SIMULTANEOUS DEMONSTRATION OF ALKALINE AND ACID-PHOSPHATASE-ACTIVITY IN BONE, AT BONE-IMPLANT INTERFACES AND AT THE EPIPHYSEAL GROWTH-PLATEIN PLASTIC-EMBEDDED UNDEMINERALIZED TISSUES

Authors
PIATTELLI A PIATTELLI M SCARANO A
Citation
A. Piattelli et al., SIMULTANEOUS DEMONSTRATION OF ALKALINE AND ACID-PHOSPHATASE-ACTIVITY IN BONE, AT BONE-IMPLANT INTERFACES AND AT THE EPIPHYSEAL GROWTH-PLATEIN PLASTIC-EMBEDDED UNDEMINERALIZED TISSUES, Biomaterials, 18(7), 1997, pp. 545-549
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Biomedical","Materials Science, Biomaterials
Journal title
Biomaterials → ACNP
ISSN journal
01429612
Volume
18
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
545 - 549
Database
ISI
SICI code
0142-9612(1997)18:7<545:SDOAAA>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The aim of the present study was to determine if it was possible to de tect in bone, at the epiphyseal growth plate and at the bone-implant i nterface, the presence of alkaline and acid phosphatases using Technov it 7200 VLC resin. In the plastic-embedded specimens it was possible t o observe the simultaneous presence of acid and alkaline phosphatases at the epiphyseal growth plate in the presence of intra-articular impl ants. The morphology of the cells positive for the phosphatases was ve ry clear, with no apparent diffusion of the reaction product and no sp utter ground staining. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Limited.