The Foreign Body Giant Cell Cannot Resorb Bone, But Dissolves Hydroxyapatite Like Osteoclasts

• Bas ten Harkel ,

  * E-mail: b.t.harkel@acta.nl

  Affiliation Department of Oral Cell Biology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), MOVE Research Institute, University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  ⨯
• Ton Schoenmaker,

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), MOVE Research Institute, University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  ⨯
• Daisy I. Picavet,

  Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Center for Advanced Microscopy, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  ⨯
• Noel L. Davison,

  Affiliations MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, Xpand Biotechnology BV, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

  ⨯
• Teun J. de Vries,

  Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), MOVE Research Institute, University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  ⨯
• Vincent Everts

  Affiliation Department of Oral Cell Biology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), MOVE Research Institute, University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  ⨯