Article
Behaviour of fibroblasts during initial attachment to a glass-ceramic implant material in vitro: a time-lapse video-micrographic study.
Biomaterials - 1 Oct 1994
Leung T, Kakar A, Hobkirk J A, Thorogood P
Abstract excerpt
The in vitro behaviour of 3T3 fibroblasts plated on a glass-ceramic implant material, Apoceram, and on tissue culture polystyrene (TCP) was monitored using phase-contrast, time-lapse video microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Significant differences were observed in the short-term cellular response to TCP and Apoceram in the timing of the fibroblasts' morphological changes, with earlier spreading and...
Topics
- Animals
- Biocompatible Materials
- Cell Adhesion
- Cell Line
- Ceramics
- Fibroblasts
- Glass
- Mice
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Microscopy, Video
- Phenotype
- Prostheses and Implants