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Effect of Substratum Morphology on Animal Cell Adhesion and Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Rahul Singhvi
Affiliation:
Biotechnology Process Engineering Center and Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts, Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.
Gregory N. Stephanopoulos
Affiliation:
Biotechnology Process Engineering Center and Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts, Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.
Daniel I. C. Wang
Affiliation:
Biotechnology Process Engineering Center and Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts, Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.
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Abstract

Glass surfaces with well defined surface morphologies have been prepared using photolithography to study the effect of surface morphology on cell adhesion and function. Using a transformed recombinant cell-line, AtT-20, as a model of shear sensitive cell, we have shown that cell-substratum adhesion strength is enhanced using a surface with uniform grooves without any loss in cellular function. Furthermore, using primary hepatocytes as a model for a cell whose function is sensitive to its shape, we have shown that surface morphology can modulate cell shape as well as its function.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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