Research Article

Human Coronary Artery Smooth Muscle Cell Responses to Bioactive Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Interfaces

Table 1

Cell growth after 5 days on PEMU surfaces.

Growth surfaceCells/cm2SE% Decrease from glass

Uncoated Glass19782±1500 **
(PFPVP/Nafion)29038±40054.3% *
(PDADMA/PSS)28918±130054.9% *
(PAH/PAA-co-PAEDAPS)2619±20096.9% **

*significant variation from glass and (PAH/PAA-co-PAEDAPS)2 only; **significant variation from all groups; data are reported as the mean ± standard error (SE) of three separate experiments; CI: confidence interval.