Platelet adhesion on commercially pure titanium plates in vitro I: effects of plasma components and involvement of the von Willebrand factor and fibronectin

• Main Authors: Akira Takahashi (Author), Shotaro Takahashi (Author), Tetsuhiro Tsujino (Author), Kazushige Isobe (Author), Taisuke Watanabe (Author), Yutaka Kitamura (Author), Takao Watanabe (Author), Koh Nakata (Author), Tomoyuki Kawase (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is widely used in regenerative dentistry. Furthermore, it is often applied in the pretreatment of titanium implants to improve their surface bioaffinity and initial stability. However, effects of PRP application on implant surface at cellular and molecu...