Article
TGF-beta and basement membrane matrigel stimulate the chondrogenic phenotype in osteoblastic cells derived from fetal rat calvaria.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Mar 1996
Basic N, Basic V, Bulic K, Grgic M, Kleinman H K, Luyten F P, Vukicevic S
Abstract excerpt
Primary cultures of fetal rat calvarial cells contain a spectrum of osteogenic phenotypes including undifferentiated mesenchymal cells, osteoprogenitor cells, and osteoblasts. We recently demonstrated that rat calvarial osteoblast-like cells grown on basement membrane undergo profound morphologic...
Topics
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Animals
- Basement Membrane
- Cartilage
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- Collagen
- Drug Combinations
- Extracellular Matrix
- Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate
- Immunohistochemistry
- Laminin
- Mesoderm
- Osteoblasts
- Osteocalcin
- Phenotype
- Proteoglycans
- Radioimmunoassay
