Using mesenchymal stem cells as a therapy for bone regeneration and repairing

Biological research: BR

Jin Shao¹  Tieyi Yang¹  Weiwei Zhang² 

[1] Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Pudong New Area Gongli Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China;State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji-Med X Clinical Stem Cell Research Center, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

关键词: Mesenchymal stem cells;    Bone regeneration;    Bone repairing;    Tissue engineering;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40659-015-0053-4

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: BioMed Central

【 摘 要 】

Bone is a unique tissue which could regenerate completely after injury rather than heal itself with a scar. Compared with other tissues the difference is that, during bone repairing and regeneration, after the inflammatory phase the mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are recruited to the injury site and differentiate into either chondroblasts or osteoblasts precursors, leading to bone repairing and regeneration. Besides these two precursors, the MSCs can also differentiate into adipocyte precursors, skeletal muscle precursors and some other mesodermal cells. With this multilineage potentiality, the MSCs are probably used to cure bone injury and other woundings in the near future. Here we will introduce the recent developments in understanding the mechanism of MSCs action in bone regeneration and repairing.

【 授权许可】

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