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In vitro cytotoxicity of calcium phosphate cement reinforced with multiwalled carbon nanotubes

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The in vitro cytotoxicity of both the multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) in suspension with culture medium and the tetracalcium phosphate/monetite cement with addition of 0.8 wt% of MWCNTs on fibroblasts and osteoblasts were studied. The cytotoxicity was evaluated by MTS test (formazan) and live/dead staining. No cytotoxicity of MWCNT extract was measured contrary to about 60% reduction in proliferation of fibroblasts in MWCNT suspension as compared with negative control. The several contact cytotoxicity of MWCNT composite cement surfaces on seeded cells was demonstrated by MTS test and live/dead staining of damaged fibroblasts and dead osteoblasts after 72 h of culture. The detailed microstructure analysis showed a significant refinement of the surface texture due to the formation of thin needle-like hydroxyapatite particles on MWCNTs and this effect could be responsible for cytotoxicity of composites.

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This work was supported by the Slovak Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Project No. 2/0047/17.

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  1. Institute of Materials Research of SAS, Watsonova 47, Kosice, 040 01, Slovakia

    Lubomir Medvecky & Maria Giretova

  2. Department of Process and Environmetal Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Kosice, Letna 9, Kosice, 040 01, Slovakia

    Ruzena Kralikova & Simona Medvecka

  3. Institute of Geotechnics of SAS, Watsonova 43, Kosice, 040 01, Slovakia

    Jaroslav Briancin

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Medvecky, L., Giretova, M., Kralikova, R. et al. In vitro cytotoxicity of calcium phosphate cement reinforced with multiwalled carbon nanotubes. J Mater Sci: Mater Med 30, 54 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10856-019-6256-4

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