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ArticleHistochemistry and cell biology2008

Bone regeneration by BMP-2 enhanced adipose stem cells loading on alginate gel.

Yunfeng Lin, Wei Tang, Ling Wu, Wei Jing, Xiaoyu Li, Yao Wu, Lei Liu, Jie Long, Weidong Tian

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Article in Histochemistry and cell biology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yunfeng LinDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Wei Tang
Ling Wu
Wei Jing
Xiaoyu Li
Yao Wu
Lei Liu
Jie Long
Weidong Tian
Sichuan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adipose stem cells (ASCs) have the potential to differentiate into a variety of cell lineages both in vitro and in vivo. In this study, ASCs were harvested from normal Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats and transfected by BMP-2 gene before they were loaded on alginate. The ability of bone regeneration was determined in rat critical-size cranial defects. An 8-mm diameter defect was created in the calvarias of 36 rats; these rats were divided into three groups. In experimental group, the defects were filled with alginate gel combined with BMP-2 transfected ASCs; in negative control group, the defects were filled with alginate gel mixed with normal ASCs; in blank controls, the defects were filled with cell-free alginate gel. Four rats of each group were killed and the cranial defect sites were observed at 4, 8 and 16 weeks after surgery. There was complete repair of cranial defects in experimental group using the alginate gel loading BMP-2 transfected ASC, but only partial repair in negative controls and in the blank control. The engineering approach combining BMP-2 enhanced ASCs with alginate gel can therefore stimulate bone regeneration and repair for the large size bone defects.

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Stem Cell TransplantationAdipose TissueAlginatesAnimalsBlotting, WesternBone Morphogenetic Protein 2Bone Morphogenetic ProteinsBone RegenerationCells, CulturedGelsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSkullStem CellsTransforming Growth Factor betaAlginatesBmp2 protein, ratBone Morphogenetic Protein 2Bone Morphogenetic ProteinsGelsTransforming Growth Factor beta

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PMID17978832
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