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ABSTRACT: Background and methods
In this report, layered microporous titanate nanowire scaffolds (TiNWs) were constructed via a hydrothermal route and then decorated with anatase nanocrystals (ANs@TiNWs) by immersion in TiCl(4) solution. The diameter and specific surface area of the ANs@TiNWs was measured. The TiNWs and ANs@TiNWs were then compared for their ability to adsorb protein and adhere to MG63 cells.Results
The diameter and specific surface area of the ANs@TiNWs were significantly larger than for TiNWs, and the ANs@TiNWs had an enhanced protein-adsorbing effect. It was found that the MG63 cells were less able to adhere to the flat titanium substrate than the TiNWs and ANs@TiNWs, and that this cell-repellant ability was greater with ANs@TiNWs. Other MG63 cell functions, proliferation in particular, were also inhibited by ANs@TiNWs.Conclusion
ANs@TiNWs show a high protein adsorption and cell-repellant capacity which would be useful in drug delivery.
SUBMITTER: Ding X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3573809 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Ding Xianglong X Yang Xiaoqin X Zhou Lei L Lu Haibin H Li Shaobing S Gao Yan Y Lai Chunhua C Jiang Ying Y
International journal of nanomedicine 20130207
<h4>Background and methods</h4>In this report, layered microporous titanate nanowire scaffolds (TiNWs) were constructed via a hydrothermal route and then decorated with anatase nanocrystals (ANs@TiNWs) by immersion in TiCl(4) solution. The diameter and specific surface area of the ANs@TiNWs was measured. The TiNWs and ANs@TiNWs were then compared for their ability to adsorb protein and adhere to MG63 cells.<h4>Results</h4>The diameter and specific surface area of the ANs@TiNWs were significantly ...[more]