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Effect of fibronectin on the adhesion of an established cell-line to a surface reactive biomaterial.

SelectedWorks Author Profiles:

Norine E. Noonan

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1982

ISSN

0021-9304

Abstract

We have demonstrated that an established hamster cell line (NIL 8 M-2) will adhere to the bioceramic bioglass. The rate at which the NIL 8 M-2 cells assume a spread morphology on bioglass is density dependent and the morphology displayed by NIL 8 M-2 cells attached to bioglass is much more elongated than that displayed by NIL 8 M-2 cells attached to nonreactive glass. Precoating the bioglass with the plasma form of human fibronectin significantly reduces the density dependent nature of cell spreading. Coating the bioglass with fibronectin also reduces the time required for cell spreading and changes the morphology of the attached cells from an elongated to an extremely flattened shape. Our work raises the possibility that bone-implant adhesion might be improved by introducing molecules relevant to cell-substrate attachment into the biomaterial prior to implantation.

Comments

Abstract only. Full-text article is available only through licensed access provided by the publisher. Published in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 16 (3), 195-207. DOI: 10.1002/jbm.820160303

Language

en_US

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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