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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
Epiphyseal transplantation has long been a goal of orthopaedic surgeons. While microvascular surgery has raised hopes that this goal could be achieved, factors other than blood supply also appear capable of affecting the function of the epiphysis. Basic research into the biology of the epiphysis appears to be required. This would be facilitated with a model of epiphyseal transplantation using a small mammal. The purpose of this experiment was to develop such a model in the mouse. Developing CD1 mouse or Lewis rat limb tissue was used to replace knee tissue that had been resected from CD1 postnatal mouse hosts. Donor tissue ranged from 14-day embryonic mouse to 9-day postnatal mouse or 18- and 19-day fetal rat, which has a gestation similar to the mouse. The murine tissue is known to be avascular prior to the sixth postnatal day. The limbs were analyzed radiographically and histologically. The results show that epiphyseal replacement could be studied using developing tissue donors in a murine model. The results suggest that donor tissue prior to vascularization and tissue combinations with the least developmental time mismatch (the least heterochronicity) produced relatively the best, although still abnormal epiphyses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0736-0266
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
155-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Epiphyseal replacement using developing tissue donors in a murine model: a combined histologic and radiographic study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedics, Massachusetts General Hospital; Boston 02114.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't