Title : Selected aspects of the action of cobalt ions in the human body.

Pub. Date : 2015

PMID : 26557039






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1 The ions of cobalt released from the surface of the implant are absorbed by present macrophages, which are involved in many of the processes associated with phagocytose orthopaedic biomaterials particles and release pro-inflammatory mediators such as interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and prostaglandin. Cobalt tumor necrosis factor Homo sapiens