In human dermal and corneal fibroblasts, C16-KTTKS stimulated collagen production in a concentration-dependent manner near its critical aggregation concentration.
In plain wordsIn cells, C16-KTTKS increased collagen production as its concentration increased near the point where it forms aggregates.
- Outcome
- IncreaseCollagen production
- Study
humann: not reported in source
Human dermal and corneal fibroblasts- Outcome group
- Skin and hair · Skin and wound
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
We prove that C16-KTTKS stimulates collagen production in a concentration-dependent manner close to the critical aggregation concentration determined from pyrene fluorescence spectroscopy.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The collagen production of human dermal and corneal fibroblasts in contact with solutions of the peptide amphiphile (PA) C16-KTTKS is investigated and related to its self-assembly into nanotape structures.