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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 33, Issue 1-3, Pages 95-100Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-8130(03)00072-2
Keywords
chitosan; heparin; poly(lactic acid-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA)
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Chitosan and heparin were covalently immobilized onto a poly(lactic acid-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) surface using N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N'-ethylcarbodiimide (EDC), N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) in a 2-morpholinoethane sulfonic acid (MES) buffer system. The properties of the modified PLGA surface and the control were investigated by water contact angle measurement and electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA). The water contact angle of the modified film was greatly decreased and the element content on the surface of the films changed correspondingly. Platelet adhesion assay showed that blood compatibility of the chitosan/heparin modified film was improved while hepatocyte culture indicated that the cell compatibility of the modified film was enhanced. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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