Alter macrophage adhesion and modulate their response on hydrophobically modified hydrogels

Adhesion of macrophages to material substrates plays an essential role in many biological behaviors and biomedical procedures, including wound healing, cancer treatment and biomaterial implantation. Therefore, altering the adhesion of macrophages using biomaterial design may help control their biological function. In this work, we developed a straightforward method to render the hydrogel surface more hydrophobic and demonstrated that the...