Osteopontin (OPN) is an important protein to mediate improvements in the biocompatibility of C ion-implanted silicone rubber.

Medical device implants are drawing increasing amounts of interest from modern medical practitioners. However, this attention is not evenly spread across all such devices; most of these implantable devices can cause adverse reactions such as inflammation, fibrosis, thrombosis, and infection. In this...

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Main Authors: Shao-liang Wang, Xiao-hua Shi, Zhi Yang, Yi-ming Zhang, Li-ru Shen, Ze-yuan Lei, Zhi-Qing Zhang, Cong Cao, Dong-li Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4049582?pdf=render