Gisela Rodrigues da Silva Sasso, Rinaldo Florencio-Silva, José Paulo de Pizzol-Júnior, Cristiane Damas Gil, Manuel de Jesus Simões, Estela Sasso-Cerri, Paulo Sérgio Cerri
This study investigated whether osteocalcin (OCN) is present in osteoblast precursors and its relationship with initial phases of alveolar process formation. Samples of maxillae of 16-, 18-, and 20-day-old rat embryos (E16, E18, and E20, respectively), and 05-, 10-, and 15-day-old postnatal rats (P05, P10, and P15, respectively) were fixed and embedded in paraffin or araldite. Immunohistochemistry for osterix (Osx), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and OCN detection was performed and the number of immunolabelled cells was computed...
November 12, 2023: Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry: Official Journal of the Histochemistry Society