ba0003pp180 | Chondrocytes and cartilage | ECTS2014
Reimann Sabine
, Groger Dominic
, Lim Ngee Han
, Licha Kai
, Welker Pia
, Schneider Tobias
, Nagase Hideaki
, Fratzl Peter
, Haag Rainer
Background and objective: Targeting bone and cartilage includes approaches using tetracyclines, peptide conjugates, as well as anionic moieties like bisphosphonates. However, the selective targeting of the different compartments still remains a challenge. In previous studies native and demineralized ovine bone was used to analyze the affinity of polyanions derived from dendritic polyglycerol (dPG) toward hydroxyapatite and collagen. Whereas the neutral polymer did not show any...