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    Demineralized bone matrix coating Si-Ca-P Ceramic does not improve the osseointegration of the scaffold
    (MDPI, 2018-09-01) Parrilla-Almansa, Andrés; García Carrillo, Nuria; Ros-Tárraga, Patricia; Martínez, Carlos Manuel; Martínez Martínez, Francisco; Meseguer Olmo, Luis; De Aza, Piedad N.; Cirugía, Pediatría y Obstetricia y Ginecología
    The aim of this study was to manufacture and evaluate the effect of a biphasic calcium silicophosphate (CSP) scaffold ceramic, coated with a natural demineralized bone matrix (DBM), to evaluate the efficiency of this novel ceramic material in bone regeneration. The DBM-coated CSP ceramic was made by coating a CSP scaffold with gel DBM, produced by the partial sintering of different-sized porous granules. These scaffolds were used to reconstruct defects in rabbit tibiae, where CSP scaffolds acted as the control material. Micro-CT and histological analyses were performed to evaluate new bone formation at 1, 3, and 5 months post-surgery. The present research results showed a correlation among the data obtained by micro-CT and the histomorphological results, the gradual disintegration of the biomaterial, and the presence of free scaffold fragments dispersed inside the medullary cavity occupied by hematopoietic bone marrow over the 5-month study period. No difference was found between the DBM-coated and uncoated implants. The new bone tissue inside the implants increased with implantation time. Slightly less new bone formation was observed in the DBM-coated samples, but it was not statistically significant. Both the DBM-coated and the CSP scaffolds gave excellent bone tissue responses and good osteoconductivity.
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    Exploring the relationship of brown adipose tissue to bone microarchitecture using 7T MRI and micro-CT
    (Universidad de Murcia, Departamento de Biologia Celular e Histiologia, 2022) Zhang, Ping; Yu, Baohai; Shao, Shuying; Zhang, Ranxu; Zeng, Yan; Li, Jujia; Ren, Congcong; Zhou, Xiaoyue; Zhao, Jian
    Background. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is involved both in energy production and bone metabolism. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between BAT and microarchitecture at cancellous and cortical bone using Kunming mice and the methods of 7T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) combined with micro-CT. Methods. Twenty-four female Kunming mice were examined by 7T MRI and measured T2* relaxation time on the deep and superficial interscapular BAT (iBAT) and subcutaneous white adipose tissue (sWAT). Cancellous bone microarchitecture of the distal femur and cortical bone of the middle femur were examined by micro-CT. A paired t-test was used to analyze the differences in T2* values between iBAT and sWAT. The correlation between BAT T2* values and bone microstructure parameters were analyzed using Pearson’s correlation. Results. T2* values of the deep and superficial iBAT (6.36±3.31 ms and 6.23±2.61 ms) were significantly shorter than those of sWAT (16.30±3.05 ms, tdeep iBAT=- 10.816), tsuperficial iBAT=-12.276, p<0.01). Deep iBAT T2* values were significantly and negatively correlated with bone volume, cancellous thickness, and bone thickness (Th) and trabecular thickness (Tb.Th) of the cancellous bone of femur. Deep iBAT T2* values were significantly and positively correlated with the structural model index of cancellous bone of femur. Deep iBAT T2* values were significantly and negatively correlated with bone mineral density of the cortical bone of femur. Conclusions. MRI can distinguish the two adipose tissues from each other. T2* values of BAT were lower than WAT on MRI. BAT related bone remodeling was more correlated with the microstructure of cancellous bone than that of cortical bone.