ArticleMaterials today. Bio2025
Construction and high-throughput screening of gradient nanowire coatings on titanium surface towards ameliorated osseointegration.
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- Mechano-immunomodulatory biomaterials: From immune mechanosensing to translational design.Bioactive materials · 2026Review
- Immune-activating PTL/nanowire composite coating on Ti surface enables macrophage-driven bacterial clearance and osseointegration.Bioactive materials · 2026Article
- Integrating Structures and Biology: Cellular and Molecular Interactions with Functionally Graded Spinal Cage Designs.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Application Strategies of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Bone-Related Diseases.Cell proliferation · 2026Review
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Abstract
Surface nano-modification has emerged as an effective strategy to enhance osseointegration of titanium (Ti) implants. Despite its promise, rational optimization of surface nanomorphology for ameliorated osseointegration remains a significant challenge. Our research pioneering developed a one-step alkali etching technique to produce a gradient nanowire coating with continuously varied dimensions on Ti surfaces, which was subsequently served as a versatile platform for high-throughput screening of optimal dimensions to enhance osseointegration. The results showed that macrophages (MФs) that mainly governed the initial inflammatory reaction exhibited a polarization tendency towards pro-healing M2 phenotype with decreased nanowire dimension due to nanomorphology-mediated focal adhesion formation and activation of its downstream signaling pathways (typically PI3K-Akt). Simultaneously, small-sized nanowires with diameter of 5.63-14.25 nm and inter-spacing of 29.42-57.97 nm were conductive to angiogenesis of endothelial cells (ECs) and osteogenesis of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs), which may share similar mechanisms of MФs. The
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