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SUBMITTER: McNichols C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3767770 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
McNichols Colton C Wilkins Justin J Kubota Atsutoshi A Shiu Yan T YT Aouadi Samir M SM Kohli Punit P
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A 20130916 2
The advantages of endothelialization of a stent surface in comparison with the bare metal and drug-eluting stents used today include reduced late-stent restenosis and in-stent thrombosis. In this article, we study the effect of surface topology and functionalization of tantalum (Ta) with cyclic-(arginine-glycine-aspartic acid-d-phenylalanine-lysine) (cRGDfK) on the attachment, spreading, and growth of vascular endothelial cells. Self-assembled nanodimpling on Ta surfaces was performed using a on ...[more]