Biomedical Engineering Reference
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Chapter 19
SUPPRESSION OF INFLAMMATORY
REACTIONS ON MPC POLYMER
SURFACES
Yasuhiko Iwasaki
a
and Kazuhiko Ishihara
b
a
Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry,
Materials and Bioengineering, Kansai University, 3-3-35 Yamate-cho;
Suita-shi, Osaka 564-8680; Japan
b
Department of Materials Engineering, Department of Bioengineering
School of Engineering The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo; Bunkyo-ku,
Tokyo 113-8656; Japan
yasu.bmt@kansai-u.ac.jp; ishihara@mpc.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
The clarification of interactions between cells and biomaterials is
indispensable for developing implantable devices and matrices.
This chapter summarizes the suppression of inflammatory
responses of cells and tissues in contact with phospholipid
polymersurfaces with artificial cell membrane structures.
19.1 Introduction
Biomaterials implanted into the body induce a response that is dif-
ferent from the normal healing process.
1
The biological response
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