Article
Cell substratum modulates responses of preosteoblasts to retinoic acid.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Nov 1993
Traianedes K, Ng K W, Martin T J, Findlay D M
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to determine the role of ECM components of bone in regulating the differentiation and function of cells of the osteoblast lineage. Rat UMR 201 cells, phenotypically preosteoblast, were plated onto plastic tissue culture dishes or dishes coated with gelled type I collagen...
Topics
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Animals
- Blotting, Northern
- Cell Adhesion
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Division
- Cell Line
- Collagen
- Drug Combinations
- Extracellular Matrix
- Gene Expression
- Laminin
- Osteoblasts
- Osteopontin
- Phenotype
- Plastics
- Proteoglycans
- RNA, Messenger