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ArticleGene therapy2006

Inducible regulation of Runx2-stimulated osteogenesis.

C A Gersbach, J M Le Doux, R E Guldberg, A J García

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Article in Gene therapy, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Runx2 promotes both osteoblastogenesis and novel osteoclastogenic signals in ST2 mesenchymal progenitor cells.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C A GersbachCoulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 315 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
J M Le Doux
R E Guldberg
A J García
Georgia Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Research Training Program Plan on Cell and Tissue Engineering (CTEng)T32GM008433 · NIGMS · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GARCIA, ANDRES J · 1991 to 2021
$7.1M
Genetic.Engin.Cells/Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineeri.R01EB003364 · NIBIB · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GARCIA, ANDRES J · 2003 to 2006
$1.2M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB 003364NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008433NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM 08433
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ex vivo gene therapy is a promising approach to orthopedic regenerative medicine. These strategies typically focus on the constitutive overexpression of osteogenic factors to induce osteoblastic differentiation and matrix mineralization. However, the unregulated production of osteoinductive molecules has also resulted in abnormal bone formation and tumorigenesis. To address these limitations, this work describes a retroviral system to deliver the Runx2 osteoblastic transcription factor under control of the tetracycline-inducible (tet-off) promoter in primary skeletal myoblasts. Runx2 expression was tightly regulated by anhydrotetracyline (aTc) concentration in cell culture media. Osteoblastic gene expression, alkaline phosphatase activity, and matrix mineralization were also controlled by aTc in a dose-dependent manner. Additionally, osteoblastic differentiation was temporally regulated by adding and removing aTc from the culture media. Engineered cells were seeded onto collagen scaffolds and implanted intramuscularly in the hind limbs of syngeneic mice. In vivo mineralization by these constructs was regulated by supplementing the drinking water with aTc, as demonstrated by micro-computed tomography and histological analyses. Collectively, these results present a novel system for regulating osteoblastic differentiation of a clinically relevant autologous cell source. This system is significant to developing controlled and effective orthopedic gene therapy strategies and studying the regulation of osteoblastic differentiation.

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OsteogenesisAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBone TransplantationCells, CulturedCore Binding Factor Alpha 1 SubunitGene Expression RegulationGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHindlimbMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB COsteoblastsRetroviridaeTetracyclineAnti-Bacterial AgentsCore Binding Factor Alpha 1 SubunitRunx2 protein, mouseTetracyclineTrans-Activators

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PMID16496016
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