Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.
Nanomedicine Summit 2008

Site Tools

  • AAAS
  • Subscribe
  • Feedback

Site Search

Search Advanced

Science 18 November 2005:
Vol. 310. no. 5751, pp. 1135 - 1138
DOI: 10.1126/science.1106587
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Review

Exploring and Engineering the Cell Surface Interface

Molly M. Stevens* and Julian H. George

Cells are inherently sensitive to local mesoscale, microscale, and nanoscale patterns of chemistry and topography. We review current approaches to control cell behavior through the nanoscale engineering of materials surfaces. Far-reaching implications are emerging for applications including medical implants, cell supports, and materials that can be used as instructive three-dimensional environments for tissue regeneration.

Department of Materials and Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP, UK.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: m.stevens{at}imperial.ac.uk

Read the Full Text


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Electrospun Nanoporous Fiber.
Yue Wu, J.-Y. Yu, and Chi Ma (2008)
Textile Research Journal 78, 812-815
   Abstract »    PDF »
Understanding Adsorption-Desorption Dynamics of BMP-2 on Hydroxyapatite (001) Surface.
X. Dong, Q. Wang, T. Wu, and H. Pan (2007)
Biophys. J. 93, 750-759
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Differences in Chlamydia trachomatis Serovar E Growth Rate in Polarized Endometrial and Endocervical Epithelial Cells Grown in Three-Dimensional Culture.
N. V. Guseva, S. Dessus-Babus, C. G. Moore, J. D. Whittimore, and P. B. Wyrick (2007)
Infect. Immun. 75, 553-564
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Effects of static and cyclic loading in regulating extracellular matrix synthesis by cardiovascular cells.
V. Gupta and K. J. Grande-Allen (2006)
Cardiovasc Res 72, 375-383
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Cell-directed assembly of lipid-silica nanostructures providing extended cell viability..
H. K. Baca, C. Ashley, E. Carnes, D. Lopez, J. Flemming, D. Dunphy, S. Singh, Z. Chen, N. Liu, H. Fan, et al. (2006)
Science 313, 337-341
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »
Tissue Cells Feel and Respond to the Stiffness of Their Substrate.
D. E. Discher, P. Janmey, and Y.-l. Wang (2005)
Science 310, 1139-1143
   Abstract »    Full Text »    PDF »


ADVERTISEMENT
Click Me!

ADVERTISEMENT
Click Me!

To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)