In rats with subcutaneous beta-TCP implants, oxytocin-loaded beta-TCP clearly enhanced ectopic bone formation compared with unloaded control.
In plain wordsIn rats, a bone substitute loaded with oxytocin produced more bone under the skin than the same material without oxytocin.
- Peptide
- Oxytocin
- Outcome
- IncreaseEctopic bone formation
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Subcutaneous ectopic bone formation model- Comparator
- Unloaded beta-TCP control
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · local delivery on a microporous beta-TCP carrierAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
The OT-loaded β-TCP clearly enhanced ectopic bone formation compared with the unloaded control group.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Both the ectopic and new bone formation induced by the OT-loaded microporous β-TCP powder was histomorphometrically compared with unloaded β-TCP in a subcutaneous ectopic bone formation model and calvarial critical-sized defects (CSDs) in 45 rats.