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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2016 Mar 7;36:310–322. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.03.010

Figure 5. Representative images of histological sections focused on a thread.

Figure 5

The conditions are the same as for Figure 4. Dense woven bone entirely filled the thread of bare TA6V implants without fibrosis interposition between bone and implant as soon as 4 weeks post-implantation. Bone tissue also filled the thread of PEEK implants over time. In contrast, bone tissue within threads of BMP-2 film-coated implants appeared immature and displayed a high bone-forming activity as shown by the presence of numerous embedded osteocytes and osteoblasts laying down osteoid tissue. (scale bare 100 µm). (B) bone tissue; (v) blood vessel; (BM) bone marrow tissue; (white arrowhead) osteoid osteoblasts; (red arrows) lining osteoblasts. (scale bare 100 µm).