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  1. Degenerative Disease of Intervertebral Disc: A Narrative Review of Pathogenesis, Clinical Implications and Therapies

    Article • Bioengineering, December 2025, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  2. The Development of Pharmacy Education at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor: A Chronological Review Leading to the 2025 Accreditation

    Article • Acta Medico-Biotechnica, December 2025, Faculty of Law, University of Maribor

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  3. Fusion Behavior of Pure Magnesium During Selective Laser Melting

    Article • Strojniški vestnik – Journal of Mechanical Engineering, October 2025, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  4. Upcycling Wool and Feather Waste into Nanofibers via Eco-Friendly Hydrothermally Assisted Isolation of Keratin

    Article • ACS Applied Polymer Materials, October 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  5. Urinary catheters: state of the art and future perspectives – a narrative review

    Article • Materials Today Bio, October 2025, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  6. Recent Advancements in Smart Hydrogel-Based Materials in Cartilage Tissue Engineering

    Article • Materials, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  7. A Novel Protocol for Culturing Polarized Proximal Tubular Epithelial Cells from Kidney Biopsies: Enhancing Platforms for Drug Excretion and Nephrotoxicity Studies

    Article • Journal of Xenobiotics, April 2025, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  8. Functionalization of Polycaprolactone 3D Scaffolds with Hyaluronic Acid Glycine-Peptide Conjugates and Endothelial Cell Adhesion

    Article • Biomacromolecules, February 2025, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  9. Targeting the Complexity of In Vitro Skin Models: A Review of Cutting-Edge Developments

    Article • Journal of Investigative Dermatology, December 2024, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  10. Narrative review of proximal tubular epithelial cell in-vitro co-culture models

    Article • Biofabrication, November 2024, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  11. Farmakodinamika psihoaktivnih učinkovin in mehanizmi odvisnosti

    Article • August 2024, Faculty of Law, University of Maribor

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  12. Clinical Properties and Non-Clinical Testing of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists in In Vitro Cell Models

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  13. Editorial on the Special Issue Entitled “Recent Advances in Aerogels”

    Article • Gels, February 2024, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  14. Understanding stability, oligomerization and deactivation during catalytic lignin hydrodeoxygenation by mechanistic reaction micro-kinetics linked with 3D catalyst particle nanotomography

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, August 2023, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  15. Efficient and Green Isolation of Keratin from Poultry Feathers by Subcritical Water

    Article • Polymers, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  16. Review of Potential Drug-Eluting Contact Lens Technologies

    Article • Materials, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  17. Algorithmic linearization improves Syringe-based extrusion in elastic systems using Hydrogel-based materials

    Article • Materials & Design, May 2023, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  18. The synthesis, surface analysis, and cellular response of titania and titanium oxynitride nanotube arrays prepared on TiAl6V4 for potential biomedical applications

    Article • Journal of Materials Research and Technology, May 2023, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  19. Single-Strain Probiotic Lactobacilli for the Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Pharmaceutics, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  20. Cell Electrospinning: A Mini‐Review of the Critical Processing Parameters and Its Use in Biomedical Applications

    Article • Advanced Biology, March 2023, Wiley

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  21. Multilayer Methacrylate-Based Wound Dressing as a Therapeutic Tool for Targeted Pain Relief

    Article • Materials, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  22. Sr2+ vs. Ca2+ as post-processing ionic crosslinkers: implications for 3D bioprinting of polysaccharide hydrogels in tissue engineering

    Article • Journal of Materials Research and Technology, March 2023, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  23. Renal Proximal Tubular Epithelial Cells: From Harvesting to Use in Studies

    Article • Nephron, January 2023, Karger Publishers

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  24. The development of an electropolymerized, molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) sensor for insulin determination using single-drop analysis

    Article • The Analyst, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  25. Practical Use of Quartz Crystal Microbalance Monitoring in Cartilage Tissue Engineering

    Article • Journal of Functional Biomaterials, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  26. A Promising Method for the Determination of Cell Viability: The Membrane Potential Cell Viability Assay

    Article • Cells, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  27. The Endplate Role in Degenerative Disc Disease Research: The Isolation of Human Chondrocytes from Vertebral Endplate—An Optimised Protocol

    Article • Bioengineering, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  28. Novel Methacrylate-Based Multilayer Nanofilms with Incorporated FePt-Based Nanoparticles and the Anticancer Drug 5-Fluorouracil for Skin Cancer Treatment

    Article • Pharmaceutics, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  29. Addressing the Needs of the Rapidly Aging Society through the Development of Multifunctional Bioactive Coatings for Orthopedic Applications

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  30. Mesenchymal Stem Cells Isolated from Paediatric Paravertebral Adipose Tissue Show Strong Osteogenic Potential

    Article • Biomedicines, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  31. Artificial Biomimetic Electrochemical Assemblies

    Article • Biosensors, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  32. One-Step Fabrication of Hollow Spherical Cellulose Beads: Application in pH-Responsive Therapeutic Delivery

