Fibroblast stimulation by monocytes cultured on protein adsorbed biomedical polymers. I. Biomer and polydimethylsiloxane

The studies presented in this paper evaluate the modulatory role of protein preadsorbed polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) and Biomer on the secretion of fibroblast stimulating growth factors from human monocytes/macrophages. The results of these studies show that Biomer and PDMS selectively activate human monocytes to produce fibroblast “progression‐like” and to a lesser extent “competence‐like” stimulating growth factors. Polydimethylsiloxane...