Research Article

Different Effects of Implanting Sensory Nerve or Blood Vessel on the Vascularization, Neurotization, and Osteogenesis of Tissue-Engineered Bone In Vivo

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Comparison of the CGRP and NPY mRNA at different time points after implantation. Transcript levels by real-time PCR for CGRP mRNA (a) and NPY mRNA (b) in the new bone tissues were shown as a fold ratio relative to the expression of the β-actin mRNA at 4, 8, and 12 weeks after surgery, respectively. The mRNA levels in groups VB and SN were higher than in group Blank and were highest in group VB at all three time points. .
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