This study was to analyze the in vivo distribution of wall shear stress (WSS), velocity and in-plane pressure difference in normal carotid artery by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based on contrast-enhanced MRA (CE-MRA) data and to determine whether there were differences in these hemodynamic parameters between atherosclerosis-free and atherosclerosis-prone areas. CE-MRA was performed on 16 normal car...
Cell functions can be mediated through their interactions with the microenvironments, which highly depend on the surface state of the substrate. However, how to finely adjust the surface of biomaterials is still very challenging. In this study, poly(D,L-lactide) (PDLLA) with high molecular weight was synthesized via ring opening polymerization, which was hot-pressed into PDLLA membrane. In order to modify the h...