Research Article

A 3D Osteoblast In Vitro Model for the Evaluation of Biomedical Materials

Table 3

Time of formation and stability of spheroids produced with primary human or murine line cells, at an initial density of 20,000 cells ().

Cell typeAverage time of aggregate formation Limit of stability on culture

Primary human bone cells 7.1 ± 2.2 days35 ± 5.5 days
MC3T3-E12.0 ± 0.6 days 20.6 ± 5.4 days