Bioclickable and mussel adhesive peptide mimics for engineering vascular stent surfaces [Applied Physical Sciences]

Thrombogenic reaction, aggressive smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation, and sluggish endothelial cell (EC) migration onto bioinert metal vascular stents make poststenting reendothelialization a dilemma. Here, we report an easy to perform, biomimetic surface engineering strategy for multiple functionalization of metal vascular stents. We first design and graft a clickable mussel-inspired...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - July 13, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Zhilu Yang, Xin Zhao, Rui Hao, Qiufen Tu, Xiaohua Tian, Yu Xiao, Kaiqing Xiong, Miao Wang, Yonghai Feng, Nan Huang, Guoqing Pan Tags: Physical Sciences Source Type: research