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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2021 Apr 18;133:58–73. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.04.021

Table 1.

Summary of innate immune response to biophysical properties

Cell Type Material Biophysical Property Biological Model Origin/Cell line Biological effect Reference
Neutrophils Titanium Hydrophilicity In vitro C57BL/6J mice ↓ Cytokine release
↓ NET formation
76
Hydrophilicity In vitro Human PBMC ↓ Cell activation
↓ ROS generation
230
Titanium PEEK Roughness Hydrophilicity In vivo New Zealand White Rabbits ↑ Neutrophils on PEEK 231
PDO Architecture In vitro in vivo Human PBMC (in vitro) Sprague-Dawley rats (in vivo) ↓ NET formation on large diameter fibers
↓ Net formation in vivo
232
PDMS Stiffness In vitro C57BL/6J mice ↑ NET formation 233
Polyacrylamide Stiffness In vitro Human PBMC ↓ Migration speed
↑ Spreading
↑ NET formation with LPS treatment
84
Polyacrylamide Stiffness In vitro Murine myeloid progenitor ↑ Spreading 234
PEG-Gelatin Hydrophilicity In vitro Human PBMC ↑ MPO release ↓ MMP-9 235
PTFE Dacron Hydrophobicity In vitro in vivo Human PBMC ↑ Cell death
↑ ROS generation
83
PTFE Hydrophobicity In vitro Human PBMC ↑ Net formation
↑ Histone citrullination
↑ Elastase and ROS generation
236
Macrophages Titanium Roughness In vitro THP-1 ↑ Pro- and anti-inflammatory markers 125
Roughness In vitro RAW 264.7 ↑ Cell elongation
↑ Chemokine levels
127
Macrophages Titanium Roughness In vitro RAW 264.7 ↑ Pro-inflammatory markers 130
Roughness Hydrophilicity In vitro C57BL/6J mice ↓ Pro-inflammatory cytokines
↑ M2 phenotype
80
Roughness In vitro J774A.1 ↓ Nitric oxide, iNOS, and pro-inflammatory cytokines 141
Roughness In vitro J774.A1 ↓ Pro-inflammatory cytokines 142
Roughness In vitro in vivo C57BL/6J mice 30 nm structures ↑ M2 phenotype 100 nm structures ↑ M1 phenotype 147
Roughness Hydrophilicity In vitro in vivo C57BL/6J mice ↑ M2 phenotype
↑ Anti-inflammatory cytokines
↓ Pro-inflammatory cytokines
77
Roughness Hydrophilicity In vitro C57BL/6J mice ↓ IL-1β, IL-6, TNF
↑ IL-4, IL-10
78
Roughness Hydrophilicity In vitro RAW 264.7 ↓ Pro-inflammatory cytokine
↑ Anti-inflammatory cytokines
149
Roughness Hydrophilicity In vitro THP-1 ↓ Pro-inflammatory cytokines 148
Hydrophilicity In vitro RAW 264.7 ↓ Pro-inflammatory cytokines 150
Roughness Hydrophilicity In vitro Human PBMC ↓ Pro-inflammatory cytokines
↑ M2 phenotype
152
Hydrophilicity Hydrophobicity In vitro Human PBMC ↑ Anti-inflammatory cytokines on hydrophilic material 156
Titanium Titanium alloy Roughness Hydrophilicity In vitro C57BL/6J mice ↓ IL-1β, IL-6, TNF
↑ IL-4, IL-10
132
Titanium Titanium alloy Roughness Hydrophilicity In vitro C57BL/6J mice ↑ Anti-inflammatory cytokines
↓ Pro-inflammatory cytokines
133
Macrophages Titanium PEEK Roughness Hydrophilicity In vivo New Zealand White Rabbits ↑ Macrophages on PEEK
↑ M2 phenotype on Titanium
231
Titanium alloy Architecture In vitro RAW 264.7 ↓ Metabolism
↓ Pro-inflammatory cytokines
140
PLLA Architecture In vitro RAW 264.7 ↑ Anti-inflammatory phenotype 144
PLGA Hydrophilicity In vitro RAW 264.7 ↓ Cell activation
↓ Pro-inflammatory cytokines
153
PCL Roughness In vitro In vivo C57BL/6J (in vitro) Sprague-Dawley rats (in vivo) ↑ Cell elongation
↑ Arginase 1 and IL-10 expression
↑ Anti-inflammatory phenotype
128
Architecture THP-1 (in vitro) Sprague Dawley rats (in vivo) ↑ M1 phenotype on random alignment 237
PLLA-PCL Architecture In vitro in vitro Sprague-Dawley rats ↑ IL-10 and Arg1
↓ TNF and iNOS
↑Anti-inflammatory phenotype
145
PEEK Hydrophilicity In vitro RAW 264.7 ↓ Pro-inflammatory cytokines
↑ Anti-inflammatory cytokines
154
Polyethylene Architecture In vitro C57BL/6J mice ↑ Anti-inflammatory cytokines
↓ TNF
126
Polyvinylidene fluoride Roughness In vitro Human PBMC ↑ Pro- and anti-inflammatory activation 131
Polystyrene Hydrophilicity In vitro Human PBMC ↑ Anti-inflammatory cytokines 238
Tricalcium phosphate Roughness In vitro RAW 264.7 ↑ iNOS and IL-1β 114
Hydroxyapatite Roughness In vitro RAW 264.7 ↑ M2 phenotype
↓ M1 phenotype
143
DC Titanium Roughness Hydrophilicity In vitro Human PBMC ↑ CD86
↓ IL-10, IL-1ra, MCP-1, IL-8
178
DC Polystyrene PTFE PMMA Hydrophilicity Hydrophobicity Architecture In vitro Human PBMC ↑ Activation and migration on smooth surfaces 183
MC Titanium Roughness In vitro RBL-2H3 ↑ Adhesion
↑ Proliferation
↑ Migration
194
PLGA Hydrophilicity In vivo Balb/c mice ↑ Cell recruitment
↑ Degranulation
239
PDO Architecture In vitro C57BL/6J mice ↓ IL-6 and TNF
↑ VEGF
240
PDO
PCL
Fibroin
Chemistry Architecture In vitro C57BL/6J mice ↑ Adhesion on polymers
↑ Proliferation on polymers
↑ TNF, MCP-1, and IL-13 on polymers
241
Polypropylene Hydrophilicity In vivo Wistar rats ↑ Cell number
↑ NADPH
242
Polystyrene Architecture In vitro NCL-2 ↑ Proliferation 243
NK PDMS Stiffness In vitro Human PBMC Bell shaped of NK adhesion and CD107 expression in response to stiffness
↑ Activation in response to stiffness
221
Architecture In vitro NK-92MI ↑ NK cytotoxicity on large microwells 229
PLA Chitosan Architecture In vitro Human PBMC ↓ NK metabolism
↑ NK number
244