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ArticlePloS one2019

Evaluation of parylene derivatives for use as biomaterials for human astrocyte cell patterning.

Brad J Raos, M Cather Simpson, Colin S Doyle, E Scott Graham, Charles P Unsworth

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 52% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Brad J RaosDepartment of Engineering Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0001-8298-1700
M Cather SimpsonDepartments of Chemistry & Physics, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Colin S DoyleDepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
E Scott GrahamDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, and Centre for Brain Research, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Charles P UnsworthDepartment of Engineering Science, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
University of Auckland · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell patterning is becoming increasingly popular in neuroscience because it allows for the control in the location and connectivity of cells. A recently developed cell patterning technology uses patterns of an organic polymer, parylene-C, on a background of SiO2. When cells are cultured on the parylene-C/SiO2 substrate they conform to the underlying parylene-C geometry. Parylene-C is, however, just one member of a family of parylene polymers that have varying chemical and physical properties. In this work, we investigate whether two commercially available mainstream parylene derivatives, parylene-D, parylene-N and a more recent parylene derivative, parylene-HT to determine if they enable higher fidelity hNT astrocyte cell patterning compared to parylene-C. We demonstrate that all parylene derivatives are compatible with the existing laser fabrication method. We then demonstrate that parylene-HT, parylene-D and parylene-N are suitable for use as an hNT astrocyte cell attractive substrate and result in an equal quality of patterning compared to parylene-C. This work supports the use of alternative parylene derivatives for applications where their different physical and chemical properties are more suitable.

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AstrocytesBiocompatible MaterialsCalcium SignalingCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationCell LineHumansMaterials TestingNerve NetPolymersSilicon DioxideSurface PropertiesXylenesBiocompatible MaterialsparylenePolymersSilicon DioxideXylenes

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PMID31237927
PMCPMC6592558
OpenAlexW2953703289

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