Blocking VEGF as a potential approach to improve cartilage healing after osteoarthritis

Journal of Musculoskeletal Neuronal Interactions

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 316-317

  Matsumoto, Tomoyuki ^a,b   Cooper, G M ^a   Gharaibeh, B ^a   Meszaros, L B ^a   Li, G ^a   Usas, A ^a   Fu, F H ^b   Huard, J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP4; Muscle derived stem cells; Osteoarthritis; VEGF

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BONE REGENERATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; GENE THERAPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUDE RAT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; RAT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHONDROGENESIS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELLS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RATS; RATS, NUDE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 63249136279     PISSN: 11087161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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