Cell adhesion molecule DM-GRASP presented as nanopatterns to neurons regulates attachment and neurite growth.

Thelen, Karsten; Wolfram, Tobias; Maier, Bettina; Jährling, Steffen; Tinazli, Ahmed; Piehler, Jacob; Spatz, Joachim P; Pollerberg, G Elisabeth · Soft Matter · 2007

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Adhesion and neurite formation of neurons and neuroblastoma cells critically depends on the lateral spacing of the cell adhesion molecule DM-GRASP offered as nanostructured substrate.