[Frontiers in Bioscience 6, d992-999, August 1, 2001] 992 UTILIZING BIOMIMETIC OLIGOPEPTIDES TO PROBE FIBRONECTIN-INTEGRIN BINDING AND SIGNALING IN REGULATING MACROPHAGE FUNCTION IN VITRO AND IN VIVO
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1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Materials and Methods 3.1. Synthesis of polymer substrates containing biomimetic oligopeptides 3.2. In vitro macrophage and FBGC assays 3.3. In vivo cage implantation study 3.4. Statistical analysis 4. Results and Discussions 4.1. In vitro macrophage adhesion and FBGC formation 4.2. In vivo macrophage adhesion and FBGC formation 4.3. Probing the intracellular signaling with biomimetic oligopeptides 5. Acknowledgements 6. References
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تاریخ انتشار 2002