N. Kubler et al., IGG MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES THAT INHIBIT OSTEOINDUCTIVITY OF HUMAN BONEMATRIX-DERIVED PROTEINS (HBMP NCP)/, International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, 23(6), 1994, pp. 420-422
Monoclonal hBMP/NCP (human bone morphogenetic protein and associated n
oncollagenous proteins) antibodies of the IgG class were produced. In
vitro, 12 of 19 hBMP/NCP antibodies showed functional inhibition of hB
MP/NCP-induced chondroneogenesis in a neonatal muscle tissue assay. In
ducing factors were characterized by their inhibiting antibodies with
immunoblotting. Several peptide factors seem to be involved in the cas
cade of induced chondro- and osteogenesis.