[Experimental study on repairing rabbit skull defect with bone morphogenetic protein 2 peptide/functionalized carbon nanotube composite].

Objective: To observe and compare the effects of peptides on the repair of rabbit skull defects through two different binding modes of non-covalent and covalent, and the combination of carboxyl (-COOH) and amino (-NH ) groups with materials.

Methods: Twenty-one 3-month-old male ordinary New Zealand white rabbits were numbered 1 to 42 on the left and right parietal bones. They were divided into 5 groups using a random number table, the control group (group A, 6 sides) and the material group 1, 2, 3, 4 (respectively group B, C, D, E, 9 sides in each group).