Engineering aligned electrospun PLLA microfibers with nano-porous surface nanotopography for modulating the responses of vascular smooth muscle cells. Issue 21 (7th June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhou, Qihui; Xie, Jing; Bao, Min; Yuan, Huihua; Ye, Zhaoyang; Lou, Xiangxin; Zhang, Yanzhong
• Is Part Of: Journal of materials chemistry. Volume 3:Issue 21(2015)
• Page Start: 4439
• Page End: 4450
• Publication Date: 2015-06-07
• Subjects: Materials -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Analytic -- Periodicals; Biomedical materials -- Research -- Periodicals; 543.0284
• DOI: 10.1039/c5tb00051c
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-750X

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="toc"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <graphic position="anchor" id="ga" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgjp082qsr" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" />Surface nanotopography in the form of elliptical nano-pores onto the aligned PLLA fibers allows for enhancing the biomimetic properties of the fibrous substrata by stimulating the vSMC functioning more effectively.</p> </abstract>