Effects of AS-cast and wrought cobalt-chrome-molybdenum and titanium-aluminium-vanadium alloys on cytokine gene expression and protein secretion in J774A.1 macrophages
Insertion of metal implants is associated with a possible change in the delicate balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory proteins, probably leading to an unfavourable predominantly pro-inflammatory milieu. The most likely cause is an inappropriate activation of macrophages in close relation to th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AO Research Institute Davos
2007-09-01
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| Series: | European Cells & Materials |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ecmjournal.org/papers/vol014/pdf/v014a05.pdf |