Concerted stimuli regulating osteo-chondral differentiation from stem cells: Phenotype acquisition regulated by microRNAs

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1369-1384

  Gordeladze, Jan O ^a,b,c   Djouad, Farida ^b   Brondello, Jean Marc ^b   Noël, Daniele ^b   Duroux Richard, Isabelle ^b   Apparailly, Florence ^b   Jorgensen, Christian ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chondrocytes; Growth factors; Mechano stimulation; MicroRNAs; Osteoblasts; Stem cells; Tissue engineering; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; MICRORNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OSTERIX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

BONE REMODELING; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CHONDROGENESIS; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; OSTEOBLAST; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HORMONES; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOBLASTS; STEM CELLS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70350660698     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2009.143     Document Type: Review

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