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ReviewNanomedicine : nanotechnology, biology, and medicine2010

Nanotopographical modification: a regulator of cellular function through focal adhesions.

Manus Jonathan Paul Biggs, R Geoff Richards, Matthew J Dalby

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Review in Nanomedicine : nanotechnology, biology, and medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 122 papers.

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122 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Manus Jonathan Paul BiggsNanotechnology Center for Mechanics in Regenerative Medicine, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. mb3235@columbia.edu
R Geoff Richards
Matthew J Dalby

Funding

Nanomedicine development center for mechanobiologyPN2EY016586 · NEI · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI DUSTIN, MICHAEL LORAN · 2005 to 2014
$23.0M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council JF20604NEI NIH HHS PN2 EY016586NEI NIH HHS PN2EY016586
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As materials technology and the field of biomedical engineering advances, the role of cellular mechanisms, in particular adhesive interactions with implantable devices, becomes more relevant in both research and clinical practice. A key tenet of medical device design has evolved from the exquisite ability of biological systems to respond to topographical features or chemical stimuli, a process that has led to the development of next-generation biomaterials for a wide variety of clinical disorders. In vitro studies have identified nanoscale features as potent modulators of cellular behavior through the onset of focal adhesion formation. The focus of this review is on the recent developments concerning the role of nanoscale structures on integrin-mediated adhesion and cellular function with an emphasis on the generation of medical constructs with regenerative applications. FROM THE CLINICAL EDITOR: In this review, recent developments related to the role of nanoscale structures on integrin-mediated adhesion and cellular function is discussed, with an emphasis on regenerative applications.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiocompatible MaterialsCell AdhesionFocal AdhesionsHumansIntegrinsNanostructuresSignal TransductionBiocompatible MaterialsIntegrins

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PMID20138244
PMCPMC2965469

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