Studying the physical behavior of human mesenchymal stem cells on the surface of hydroxyapatite after adding graphene as a reinforcement

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Materials Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark

3 Instituto de ceramica y vidrio, csic, Madrid, Spain

10.22034/jbr.2019.213164.1018

Abstract

Introduction: For cell culture assays, different cells have been used so far, including Mouse osteoblast cells (MC3T3-E1), hFOB cells, fibroblast cell, Osteoblast-like MG63 cells, Human osteoblast cells (HFOB 1.19 SV40 transfected osteoblasts), Blood mononuclear cell (PBMC), mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs).
Objective: In this study, the effect of graphene sheets on the physical behavior of stem cells was investigated.
Material and Methods: The hydrothermal method and spark plasma sintering were used in this study. The analysis performed in the sample includes X-ray diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscope, Raman spectroscopy, and cell culture.
Result: The surface of the samples from the hydrophilic (in pure HA) state is somewhat close to the hydrophobic (in HA/rGO nanocomposites) state. It is clear that the physical behavior of the cells on the surface after graphene addition has changed dramatically.
Conclusion: The product of this research (HA/rGO nanostructured composite) has the potential to be used in medical applications.

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Studying the physical behavior of human mesenchymal stem cells on the surface of hydroxyapatite after adding graphene as a reinforcement

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