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Osteogenesis in vitro: from pre-osteoblasts to osteocytes: a contribution from the Osteobiology Research Group, The Pennsylvania State University.
In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal - 1 Jan 2010
Krishnan Venkatesh, Dhurjati Ravi, Vogler Erwin A, Mastro Andrea M
Abstract excerpt
Murine calvariae pre-osteoblasts (MC3T3-E1), grown in a novel bioreactor, proliferate into a mineralizing 3D osteoblastic tissue that undergoes progressive phenotypic maturation into osteocyte-like cells. Initially, the cells are closely packed (high cell/matrix ratio), but transform into a more mature phenotype (low cell/matrix ratio) after about 5 mo, a process that recapitulates stages of bone development...
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