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, January 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  33. MFUM-BrTNBC-1, a Newly Established Patient-Derived Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cell Line: Molecular Characterisation, Genetic Stability, and Comprehensive Comparison with Commercial Breast Cancer Cell Lines

    Article • Cells, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  34. In Vitro Disease Models of the Endocrine Pancreas

    Article • Biomedicines, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  35. Morphological, mechanical, and in-vitro bioactivity of gelatine/collagen/hydroxyapatite based scaffolds prepared by unidirectional freeze-casting

    Article • Polymer Testing, October 2021, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  36. Recent Advancements in 3D Printing of Polysaccharide Hydrogels in Cartilage Tissue Engineering

    Article • Materials, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  37. Investigating the Viability of Epithelial Cells on Polymer Based Thin-Films

    Article • Polymers, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  38. Microvascular Tissue Engineering—A Review

    Article • Biomedicines, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  39. Design of In Vitro Hair Follicles for Different Applications in the Treatment of Alopecia—A Review

    Article • Biomedicines, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  40. Hybrid 3D Printing of Advanced Hydrogel-Based Wound Dressings with Tailorable Properties

    Article • Pharmaceutics, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  41. Dexamethasone-Loaded Bioactive Coatings on Medical Grade Stainless Steel Promote Osteointegration

    Article • Pharmaceutics, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  42. Different Cannabis sativa Extraction Methods Result in Different Biological Activities against a Colon Cancer Cell Line and Healthy Colon Cells

    Article • Plants, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Zeljko Knez, Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  43. Clindamycin-Based 3D-Printed and Electrospun Coatings for Treatment of Implant-Related Infections

    Article • Materials, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  44. Gynaecological cancers and their cell lines

    Article • Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, March 2021, Wiley

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  45. Progressive use of multispectral imaging flow cytometry in various research areas

    Article • The Analyst, January 2021, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  46. Renal proximal tubular epithelial cells: review of isolation, characterization, and culturing techniques

    Article • Molecular Biology Reports, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  47. Isolation, characterisation and phagocytic function of human macrophages from human peripheral blood

    Article • Molecular Biology Reports, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  48. Electrospun Composite Nanofibrous Materials Based on (Poly)-Phenol-Polysaccharide Formulations for Potential Wound Treatment

    Article • Materials, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  49. Polysaccharide-Based Bioink Formulation for 3D Bioprinting of an In Vitro Model of the Human Dermis

    Article • Nanomaterials, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  50. Generic Method for Designing Self-Standing and Dual Porous 3D Bioscaffolds from Cellulosic Nanomaterials for Tissue Engineering Applications

    Article • ACS Applied Bio Materials, January 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  51. Mechanical Properties and Cytotoxicity of Differently Structured Nanocellulose-hydroxyapatite Based Composites for Bone Regeneration Application

    Article • Nanomaterials, December 2019, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  52. Endometrial cancer and its cell lines

    Article • Molecular Biology Reports, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  53. The Potential Biomedical Application of NiCu Magnetic Nanoparticles

    Article • Magnetochemistry, December 2019, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  54. Isolation and characterization of the first Slovenian human triple‐negative breast cancer cell line

    Article • The Breast Journal, November 2019, Wiley

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  55. Carboxymethyl cellulose/diclofenac bioactive coatings on AISI 316LVM for controlled drug delivery, and improved osteogenic potential

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, November 2019, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  56. In vitro toxicity model: Upgrades to bridge the gap between preclinical and clinical research

    Article • Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, October 2019, Association of Basic Medical Sciences of FBIH

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  57. Chemical Structure–Antioxidant Activity Relationship of Water–Based Enzymatic Polymerized Rutin and Its Wound Healing Potential

    Article • Polymers, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  58. Impact of growth factors on wound healing in polysaccharide blend thin films

    Article • Applied Surface Science, September 2019, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  59. Nano- and Micropatterned Polycaprolactone Cellulose Composite Surfaces with Tunable Protein Adsorption, Fibrin Clot Formation, and Endothelial Cellular Response

    Article • Biomacromolecules, May 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  60. Functionalisation of Silicone by Drug-Embedded Chitosan Nanoparticles for Potential Applications in Otorhinolaryngology

    Article • Materials, March 2019, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  61. Maximizing Interpretability and Cost-Effectiveness of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Predictive Models Using Feature-Specific Regularized Logistic Regression on Preoperative Temporal Data

    Article • Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, February 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  62. Genetic biases related to chronic venous ulceration

    Article • Journal of Wound Care, February 2019, Mark Allen Group

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  63. Matrix Tablets for Controlled Release of Drugs Incorporated Using Capillary Absorption

    Article • AAPS PharmSciTech, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  64. Systematic Evaluation of a Diclofenac-Loaded Carboxymethyl Cellulose-Based Wound Dressing and Its Release Performance with Changing pH and Temperature

    Article • AAPS PharmSciTech, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  65. A green approach to obtain stable and hydrophilic cellulose-based electrospun nanofibrous substrates for sustained release of therapeutic molecules

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  66. Reusability of SPE and Sb-modified SPE Sensors for Trace Pb(II) Determination

