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Meckel's cartilage chondrocytes in organ culture synthesize bone-type proteins accompanying osteocytic phenotype expression.
Anatomy and embryology - 1 Jan 1996
Ishizeki K, Takigawa M, Harada Y, Suzuki F, Nawa T
Abstract excerpt
We examined whether Meckel's cartilage of embryonic mice, 17 days in utero, undergo the cellular transformation into the osteocyte-like phenotype under organ culture conditions. Explants were grown by our original pithole method modified Trowell-type cultures for up to 4 weeks at 37 degrees C under 5% CO2 in air. Specimens were examined using histological procedures including immunostaining and electron...
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