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CSF-1 treatment promotes angiogenesis in the metaphysis of osteopetrotic (toothless, tl) rats.
Bone - 1 Mar 1995
Aharinejad S, Marks S C, Böck P, Mason-Savas A, MacKay C A, Larson E K, Jackson M E, Luftensteiner M, Wiesbauer E
Abstract excerpt
It has recently been shown that following treatment with colony-stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) the osteopetrotic condition in toothless (tl) rats greatly improves and growth is accelerated. We have examined the effects of such treatment on the microvasculature of the distal femoral chondro-osseous junction, a site where bone growth in length is coordinated with angiogenesis. Vascular casts and ultrastructural...
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