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SUBMITTER: Zhou X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3372882 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhou Xiaoying X Cui Yazhou Y Zhou Xiaoyan X Han Jinxiang J
International journal of biological sciences 20120601 6
During the process of matrix vesicle (MV)-mediated initiation of mineralisation, chondrocytes and osteoblasts mineralise the extracellular matrix by promoting the seeding of basic calcium phosphate crystals of hydroxyapatite (HA) along the collagen fibrils. This orchestrated process is carefully regulated by the balanced action of propagators and inhibitors of calcification. The primary antagonistic regulators of extracellular matrix mineralisation are phosphate (Pi) and inorganic pyrophosphate ...[more]