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SUBMITTER: Michalicha A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9409057 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Michalicha Anna A Canal Cristina C Espona-Noguera Albert A Piet Mateusz M Budzyńska Barbara B Przywara Stanislaw S Belcarz Anna A
International journal of molecular sciences 20220819 16
Collagen-sealed polyester (PET) prostheses are commonly used in reconstructive vascular surgery due to their self-sealing properties. To prevent post-surgical infection, different modification methods have been tested but so far none have showed long-term satisfactory efficiency. For this reason, in the present study, a commercial collagen-sealed PET prosthesis was coated by a highly adhesive poly (L-DOPA) layer maintaining the sealing protein without losing the original properties and functiona ...[more]