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ReviewCurrent osteoporosis reports2018

Origin of Reparative Stem Cells in Fracture Healing.

Beth C Bragdon, Chelsea S Bahney

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Review in Current osteoporosis reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Beth C BragdonDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 East Concord St, Evans 243, Boston, MA, 02118, USA. bragdon@bu.edu.
Chelsea S BahneyOrthopaedic Trauma Institute, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), San Francisco, CA, USA.

Funding

Engaging University of California Stakeholders for Biorespository ResearchUL1TR000004 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI GRANDIS, JENNIFER RUBIN · 2012 to 2015
$78.0M
Project-005UL1TR001430 · NCATS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI BAIR-MERRITT, MEGAN H, CENTER, DAVID M. · 2015 to 2024
$52.3M
UCSF Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and MedicineP30AR066262 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI MAJUMDAR, SHARMILA · 2014 to 2018
$3.0M
Role of Angiogenesis in Distraction OsteogenesisR01AR056637 · NIAMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI GERSTENFELD, LOUIS CHARLES · 2011 to 2015
$1.8M
The Characterization of the Skeletogenic Stem Cells that Contribute to Post Natal Axial Skeletal Tissue RepairR00AR068582 · NIAMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI BRAGDON, BETH CHRISTIE · 2018 to 2020
$735k
The Characterization of the Skeletogenic Stem Cells that Contribute to Post Natal Axial Skeletal Tissue RepairK99AR068582 · NIAMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI BRAGDON, BETH CHRISTIE · 2016 to 2017
$180k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000004NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001430NIAMS NIH HHS K99 AR068582NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR066262NIAMS NIH HHS R00 AR068582NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR056637
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThe identity and functional roles of stem cell population(s) that contribute to fracture repair remains unclear. This review provides a brief history of mesenchymal stem cell (MSCs) and provides an updated view of the many stem/progenitor cell populations contributing to fracture repair. RECENT

findingsFunctional studies show MSCs are not the multipotential stem cell population that form cartilage and bone during fracture repair. Rather, multiple studies have confirmed the periosteum is the primary source of stem/progenitor cells for fracture repair. Newer work is also identifying other stem/progenitor cells that may also contribute to healing. Although the heterogenous periosteal cells migrate to the fracture site and contribute directly to callus formation, other cell populations are involved. Pericytes and bone marrow stromal cells are now thought of as key secretory centers that mostly coordinate the repair process. Other populations of stem/progenitor cells from the muscle and transdifferentiated chondroctyes may also contribute to repair, and their functional role is an area of active research.

Indexed as

Fracture HealingStem CellsBone and BonesBony CallusCartilageChondrocytesHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsMuscle, SkeletalPericytesPeriosteumFractureMesenchymal stem cellPericytePeriosteumSkeletal stem cell

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PMID29959723
PMCPMC6041151

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