    Article • Sensors, November 2018, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  67. Reusability of SPE and Sb-Mmodified SPE Sensors for Trace Pb(II) Determination

    Article • September 2018, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  68. Low-molecular-weight sulfonated chitosan as template for anticoagulant nanoparticles

    Article • International Journal of Nanomedicine, August 2018, Dove Medical Press

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver, Sega Marija

  69. Novel electrospun fibers with incorporated commensal bacteria for potential preventive treatment of the diabetic foot

    Article • Nanomedicine, July 2018, Future Medicine

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  70. A combination of interdisciplinary analytical tools for evaluation of multi-layered coatings on medical grade stainless steel for biomedical applications

    Article • European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, May 2018, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  71. NiCu magnetic nanoparticles: review of synthesis methods, surface functionalization approaches, and biomedical applications

    Article • Nanotechnology Reviews, January 2018, De Gruyter

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  72. Chitosan–Cellulose Multifunctional Hydrogel Beads: Design, Characterization and Evaluation of Cytocompatibility with Breast Adenocarcinoma and Osteoblast Cells

    Article • Bioengineering, January 2018, MDPI AG

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  73. Diagnosis and management of diaper dermatitis in infants with emphasis on skin microbiota in the diaper area

    Article • International Journal of Dermatology, October 2017, Wiley

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  74. Novel drug delivery system based on NiCu nanoparticles for targeting various cells

    Article • Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  75. Multilayered Polysaccharide Nanofilms for Controlled Delivery of Pentoxifylline and Possible Treatment of Chronic Venous Ulceration

    Article • Biomacromolecules, August 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  76. Skin Cancer and Its Treatment: Novel Treatment Approaches with Emphasis on Nanotechnology

    Article • Journal of Nanomaterials, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  77. Green corrosion inhibitors for aluminium and its alloys: a review

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver, Professor Zeljko Knez

  78. The corrosion inhibition of certain azoles on steel in chloride media: Electrochemistry and surface analysis

    Article • Corrosion Science, May 2016, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  79. Review of aerogel-based materials in biomedical applications

    Article • Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, February 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  80. Electrospun nanofibrous CMC/PEO as a part of an effective pain-relieving wound dressing

    Article • Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  81. A review of herbal medicines in wound healing

    Article • International Journal of Dermatology, March 2015, Wiley

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  82. Gold nanoparticles in the engineering of antibacterial and anticoagulant surfaces

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Stefan Köstler, Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  83. Functional wound dressing materials with highly tunable drug release properties

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  84. Cellulose based thin films as a platform for drug release studies to mimick wound dressing materials

    Article • Cellulose, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  85. Interaction and enrichment of protein on cationic polysaccharide surfaces

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces, November 2014, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  86. Seasonal variations of vitamin D concentrations in pregnant women and neonates in Slovenia

    Article • European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, October 2014, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  87. Utilization of Optical Polarization Microscopy in the Study of Sorption Characteristics of Wound Dressing Host Materials

    Article • Microscopy and Microanalysis, February 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  88. Novel cellulose based materials for safe and efficient wound treatment

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, January 2014, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  89. Hindered Disulfide Bonds to Regulate Release Rate of Model Drug from Mesoporous Silica

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, May 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  90. Modification of cellulose non-woven substrates for preparation of modern wound dressings

    Article • Textile Research Journal, April 2013, SAGE Publications

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  91. A fast and simple method for preparation of calcium carbonate–drug composites for fast drug release

    Article • Materials Research Bulletin, January 2013, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  92. Electrochemical synthesis and characterization of Fe70Pd30 nanotubes for drug-delivery applications

    Article • Materials Chemistry and Physics, March 2012, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  93. Guest–host van der Waals interactions decisively affect the molecular transport in mesoporous media

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2012, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  94. Understanding controlled drug release from mesoporous silicates: Theory and experiment

    Article • Journal of Controlled Release, November 2011, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  95. Zinc-phosphate nanoparticles with reversibly attached TNF-α analogs: an interesting concept for potential use in active immunotherapy

    Article • Journal of Nanoparticle Research, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  96. An attempt to use atomic force microscopy for determination of bond type in lithium battery electrodes

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2011, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  97. The relation between the interfacial contact and SiO2 coating efficiency and properties in the case of two clarithromycin polymorphs

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, November 2010, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  98. Incorporation and release of drug into/from superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

    Article • Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, October 2009, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  99. Electrophoretic deposition as a tool for separation of protein inclusion bodies from host bacteria in suspension

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, May 2009, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  100. Nanocomposites containing embedded superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and rhodamine 6G

    Article • Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, February 2009, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  101. Suspensions of modified TiO2 nanoparticles with supreme UV filtering ability,

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  102. Vitrification from solution in restricted space: Formation and stabilization of amorphous nifedipine in a nanoporous silica xerogel carrier

    Article • International Journal of Pharmaceutics, October 2007, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver

  103. Novel hybrid silica xerogels for stabilization and controlled release of drug

    Article • International Journal of Pharmaceutics, February 2007, Elsevier

    Assistant Professor Uroš Maver