Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences on calcified tissues

ba0001pp250 | Chondrocytes and cartilage | ECTS2013

In vitro effects of caffeine on the proliferation, apoptosis, and gene transcripts expression of chondrogenic differentiation in growth cartilage of rats

Reis Amanda Maria Sena , Raad Raquel Viana , de Melo Ocarino Natalia , Serakides Rogeria

Caffeine is a methylxanthine found in many foods and is widely consumed by the human population. Therefore, its effects and mechanisms in various tissues have been widely studied. But despite changing the postnatal bone growth, there are few studies about its effect on growth cartilage. The objective of this study was to evaluate the In vitro effects of caffeine on proliferation, apoptosis and gene transcripts expression of chondrogenic differentiation in growth carti...

ba0001pp251 | Chondrocytes and cartilage | ECTS2013

Endochondral bone growth of rats

Reis Amanda Maria Sena , Batista Ana Claudia Moura , de Melo ocarino Natalia , Serakides Rogeria

Despite the presence of skeletal anomalies in fetuses of female rats treated with caffeine, their effect on bone’s formation and growth have not yet been elucidated. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of caffeine on the formation and endochondral bone growth in rats. There had been used 36 Wistar rats distributed among the control group and others treated with caffeine at doses of 25, 50, and 100 mg/kg. Treated groups received caffeine daily throughou...