copolymer assembly via kinetic control.

    Honggang Cui;Zhiyun Chen;Sheng Zhong;Karen L. Wooley

  • Toroidal Triblock Copolymer Assemblies

    Darrin J. Pochan;Zhiyun Chen;Honggang Cui;Kelly Hales

  • The Role of Micelle Size in Tumor Accumulation, Penetration, and Treatment

    Jinqiang Wang;Weiwei Mao;Lye Lin Lock;Jianbin Tang

  • Supramolecular Nanostructures Formed by Anticancer Drug Assembly

    Andrew G. Cheetham;Pengcheng Zhang;Yi-an Lin;Lye Lin Lock

  • Self-assembly of giant peptide nanobelts.

    Honggang Cui;Takahiro Muraoka;Andrew G. Cheetham;Samuel I. Stupp

  • Tuning Supramolecular Rigidity of Peptide Fibers through Molecular Structure

    E. Thomas Pashuck;Honggang Cui;Samuel I. Stupp

  • Self-assembling prodrugs

    Andrew G. Cheetham;Rami W. Chakroun;Wang Ma;Honggang Cui

  • Amino acid sequence in constitutionally isomeric tetrapeptide amphiphiles dictates architecture of one-dimensional nanostructures.

    Honggang Cui;Honggang Cui;Andrew G. Cheetham;E. Thomas Pashuck;Samuel I. Stupp

  • Light-Triggered Bioactivity in Three Dimensions†

    Takahiro Muraoka;Chung Yan Koh;Honggang Cui;Samuel I. Stupp

  • Elucidating the assembled structure of amphiphiles in solution via cryogenic transmission electron microscopy

    Honggang Cui;Travis K. Hodgdon;Eric W. Kaler;Ludmila Abezgauz

  • Quadruple Helix Formation of a Photoresponsive Peptide Amphiphile and Its Light-Triggered Dissociation into Single Fibers

    Takahiro Muraoka;Honggang Cui;Samuel I. Stupp

  • Self-Assembled Tat Nanofibers as Effective Drug Carrier and Transporter

    Pengcheng Zhang;Andrew G. Cheetham;Yi-an Lin;Honggang Cui

  • Helix self-assembly through the coiling of cylindrical micelles.

    Sheng Zhong;Honggang Cui;Zhiyun Chen;Karen L. Wooley

  • Spontaneous and X-ray–Triggered Crystallization at Long Range in Self-Assembling Filament Networks

    Honggang Cui;E. Thomas Pashuck;Yuri S. Velichko;Steven J. Weigand

  • Preclinical development of drug delivery systems for paclitaxel-based cancer chemotherapy.

    Feihu Wang;Michael Porter;Alexandros Konstantopoulos;Pengcheng Zhang

  • Unique toroidal morphology from composition and sequence control of triblock copolymers.

    Zhiyun Chen;Honggang Cui;Kelly Hales;Zhibin Li

  • Electrostatic-Driven Lamination and Untwisting of β-Sheet Assemblies.

    Yang Hu;Ran Lin;Pengcheng Zhang;Joshua Fern

  • Self-healable, tough and highly stretchable ionic nanocomposite physical hydrogels

    Ming Zhong;Xiao-Ying Liu;Fu-Kuan Shi;Li-Qin Zhang

  • Peptide-based nanoprobes for molecular imaging and disease diagnostics

    Pengcheng Zhang;Yonggang Cui;Caleb F. Anderson;Chunli Zhang

  • Supramolecular filaments containing a fixed 41% paclitaxel loading

    Ran Lin;Andrew G. Cheetham;Pengcheng Zhang;Yi-an Lin

  • Plasmid-templated shape control of condensed DNA-block copolymer nanoparticles.

    Xuan Jiang;Wei Qu;Deng Pan;Yong Ren

Frequent Co-Authors

Hao Su
Hao Su University of California, San Diego
Darrin J. Pochan
Darrin J. Pochan University of Delaware
Karen L. Wooley
Karen L. Wooley Texas A&M University
Samuel I. Stupp
Samuel I. Stupp Northwestern University
Dave J. Adams
Dave J. Adams University of Glasgow
Yaping Li
Yaping Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peter C. Searson
Peter C. Searson Johns Hopkins University
Kalina Hristova
Kalina Hristova Johns Hopkins University
Hai-Quan Mao
Hai-Quan Mao Johns Hopkins University
Stephen Z. D. Cheng
Stephen Z. D. Cheng University of Akron

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