Research Article

Surface Coatings Modulate the Differences in the Adhesion Forces of Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cells as Detected by Single Cell Force Microscopy

Table 1

Result of the two-way ANOVA analysis of measurement MDFs () and specific MDFs () for each cell type separately taking the three contact times into consideration. Significance levels are marked for p≥ 0.05 (none), p≤ 0.05 (), and p≤ 0.01 () and separated by a slash ().

Statistical differencesPNCsMC3T3Scc

silicon nitride vs. PEI-/--/--/
silicon nitride vs. PEI/laminin///
silicon nitride vs. PDL/laminin///
PEI vs. PEI/laminin///
PEI vs. PDL/laminin///
PEI/laminin vs. PDL/laminin-/--/--/