Contribution of matrix vesicles and alkaline phosphatase to ectopic bone formation
Endochondral calcification involves the participation of matrix vesicles (MVs), but it remains unclear whether calcification ectopically induced by implants of demineralized bone matrix also proceeds via MVs. Ectopic bone formation was induced by implanting rat demineralized diaphyseal bone matrix i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2006-05-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000500006 |