Response of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Rat Adult Bone Marrow to Honeycomb-patterned Porous Polymer Films

Yuka MORITA, Sadaaki YAMAMOTO, Hiroshi YABU, Emiko ITO, Osamu HONMOU, Kuniharu IJIRO and Masatsugu SHIMOMURA 5 Creative Research Initiative “Sousei” Hokkaido University, N21W10 Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021 Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577 Sapporo Medical University, S1W17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8556 Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University, N21W10, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 001-0021 WPI Advanced Institute for Material Research, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577

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