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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-ray spectrometry revealed the presence of calcium and phosphate, showed positive staining for collagen and...
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