Primary human osteoblast cultures

Dillon, Jane P. and Waring-Green, Victoria J. and Taylor, Adam and Wilson, Peter J. M. and Birch, Mark and Gartland, Alison and Gallagher, James A. (2011) Primary human osteoblast cultures. In: Bone research protocols :. Methods in Molecular Biology (2nd ed). Springer, pp. 3-18. ISBN 9781617794148

Abstract

Osteoblast cultures can be used to investigate the mechanisms of bone formation, to probe the cellular and molecular basis of bone disease, and to screen for potential therapeutic agents that affect bone formation. Here, we describe the methods for establishing and characterising primary human osteoblast cultures.