TY - JOUR
TI - Photopatternable materials for guided cell adhesion and growth
AU - Kourti, Dimitra
AU - Kanioura, Anastasia
AU - Chatzichristidi, Margarita
AU - and Beltsios, Konstantinos G.
AU - Kakabakos, Sotirios E.
AU - Petrou,
AU - Panagiota S.
JO - European Polymer Journal
PY - 2022
VL - 162
TODO - null
SP - null
PB - PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
SN - 0014-3057
TODO - 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2021.110896
TODO - Light assisted patterning techniques; Cell alignment; Guided cell growth
TODO - Cells in vivo are grown in a highly organized environment defined by the
interactions with other cells and the extracellular matrix proteins.
Thus, in order to shed light in cellular functions such as adhesion,
migration, proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation, the creation of
cell culture surfaces that mimic the in vivo environment has emerged. To
create such surfaces, many microfabrication techniques have been applied
so far. In this review, we focus on application of light-assisted
patterning techniques for construction of either 2D or 3D cell culture
substrates. In the first section of the review, the principle of the
main light-assisted patterning approaches is presented and their
advantages and limitations are discussed. In the second section, the
influence of micro/ nanopatterned surfaces fabricated with the described
methods, on vital cell functions is presented, along with the
significance of these findings in the field of tissue engineering and
regenerative medicine.
ER -