Skeletal Development and Repair Methods and Protocols

Skeletal Development and Repair: Methods and Protocols is a compilation of a variety of skeletal research protocols utilizing the laboratory mouse as the platform for surgical manipulation and/or transplantation, as well as, the source of tissues and cells for in vitro culture and analyses. Chapters...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hilton, Matthew J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ Humana 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:Methods in Molecular Biology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Overview of Skeletal Development
  • Overview of Skeletal Repair (Fracture Healing and Its Assessment)
  • Generation of Closed Transverse Fractures in Small Animals
  • The Murine Femoral Bone Graft Model and a Semi-Automated Histomorphometric Analysis Tool
  • Surgical Induction of Posttraumatic Osteoarthirits
  • A Mouse Model of Flexor Tendon Repair
  • Cartilage Explant Cultures
  • Renal Capsule Transplantations to Assay Skeletal Angiogenesis
  • Whole Mount Skeletal Staining
  • Tips and Techniques for Processing and Sectioning Undecalcified Murine Bone Specimens
  • Preparation of Thin Sections from Non-fixed and Undecalcified Hard Tissues Using Kawamoto’s Film Method (2012)
  • Demineralized Murine Skeletal Histology
  • Beta-Galactosidase Staining in the Skeleton
  • Whole-Mount In Situ Hybridization on Murine Skeletogenic Tissues
  • Non-Radioactive In Situ Hybridization on Skeletal Tissue Sections
  • Radioactive In Situ Hybridization to Detect Gene Expression in Skeletal Tissue Sections
  • Proliferation Assays (BrdU and EdU) on Skeletal Tissue Sections
  • TUNEL Assay on Skeletal Tissue Sections to Detect Apoptosis
  • Analysis of Chondrogenesis Using Micromass Cultures of Limb Mesenchyme
  • Isolation and Culture of Murine Primary Chondrocytes
  • Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Assays – In Vitro and In Vivo
  • Isolation and Culture of Neonatal Mouse Calvarial Osteoblasts
  • RANKL-BasedOsteoclastogenic Assays from Murine Bone Marrow Cells
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Cultures and Assays