• Effect of calcium phosphate heparinization on the in vitro inflammatory response and osteoclastogenesis of human blood precursor cells 

      Díez Escudero, Anna; Torreggiani, E.; Pompo, Gemma di; Español Pons, Montserrat; Persson, Cecilia; Ciapetti, Gabriela; Baldini, Nicola; Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau (2019-01-01)
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      Realitzat a/amb:   Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli / Uppsala universitet / Università di Bologna / Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya
      The immobilization of natural molecules on synthetic bone grafts stands as a strategy to enhance their biological interactions. During the early stages of healing, immune cells and osteoclasts (OC) modulate the inflammatory ...
    • Focus ion beam/scanning electron microscopy characterization of osteoclastic resorption of calcium phosphate substrates 

      Díez Escudero, Anna; Español Pons, Montserrat; Montufar Jiménez, Edgar Benjamin; Pompo, Gemma di; Ciapetti, Gabriela; Baldini, Nicola; Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau (2017-02-01)
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      Realitzat a/amb:   Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
      This article presents the application of dual focused ion beam/scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) imaging for preclinical testing of calcium phosphates with osteoclast precursor cells and how this high-resolution imaging ...
    • Novel soybean/gelatine-based bioactive and injectable hydroxyapatite foam: material properties and cell response 

      Baldini, Nicola; Perut, Francesca; Montufar Jiménez, Edgar Benjamin; Ciapetti, Gabriela; Santin, Matteo; Salvage, J; Traykova, Tania; Planell Estany, Josep Anton; Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau (2010-12-10)
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      Realitzat a/amb:   Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
      Despite their known osteoconductivity, clinical use of calcium phosphate cements is limited both by their relatively slow rate of resorption and by rheological properties incompatible with injectability. Bone in-growth and ...
    • Osteoclast differentiation from human blood precursors on biomimetic calcium-phosphate substrates 

      Ciapetti, Gabriela; Pompo, Gemma di; Avnet, Sofia; Martini, Desirée; Díez Escudero, Anna; Montufar Jiménez, Edgar Benjamin; Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau; Baldini, Nicola (2017-03-01)
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      Realitzat a/amb:   Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
      The design of synthetic bone grafts to foster bone formation is a challenge in regenerative medicine. Understanding the interaction of bone substitutes with osteoclasts is essential, since osteoclasts not only drive a ...