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SUBMITTER: Pullela SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3243758 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pullela Srinivasa R SR Andres Christine C Chen Wei W Xu Chuanlai C Wang Libing L Kotov Nicholas A NA
The journal of physical chemistry letters 20111201 16
Basement membranes (BMs) play important roles in many biological functions such as tissue regeneration, cancer proliferation, nutrient/drug delivery, breathing, and many others. While there are many theoretical models, adequate experimental analogs of BMs describing basic physicochemical properties of BM, such as diffusion and permselectivity are not available. Taking BMs found in glomerulus of kidneys as an example, adequate reproduction of their permselectivity requires biomimetic membranes wi ...[more]