Figure 3
From: The potential of Antheraea pernyi silk for spinal cord repair
RGD-mediated non-neuronal cell adhesion to DAPF. Mean cell count per filament of (a–c) microglia and (d,e) HUVECs on DAPF or BM silk filaments at 1 h after plating, with and without RGD tripeptide added to the culture media. The adhesion of both cell types to DAPF was significantly higher when no RGD was added to culture media compared to that when RGD was added (a–c). The mean cell count per BM silk filament remained unchanged either with or without RGD added to the culture media (d,e). In addition, the number of cells adhered to DAPF by both cell types was significantly higher than that with BM silk filaments. N = 3 BRs, n = 3 TRs; *p < 0.05 and ***p < 0.001. Scale bar = 50 µm.
