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For the in vitro study of cell–biomaterial surface interactions, the choice of cell type is crucial. In vivo data indicate that during the healing of the implant in the tissues, the pivotal cell types are the macrophages. These cells, upon interaction with any foreign material, might initiate a spectrum of responses, which could lead to acute and chronic inflammatory changes affecting the biocompatibility of the implant. Whether the mechanisms governing the type of evolving inflammatory reaction could be attributed to the macrophages functional differentiation mirrored by monocyte subsets during the polymer interaction, is poorly described. This in vitro study, therefore, attempted to investigate whether different biomaterials influence monocyte cellular activity, determined by the myeloperoxidase level and mitochondrial XTT cleavage, and phenotype dynamics characterized by the presence of CD14, RM 3/1 and 27E10 antigens. It is shown that different polymers exert differential potential to influence monocytes, both in their cellular activity and their phenotypic pattern. Thus, these findings demonstrating material-induced monocyte activation and monocyte phenotype modulation, are suggestive of the monocyte role as reporter cells in evaluating the biocompatibility of a synthetic medical device.
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BHARDWAJ, R.S., HENZE, U., KLEIN, B. et al. Monocyte–biomaterial interaction inducing phenotypic dynamics of monocytes: a possible role of monocyte subsets in biocompatibility. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 8, 737–742 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018552326808
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