Abstract
The substratum surface morphology plays vital roles in cellular behavior such as adhesion, spreading, migration, proliferation and differentiation We investigated here the structure of a cellular adhesive protein, fibronectin (Fn) adsorbed on both spin-coated films (flat film) and honeycomb pattern films made of poly-ε-caprolactone by using atomic force microscope and confocal laser scanning microscope in relation to the role of the substratum surface morphology in cellular behavior. Although the adsorption saturated at mono-layer adsorption level on both substrates, the structure was inhomogeneous and depend on the surface morphology of substrates: Fn formed fibril-like aggregates on the flat films. Contrary, they adsorbed around the pores on the honeycomb films.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 2005 Dec 1 |
Event | 54th SPSJ Annual Meeting 2005 - Yokohama, Japan Duration: 2005 May 25 → 2005 May 27 |
Other
Other | 54th SPSJ Annual Meeting 2005 |
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Country | Japan |
City | Yokohama |
Period | 05/5/25 → 05/5/27 |
Keywords
- Cell proliferation
- Differentiation
- Extracellular matrix
- Honeycomb film
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)