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Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Mater Res A. 2011 Jan 25;96(4):682–692. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.33024

TABLE I.

Effect of Immobilized GAGs on Cell Viability

	Cell Viability (%)
Culture Surface	Day 7	Day 11	Day 14	Day 17
Polystyrene control	83.9 ± 2.6	72.0 ± 1.8	70.0 ± 1.8	41.2 ± 3.6
Chitosan control	84.6 ± 0.8	73.2 ± 2.2	70.8 ± 7.1	39.9 ± 6.0
Heparin	94.6 ± 0.3^a,b	81.7 ± 1.4^a,b	75.2 ± 7.3	58.0 ± 4.0^a,b
Dermatan sulfate	90.1 ± 1.9^a,b	80.8 ± 1.0^a,b	70.0 ± 3.5	48.8 ± 4.3
Hyaluronan	84.0 ± 0.6	75.3 ± 2.9	70.4 ± 4.8	38.6 ± 7.9
Heparan sulfate	93.9 ± 1.0^a,b	79.9 ± 2.8^a,b	73.4 ± 5.1	57.4 ± 2.6^a,b

^a

Comparison with polystyrene surface, p < 0.05.

^b

Comparison with chitosan surface, p < 0.05.