MAGNESIUM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE.

MAGNESIUM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE.

Revista Magnesium Reserch – volume 16 – ano 2003 Número 1; páginas 70- 74.


1) Karim Senni – Laboratory of Physiopathology on non-Mineralized Tissue. Faculty of Dental Surgery, 
    University René Descartes Paris V, 1 rue Maurice Arnoux; Montrouge, 92120 France; and; INFREMER
    DRV/VP/BMM centre de Brest, BP 70, 29280 Plouzane, France.

2) Alexandrine Foucault- Bartaud - Laboratory of Physiopathology on non-Mineralized Tissue. Faculty of
    Dental Surgery, University René Descartes Paris V, 1 rue Maurice Arnoux; Montrouge, 92120 France.

3) Gaston Godeau - Laboratory of Physiopathology on non-Mineralized Tissue. Faculty of Dental Surgery,
    University René Descartes Paris V, 1 rue Maurice Arnoux; Montrouge, 92120 France.
 

Summary:

 Magnesium (Mg2) is the fourth most abundant cation and the second most abundant intracellular cation in vertebrates. Magnesium plays a critical role in cellular functions such as:

-Cell adhesion via integrins on various macromolecular substrats.
-Cell migration
-DNA transcription and protein synthesis.