An approach to a biomimetic bone scaffold: increased expression of BMP-2 and of osteoprotegerin in SaOS-2 cells grown onto silica-biologized 3D printed scaffolds

Bio-silica and bio-polyphosphate: applications in biomedicine (bone formation)

(2012) Xiaohong Wang et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

An overview of the fundamentals of the chemistry of silica with relevance to biosilicification and technological advances

(2012) David J. Belton et al.   FEBS Journal

Acquisition of Structure-guiding and Structure-forming Properties during Maturation from the Pro-silicatein to the Silicatein Form

(2012) Heinz C. Schröder et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Silicate modulates the cross-talk between osteoblasts (SaOS-2) and osteoclasts (RAW 264.7 cells): Inhibition of osteoclast growth and differentiation

(2012) H.C. Schröder et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

Dual effect of inorganic polymeric phosphate/polyphosphate on osteoblasts and osteoclasts in vitro

(2012) Xiaohong Wang et al.   Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Genetic, biological and structural hierarchies during sponge spicule formation: from soft sol–gels to solid 3D silica composite structures

(2012) Xiaohong Wang et al.   Soft Matter

Inorganic polymeric phosphate/polyphosphate as an inducer of alkaline phosphatase and a modulator of intracellular Ca2+ level in osteoblasts (SaOS-2 cells) in vitro

(2011) Werner E.G. Müller et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Sponge Biosilica Formation Involves Syneresis Following Polycondensation in vivo

(2011) Xiaohong Wang et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Silintaphin-1 - interaction with silicatein during structure-guiding bio-silica formation

(2011) Ute Schloßmacher et al.   FEBS Journal

Generation and differentiation of microtissues from multipotent precursor cells for use in tissue engineering

(2011) Fabian Langenbach et al.   Nature Protocols

An Osteoconductive, Osteoinductive, and Osteogenic Tissue-Engineered Product for Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery: How Far Are We?

(2011) Wasim S. Khan et al.   Stem Cells International

Bioinspired Fabrication of Bio-Silica-Based Bone-Substitution Materials

(2010) Matthias Wiens et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

The role of biosilica in the osteoprotegerin/RANKL ratio in human osteoblast-like cells

(2010) Matthias Wiens et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Osteogenic Potential of Biosilica on Human Osteoblast-Like (SaOS-2) Cells

(2010) Matthias Wiens et al.   CALCIFIED TISSUE INTERNATIONAL

A cryptochrome-based photosensory system in the siliceous sponge Suberites domuncula (Demospongiae)

(2010) Werner E. G. Müller et al.   FEBS Journal

Sponge spicules as blueprints for the biofabrication of inorganic–organic composites and biomaterials

(2009) Werner E. G. Müller et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Pore characteristics of bone substitute materials assessed by microcomputed tomography

(2009) Marcus Klein et al.   CLINICAL ORAL IMPLANTS RESEARCH

Bone cells-biomaterials interactions

(2009) Marie-Eve Marquis   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Bioencapsulation of living bacteria (Escherichia coli) with poly(silicate) after transformation with silicatein-α gene

(2007) W MULLER et al.   BIOMATERIALS