| |
1. PET |
2. +Co |
3. +Co/LM |
4. +Co/FN |
5. +Co/Fb |
6. +Co/Fb/FN |
| Contact angle (deg) |
126 ± 4 |
123 ± 2 |
114 ± 0 |
106 ± 5 |
112 ± 3 |
117 ± 11 |
| ANOVA, p ≤ 0.05 |
vs. 4, 7 |
vs. 4, 8 |
|
vs. 1, 2, 10 |
|
|
| |
7. PET–PLG |
8. +Co |
9. +Co/LM |
10. Co/FN |
11. +Co/Fb |
12. +Co/Fb/FN |
| Contact angle (deg) |
98 ± 8 |
90 ± 9 |
128 ± 4 |
140 ± 9 |
116 ±5 |
125 ± 10 |
| ANOVA, p≤0.05 |
vs. 1,9,10,11,12 |
vs. 2,9,10,11,12 |
vs. 7, 8 |
vs. 4,7,8,11 |
vs. 7,8,10 |
vs. 7, 8 |
|
| Table 2: Water contact angles of the PET and the PET–PLG vascular prostheses modified with cell-adhesive proteins assemblies. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), poly (L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLG), collagen type I (Co), laminin (LM), fibronectin (FN), fibrin gel (Fb), versus (vs.). Mean ± SEM from 3 independent experiments, each performed in triplicates. ANOVA |
