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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2022

Macrophage-like Cells Are Responsive to Titania Nanotube Intertube Spacing-An In Vitro Study.

Madalina Georgiana Necula, Anca Mazare, Andreea Mariana Negrescu, Valentina Mitran, Selda Ozkan, Roxana Trusca, Jung Park, Patrik Schmuki, Anisoara Cimpean

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Madalina Georgiana NeculaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independentei, 050095 Bucharest, Romania.
Anca MazareDepartment of Materials Science WW4-LKO, Friedrich-Alexander University, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4836-946X
Andreea Mariana NegrescuDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independentei, 050095 Bucharest, Romania.
Valentina MitranDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independentei, 050095 Bucharest, Romania.
Selda OzkanDepartment of Materials Science WW4-LKO, Friedrich-Alexander University, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
Roxana TruscaFaculty of Engineering in Foreign Languages, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Indendentei, 060042 Bucharest, Romania.
Jung ParkDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Molecular Pediatrics, University Hospital Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Patrik SchmukiDepartment of Materials Science WW4-LKO, Friedrich-Alexander University, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
Anisoara CimpeanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independentei, 050095 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-5833-3110
University of Bucharest · ROFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEUniversitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București · ROUniversitätsklinikum Erlangen · DE

Funding

Unitatea Executiva Pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior a Cercetarii Dezvoltarii si Inovarii PCE 55/2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the introduction of a new interdisciplinary field, osteoimmunology, today, it is well acknowledged that biomaterial-induced inflammation is modulated by immune cells, primarily macrophages, and can be controlled by nanotopographical cues. Recent studies have investigated the effect of surface properties in modulating the immune reaction, and literature data indicate that various surface cues can dictate both the immune response and bone tissue repair. In this context, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of titanium dioxide nanotube (TNT) interspacing on the response of the macrophage-like cell line RAW 264.7. The cells were maintained in contact with the surfaces of flat titanium (Ti) and anodic TNTs with an intertube spacing of 20 nm (TNT20) and 80 nm (TNT80), under standard or pro-inflammatory conditions. The results revealed that nanotube interspacing can influence macrophage response in terms of cell survival and proliferation, cellular morphology and polarization, cytokine/chemokine expression, and foreign body reaction. While the nanostructured topography did not tune the macrophages' differentiation into osteoclasts, this behavior was significantly reduced as compared to flat Ti surface. Overall, this study provides a new insight into how nanotubes' morphological features, particularly intertube spacing, could affect macrophage behavior.

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NanotubesTitaniumMacrophagesSurface PropertiesTitaniumtitanium dioxidecytokinesinflammationintertube spacingmacrophageosteoclastogenesisTiO2 nanotubes

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PMID35408918
PMCPMC8998567
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