title: [Experimental study on osteoinduction of coral composited artificial bone].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To improve the osteoinduction of coral and provide a perfect bone graft substitute for clinical bone defects.
  
  
  METHODS
  By combining coral with collagen and recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2(rhBMP-2), coral/collagen/rhBMP-2 composite was obtained. The composite was implanted into the back muscle pouches of mice, and coral/collagen or coral/rhBMP-2 were implanted as control. The osteoinduction of the composite was assessed by histology and image analysis system.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The chondrocyte differentiation and matrix formation were observed in local sites after one week, lamellar bone with bone marrow were formed after 4 weeks, and coral were absorbed partially. The quantity of osteoinduction was time-related and rhBMP-2 dose-related(P < 0.01). Coral/collagen and coral/rhBMP-2 implants did not show any bone or cartilage formation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The coral/collagen/rhBMP-2 composite possesses a superior osteoinduction and will be a new type of bone substitute to be used in orthopedic and maxillofacial surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Stomatology, Nanjing Hospital of PLA, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P. R. China 210002.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Z Y
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: T Q
authors.initials: TQ
authors.lastname: Mao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018786:Bone Substitutes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003094:Collagen / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D010012:Osteogenesis; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta
chemical_list: C525718:BMP2 protein, human; C525719:Bmp2 protein, mouse; C525720:Bmp2 protein, rat; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D003094:Collagen