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Aspenberg, P., et al.
(författare)
Failure of bone induction by bone matrix in adult monkeys
1988
Ingår i: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: British Volume. - 0301-620X. ; 70:4, s. 625-627
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
Extraskeletal bone formation can be induced in rodents by implantation of demineralised bone matrix and such implantation has been used to treat bone defects in man, but it is uncertain if induction or merely conduction occurs. We studied bone induction in primates by excising segments of the fibulae of adult squirrel monkeys, defatting and demineralising them before reimplanting them into the quadriceps of the same animal. As a control experiment, rat matrix was prepared in exactly the same way and implanted in rats. After six weeks the implants were harvested and either ashed and analysed for calcium content or prepared for histology. In the rats, the calcium content indicated that about 20% of the original matrix had been replaced by new bone. In the monkeys the calcium content was about the same as that in normal body fluid and no bone was seen in histological sections. This result casts doubt on the use of demineralised human bone matrix as a bone inductor, although it may function by other mechanisms.
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Aspenberg, Per, et al.
(författare)
Fibroblast growth factor stimulates bone formation bone induction studied in rats
1989
Ingår i: Acta Orthopaedica. - : Medical Journals Sweden AB. - 1745-3674 .- 0001-6470. ; 60:4, s. 473-476
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
Implantation of demineralized bone matrix in rodents elicits a series of cellular events leading to the formation of new bone inside and adjacent to the implant. This process is believed to be initiated by an inductive protein present in bone matrix. It has been suggested that local growth factors may further regulate the process once it has been initiated. This investigation was designed to study the effect of adding a growth factor to the inductive implant. Pairs of demineralized rat femoral diaphyses were implanted intramuscularly in rats. the marrow canal of one implant in each pair was filled with a carboxymethyl cellulose gel containing 75 ng of recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF). the other implant in each pair served as a control. It was either filled with the gel without FGF or left untreated. Bone formation was induced by all the implants after 3 weeks. the amount of mineralized tissue in the FGF-treated implants was 25 percent greater than in untreated controls. the carboxymethyl cellulose gel alone did not affect the bone yield.
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