Novel current-conducting composite substrates for exposing osteoblasts to alternating current stimulation

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 499-506

  Bizios, R ^a   Ullmann, K R ^a   Supronowicz, P R ^a   Ajayan, P M ^a   Metzger, D W ^b   Arulanandam, B P ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Current conducting biomaterials; Electrical stimulation; Osteoblast functions

Indexed keywords

BONE FORMATIONS; ELECTRICAL STIMULATION;

BONE; CALCIUM; CARBON NANOTUBES; CELL CULTURE; COLLAGEN; COMPOSITION; RNA;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CARBON; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ARTICLE; CALVARIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPOSITE GRAFT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOBLAST;

ANIMALS; BONE MATRIX; CALCIUM; CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; CELL DIVISION; COMPOSITE RESINS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTIC ACID; OSTEOBLASTS; OSTEOGENESIS; POLYMERS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0037022696     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.10015     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Bone reaction to varying amounts of direct current
2. Mechanical and electrical interactions in bone remodeling
3. Electrical properties of bone and cartilage: Experimental effects and clinical applications
4. Electrochemical aspects of d.c. stimulation of osteogenesis
5. Early effects of electrical stimulation on osteogenesis
6. Effects of electric currents on bone in vivo
7. Fundamental and practical aspects of therapeutic uses of pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFs)
8. Large-scale synthesis of carbon nanotubes
9. Analysis of osteobtast mineral deposits on orthopaedic/dental implant metals
10. Osteoblast responses to orthopedic implants
11. Modulation of mucosal and systemic immunity by intranasal interleukin 12 delivery
12. In vitro bonecell response to a capacitively coupled electrical field
13. Electrical stimulation induces the level of tgf-β1 mRNA in osteoblastic cells by a mechanism involving calcium/calmodulin pathway
14. Osteogenesis of electrically stimulated bone cells mediated in part by calcium ions
15. Comparative study of the effect of ultrasound and electrostimulation on bone healing in rats
16. Effect of electrical stimulation on mandibular distraction osteogenesis
17. Electrical stimulation of experimental nonunions
18. Calcification of cartilaginous matrix in culture by constant direct-current stimulation
19. Bone matrix proteoglycans and glycoproteins
20. Skeletal Gla proteins: Gene structure, regulation of expression, and function
21. Osteopontin
22. Osteoprotegerin: A novel secreted protein involved in the regulation of bone density
23. Identity of osteoclastogenesis inhibitory factor (OCIF) and osteoprotegerin (OPG): A mechanism by which OPG/OCIF inhibits osteoclastogenesis in vitro
24. Osteoprotegerin reverses osteoporosis by inhibiting endosteal osteoclasts and prevents vascular calcification by blocking a process resembling osteoclastogenesis