Titanium nanotubes activate genes related to bone formation in vitro

• Main Authors: Alfonso Pozio (Author), Annalisa Palmieri (Author), Ambra Girardi (Author), Francesca Cura (Author), Francesco Carinci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Background: Titanium is used worldwide to make osseointegrable devices, thanks to its favorable characteristics as mechanical proprieties and biocompatibility, demonstrated by in vivo studies with animal models and clinical trials over a forty-year period. However, the exact genetic effect of the ti...