The role of macrophages and giant cells in loosening of joint replacement
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery
- Vol. 107 (1) , 20-26
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00463520
Abstract
Macrophages and foreign-body giant cells from the bone-cement interface of loosened joint replacement were assayed for direct bone resorption in an in vitro experimental model. Human osteoclasts from giant cell tumors and experimental animal osteoclasts were used as controls. Macrophages and giant cells were not capable of resorbing the bone under experimental conditions, but osteoclasts are. It is suggested that macrophages and giant cells in loosened implants may initiate bone resorption, removing the extra-cellular barrier that normally protects mineral crystals from osteoclastic recognition. Makrophagen und Fremdkörperriesenzellen von der Knochen/Zementgrenze gelokkerter Gelenkendoprothesen wurden hinsichtlich der direkten Knochenresorption in einem experimentellen in vitro-Modell untersucht. Als Kontrollen dienten Osteoklasten aus menschlichen Riesenzelltumoren und von embryonalen Hühnerknochen. Während Osteoklasten unter den experimentellen Bedingungen Knochen resorbierten waren Makrophagen und Riesenzellen dazu nicht in der Lage. Es wird angenommen, daß Makrophagen and Riesenzellen bei gelockerten Implantaten die Knochenresorption anbahnen, indem sie die extrazelluläre Barriere entfernen, welche normalerweise die Mineralkristalle dagegen schützen von den Osteoklasten als solche erkannt zu werden.This publication has 27 references indexed in Scilit:
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