title: RGD modified polymers: biomaterials for stimulated cell adhesion and beyond.
abstract: Since RGD peptides (R: arginine; G: glycine; D: aspartic acid) have been found to promote cell adhesion in 1984 (Cell attachment activity of fibronectin can be duplicated by small synthetic fragments of the molecule, Nature 309 (1984) 30), numerous materials have been RGD functionalized for academic studies or medical applications. This review gives an overview of RGD modified polymers, that have been used for cell adhesion, and provides information about technical aspects of RGD immobilization on polymers. The impacts of RGD peptide surface density, spatial arrangement as well as integrin affinity and selectivity on cell responses like adhesion and migration are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, D-85747, Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hersel
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dahmen
authors.forename: Horst
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kessler
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D006801:Humans; D016023:Integrins; D008954:Models, Biological; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D016023:Integrins; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010456:Peptides, Cyclic; C047981:arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid