Fig. 2: Schematic illustration of the various functional self-assembled stent coating. | NPG Asia Materials

Fig. 2: Schematic illustration of the various functional self-assembled stent coating.

From: Interfacing exogenous stents with human coronary artery by self-assembled coating: designs, functionalities and applications

Fig. 2

Anti-fouling by mutual repulsion of negative charges, anti-proliferative by loading drugs to cause cell-cycle arrest in the G1 phase, promoting endothelial adhesion and growth by loading vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-loaded heparin/PLL particle, anti-coagulation by imitating ECs to release active molecules such as nitric oxide (NO), and gene therapy by controllable gene delivery.

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