Graft associated protein

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De Souza, a. I., Wait, R., Mitchell, A. G., Banner, N. R., Dunn, M. )., Rose, M. L. (2005). Heat shcok protein 27 is associated with freedom from graft vasculopathy following human cardiac transplantation. Circ Res., in press. 

However, in spite of these similarities, the adsorbed amounts and the structure of the adsorbed mucin and collagen layers on the surfaces studied are entirely different. The behavior of these proteins is analyzed here on the hydrophobic polyethylene surface (water contact angle 0 20 95°), on the surface modified polyethy-lenes oxidized polyethylene (0h q 74°) and poly(maleic acid) grafted polyethylene ( Ho0 74°) a d on the hydrophilic mica surface ( H2 0 0°) Acidic pH = 2.75 (for collagen) and slightly alkaline pH = 7.2 (for mucin) were chosen in order to minimize the association of these proteins in solution and to make possible the analysis of their adsorbabilities in comparable conditions. 

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