title: The influence of plasma technology coupled to chemical grafting on the cell growth compliance of 3D hydroxyapatite scaffolds.
abstract: The development of advanced materials with biomimetic features in order to elicit desired biological responses and to guarantee tissue biocompatibility is recently gaining attention for tissue engineering applications. Bioceramics, such as hydroxyapatite-based biomaterials are now used in a number of different applications throughout the body, covering all areas of the skeleton, due to their biological and chemical similarity to the inorganic phases of bones. When bioactive sintered hydroxyapatite (HA) is desired, biomolecular modification of these materials is needed. In the present work, we investigated the influence of plasma surface modification coupled to chemical grafting on the cell growth compliance of HA 3D scaffolds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zanini
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giannoni
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Landi
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sandri
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Riccardi
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quarto
authors.forename: Silvia M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Doglia
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nicotra
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cipolla
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017886:Durapatite / Q000737:chemistry*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D058626:Plasma Gases; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013499:Surface Properties; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D058626:Plasma Gases; D017886:Durapatite