The pericyte as a possible osteoblast progenitor cell.

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The pericyte as a possible osteoblast progenitor cell.

Clinical orthopaedics and related research - 1 Feb 1992

Brighton C T, Lorich D G, Kupcha R, Reilly T M, Jones A R, Woodbury R A

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Bovine capillary and microvessel pericytes were grown in monolayer in standard tissue culture medium supplemented with 10% newborn calf serum at various oxygen tensions for up to ten weeks. The pericytes synthesized alkaline phosphatase and formed colonies that mineralized. Energy dispersive X-ra...

Topics

Alkaline Phosphatase
Animals
Cattle
Cells, Cultured
Collagen
Electron Probe Microanalysis
Glycosaminoglycans
Osteoblasts
Osteocalcin
Oxygen
Phenotype
Stem Cells

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