The effect of cells on biomaterial calcification: experiments with in vivo diffusion chambers

I B Rosanova; B P Mischenko; V V Zaitsev; S L Vasin; V I Sevastianov

doi:10.1002/jbm.820250213

The effect of cells on biomaterial calcification: experiments with in vivo diffusion chambers

J Biomed Mater Res. 1991 Feb;25(2):277-80. doi: 10.1002/jbm.820250213.

Authors

I B Rosanova¹, B P Mischenko, V V Zaitsev, S L Vasin, V I Sevastianov

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Transplantology and Artificial Organs, Moscow, USSR.

PMID: 1829083
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.820250213

Abstract

The results of these in vivo experiments show that bovine pericardium can undergo calcification without direct contact with tissue. It is clear that the direct interaction of cells with implanted samples both promotes and accelerates the process of calcification. Moreover, dietary calcium supplements, calcium chloride and vitamin D can intensify the rate and extent of this process.

MeSH terms

Animals
Biocompatible Materials*
Calcification, Physiologic* / drug effects
Calcium / metabolism*
Calcium Chloride / pharmacology
Cattle
Diffusion
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Pericardium / physiology*
Pericardium / transplantation
Pericardium / ultrastructure
Polyethylene Terephthalates*
Rabbits
Vitamin D / pharmacology

Substances

Biocompatible Materials
Polyethylene Terephthalates
Vitamin D
Calcium Chloride
Calcium