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ArticleScientific reports2016

Ginsenoside Rg1 promotes osteogenic differentiation of rBMSCs and healing of rat tibial fractures through regulation of GR-dependent BMP-2/SMAD signaling.

Yanqing Gu, Jinchun Zhou, Qin Wang, Weimin Fan, Guoyong Yin

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yanqing GuDepartment of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guang Zhou Road, Nanjing 210000, China.
Jinchun ZhouDepartment of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guang Zhou Road, Nanjing 210000, China.
Qin WangDepartment of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guang Zhou Road, Nanjing 210000, China.
Weimin FanDepartment of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guang Zhou Road, Nanjing 210000, China.
Guoyong YinDepartment of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guang Zhou Road, Nanjing 210000, China.
Jiangsu Province Hospital · CNNanjing Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fracture healing is closely related to the number and activity of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) near the fracture site. The present study was to investigate the effect of Rg1 on osteogenic differentiation of cultured BMSCs and related mechanisms and on the fracture healing in a fracture model. In vitro experiments showed that Rg1 promoted the proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs. Western blot analyses demonstrated that Rg1 promoted osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs through the glucocorticoid receptor (GR)-dependent BMP-2/Smad signaling pathway. In vivo, X-ray examination showed that callus growth in rats treated with Rg1 was substantially faster than that in control rats after fracture. The results of H&E and Safranin-O/Fast Green staining revealed that, compared with controls, rats in the Rg1 treatment group had a significantly higher proportion of trabecular bone but a much lower proportion of fibers and cartilage components inside the callus. Micro-CT suggested that bone mineral density (BMD), percent bone volume (BV/TV), trabecular number (Tb.N), and trabecular thickness (Tb.Th) were significantly increased in the treatment group, whereas trabecular separation (Tb.Sp) was significantly reduced. Thus, Rg1 promotes osteogenic differentiation by activating the GR/BMP-2 signaling pathway, enhances bone calcification, and ultimately accelerates the fracture healing in rats.

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Fracture HealingOsteogenesisAnimalsBone Morphogenetic Protein 2Cell DifferentiationCentral Nervous System AgentsDisease Models, AnimalGinsenosidesMesenchymal Stem CellsRadiographyRatsSignal TransductionSmad ProteinsTibial FracturesBmp2 protein, ratBone Morphogenetic Protein 2Central Nervous System Agentsginsenoside Rg1GinsenosidesSmad Proteins

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PMID27141994
PMCPMC4855182
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