• DocumentCode
    2389852
  • Title

    Adhesion of U937 monocytes on polymer surfaces: Chemistry or electrostatics?

  • Author

    St-Georges-Robillard, A. ; Ruiz, J.C. ; Petit, A. ; Mwale, F. ; Wirges, W. ; Elkin, B. ; Gerhard, R. ; Oehr, C. ; Wertheimer, M.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng. Phys., Ecole Polytech., Montréal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    28-31 Aug. 2011
  • Firstpage
    53
  • Lastpage
    54
  • Abstract
    There exists a large body of published literature, some going back several decades, that points to electrostatic (i.e. physical) adhesive forces between biomaterials surfaces and living cells, as opposed to chemical ones. Nevertheless, in view of the inherent complexity of biological phenomena, including cell biology, it is rarely simple to be able to separate them unambiguously, as we hope to have illustrated here.
  • Keywords
    adhesion; biochemistry; bioelectric phenomena; biomembranes; cellular biophysics; electrostatics; polymers; U937 monocyte adhesion; cell biology; chemical adhesive forces; electrostatic adhesive forces; living cells; polymer surfaces; Biology; Surface treatment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrets (ISE), 2011 14th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Montpellier
  • ISSN
    2153-3253
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1023-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISE.2011.6084978
  • Filename
    6084978
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2389852