Article
A rat incisor dentin matrix protein can induce neonatal rat muscle fibroblasts, in culture, to express phenotypic products of chondroblastic cells.
Journal de biologie buccale - 1 Mar 1991
Amar S, Sires B, Veis A
Abstract excerpt
Demineralized dentin matrix induces the ectopic formation of bone, in vivo, when implanted subcutaneously or in muscle pouches. In these situations the bone induction follows a chondrogenic pathway. As part of the strategy for the assay and isolation of the factors responsible for initiating indu...
Topics
- Animals
- Cartilage
- Cells, Cultured
- Chromatography
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Dentin
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Fibroblasts
- Glycosaminoglycans
- Incisor
- Muscles
- Phenotype
- Proteoglycans
- Rats
