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SUBMITTER: Giannasi C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6332484 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Giannasi Chiara C Niada Stefania S Farronato Davide D Lombardi Giovanni G Manfredi Barbara B Farronato Giampietro G Brini Anna Teresa AT
International journal of medical sciences 20190101 1
Bisphosphonates (BPs) represent the first-line treatment for a wide array of bone disorders. Despite their well-known action on osteoclasts, the effects they induce on osteoblasts are still unclear. In order to shed light on this aspect we evaluated the impact of two nitrogen containing bisphosphonates, Alendronate (ALN) and Zoledronate (ZOL), on human primary pre-osteoblasts. At first, we showed an inhibitory effect on cell viability and alkaline phosphatase activity starting from µM concentrat ...[more]