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Bioactive glass serves as a substrate for maintenance of phenotype of nucleus pulposus cells of the intervertebral disc.
Journal of biomedical materials research - 15 Sept 2000
Gan J C, Ducheyne P, Vresilovic E, Shapiro I M
Abstract excerpt
The objective of the study was to investigate the capability of bioactive glass 45S5 to serve as a substrate for nucleus pulposus cells in vitro. Nucleus pulposus cells were isolated from adult rabbit discs and seeded onto bioactive glass. At selected time intervals, the cells and glass were evaluated. We found that the cells rapidly attached to the substrate, colonizing it within 12 h. By 21 days, they had...
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