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http://dx.doi.org/10.5483/BMBRep.2016.49.12.166

Polymer brush: a promising grafting approach to scaffolds for tissue engineering  

Kim, Woonjung (Department of Chemistry, Hannam University)
Jung, Jongjin (Department of Chemistry, Hannam University)
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BMB Reports / v.49, no.12, 2016 , pp. 655-661 More about this Journal
Abstract
Polymer brush is a soft material unit tethered covalently on the surface of scaffolds. It can induce functional and structural modification of a substrate's properties. Such surface coating approach has attracted special attentions in the fields of stem cell biology, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine due to facile fabrication, usability of various polymers, extracellular matrix (ECM)-like structural features, and in vivo stability. Here, we summarized polymer brush-based grafting approaches comparing self-assembled monolayer (SAM)-based coating method, in addition to physico-chemical characterization techniques for surfaces such as wettability, stiffness/elasticity, roughness, and chemical composition that can affect cell adhesion, differentiation, and proliferation. We also reviewed recent advancements in cell biological applications of polymer brushes by focusing on stem cell differentiation and 3D supports/implants for tissue formation. Understanding cell behaviors on polymer brushes in the scale of nanometer length can contribute to systematic understandings of cellular responses at the interface of polymers and scaffolds and their simultaneous effects on cell behaviors for promising platform designs.
Keywords
Cell behaviors; Grafting-to/-from approach; Polymer brush; Stem cell engineering; Tissue formation;
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