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Modular polymer design to regulate phenotype and oxidative response of human coronary artery cells for potential stent coating applications.
Acta biomaterialia - 1 Feb 2012
Crowder Spencer W, Gupta Mukesh K, Hofmeister Lucas H, Zachman Angela L, Sung Hak-Joon
Abstract excerpt
Polymer properties can be tailored by copolymerizing subunits with specific physico-chemical characteristics. Vascular stent materials require biocompatibility, mechanical strength, and prevention of restenosis. Here we copolymerized poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL), poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), and carboxyl-PCL (cPCL) at varying molar ratios and characterized the resulting material properties. We then performed a...
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