Fig. 7: Cytocompatibility of P(AAm-co-BMDO) copolymers.

a Cell viability (MTT assay) after incubation of: (1) NIH/3T3 cells; (2) HUVEC cells; and (3) J774.A1 cells with P(AAm-co-BMDO) copolymers as function of the BMDO content (P9–P14 and P17, Table 2) at 0.01 and 0.1 mg mL−1. Results were expressed as the percentage of absorption of treated cells (n = 3 for each condition, error bars represent mean ± SD) in comparison with the values obtained from untreated control cells; b optical images of NIH/3T3 cells (first column, a–h), HUVEC cells (second column, I–P) and J774.A1 cells (third column, Q–X) taken by optical microscopy after treatment for 72 h with P(AAm-co-BMDO) copolymers (0.1 mg mL−1): Line 1: untreated cells; line 2: P9; line 3: P10; line 4: P11; line 5: P12; line 6: P13; line 7: P14; line 8: P17. Scale bar = 100 μm.