Article
Matrix mineralization and the differentiation of osteocyte-like cells in culture.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Feb 1995
Mikuni-Takagaki Y, Kakai Y, Satoyoshi M, Kawano E, Suzuki Y, Kawase T, Saito S
Abstract excerpt
Osteocyte-like cells were prepared by sequentially treating calvaria from newborn rats with collagenase and chelating agents. On a reconstituted gel of basement membrane components, cells from the third collagenase digest displayed a round shape and expressed the highest level of alkaline phospha...
Topics
- 5'-Nucleotidase
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Basement Membrane
- Bone Matrix
- Calcification, Physiologic
- Casein Kinase II
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Separation
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Dendrites
- Edetic Acid
- Frontal Bone
- Osteoblasts
- Osteocalcin
- Osteocytes
