Unravelling the relationship between isolated bone matrix vesicles and forming mineral at the nanometer scale
M. A. Eufrasio Cruz, L. Rutten, M. Martens, O. Arntz, F. van de Loo, E. Macias Sanchez, A. Akiva, P. Ciancaglini, A. P. Ramos, N. Sommerdijk
This study investigates the role of matrix vesicles in bone mineralization using cryoTEM and bulk analysis, revealing that mineralization is primarily driven by phosphatase activity with non-vesicular components playing a secondary role.
bioRxiv · May 9, 2023 · PreprintBiophysics