• Department of Orthopedic Surgery;;
  • First University Hospital;;
  • West China University of Medical Sciences. Chengdu Sichuan;;
  • P.R. China 610041;;
Cell adhesion; Materials; Tissue engineering
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the adhesive interactions of cells with materials and the effects of material properties on cell adhesion in tissue engineering. METHODS By looking up the recent literatures dealt with adhesive interactions of cells with materials and reviewing previous work on the adhesion of tissue-derived cells to materials. RESULTS The adhesion characteristics of cells to materials not only depend on the nature of materials, including bulk and surface properties, surface modification, surface morphology, net charge, porosity and degradation rate, but also on the expression of cell surface molecules and their interaction with the material. CONCLUSION The quantitative measure and biophysical mechanisms of cell adhesion to materials might be very important in tissue engineering.

Citation： Qin Tingwu ,Yang Zhiming,Cai Shaoxi,et al.. INTERACTION OF CELL ADHESION TO MATERIALS IN TISSUE ENGINEERING. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 1999, 13(1): 31-37. doi: Copy