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Secretion of growth factors from macrophages when cultured with microparticles.
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A - 1 Nov 2013
Bhat Archana, Wooten R Mark, Jayasuriya Ambalangodage Champa
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of macrophages on osteoblast (OB) performance and differentiation. In this regard, we studied the secretion of growth factors including bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) from before and after activation of macrophages. We also evaluated osteogenic markers in the co-culture of macrophages and OBs. The macrophages were seeded on microparticles (MPs) based on...
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