Chapter title |
Calcium Phosphate Foams: Potential Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Modeling in Three Dimensions
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Chapter number | 6 |
Book title |
3D Cell Culture
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, June 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-7021-6_6 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-7019-3, 978-1-4939-7021-6
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Authors |
Edgar B. Montufar, Lucy Vojtova, Ladislav Celko, Maria-Pau Ginebra |
Editors |
Zuzana Koledova |
Abstract |
The present method describes the procedure to fabricate calcium phosphate foams with suitable open porosity, pore size, and composition to perform three-dimensional (3D) cell cultures with the objective to simulate the bone tissue microenvironment in vitro. Foams with two compositions but equivalent porosity can be fabricated. On the one hand, hydroxyapatite foams obtained by hydrolysis at 37 °C, with microstructure that mimics the small crystal size of the mineral component of bones, and on the other hand, beta tricalcium phosphate foams with polygonal grains obtained by sintering at 1100 °C. In the first part of the chapter the calcium phosphate foams are briefly described. Afterwards, the foaming process is described in detail, including alternatives to overcome processing problems than can arise. Finally, insights are provided on how to perform 3D cell cultures using the calcium phosphate foams as substrates. |
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