THE ROLE OF IRON IN THE MECHANISM OF EXPERIMENTAL CALCIFICATION
Author(s) -
Giulio Gabbiani,
Béatriz Tuchweber
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.971
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1551-5044
pISSN - 0022-1554
DOI - 10.1177/11.6.799
Subject(s) - calcification , calcium , mechanism (biology) , chemistry , sensitization , extracellular , deposition (geology) , pathology , medicine , biology , biochemistry , immunology , physics , paleontology , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , sediment
Calcification of different organs in the rat, induced by challenge with various iron compounds after sensitization with dihydrotachysterol, was studied histochemically. Iron is demonstrable in the target organs before calcification but apparently, in the described experimental conditions, it can attract calcium only when it is extracellular. The possible relationship between ferrification and calcium deposition is briefly discussed.
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